Residents and seconders helped cheer on the paddlers at Blue Lagoon.
Nosipho Mthembu celebrates her results with Jade Radebe. Mthembu finished 5th with Shannon Parker-Dennison in the women's race at the Dusi Canoe Marathon.
HUNDREDS of people lined the banks of the uMngeni River on Saturday to welcome in paddlers completing the Dusi Canoe Marathon.
The final day of the three-day race saw competitors paddle from Inanda Dam to Blue Lagoon near the Kingfisher Canoe Club.
This year marked the second time since 1988 that the Dusi Canoe Marathon hasn’t begun from its traditional starting point at Camps Drift (Pietermaritzburg).
In fact, it was also the second time since the first official Dusi, in 1951, that the race has not started in Pietermaritzburg.
Caxton Local Media captured some of the competitors and supporters at the finish line.