The Ilanda Wilds Nature Reserve in Amanzimtoti is a small 20 hectare reserve situated along the Amanzimtoti River, and consists of a richly vegetated patch of riverine and coastal scarp forest inhabited by more than 120 various tree and shrub species. Ilanda Wilds is home to a selection of rare trees like Fluted Milkwood and Natal Elm.

The reserve features a number of picnic sites, and toilets as well as three well laid out and marked trails, each covering a distance of about a kilometer, winding through riverine forest and thornveld. The self-guiuded Loerie, Mpiti and Mongoose trails start near the town centre, and lead visitors to the preserved riverbank area.

Ilanda Wilds is also a popular birdwatching destination, boasting an abundance of species totaling almost three hundred. The reserve is also home to a number of small buck, and Vervet monkeys. There is also a plaque in the reserve, mounted on stone where King Shaka tasted the river water, and gave the town its name - "place of sweet water".

Isundu Drive, Amanzimtoti