The ship, which is about 10 metres long, took five days to get to the point photographed on December 19, with Zungu likely to keep the sculpture up until Christmas Day.
The Dolphin Coast Residents and Ratepayers Association (Docrra) has led the campaign against the sale, objecting to what they believe is an irregular sale of public land.
More than 13,000 wild seabirds, many of them pelicans, have been found dead in Peru due to bird flu, according to the National Forestry and Wildlife Service.
The highly contagious H5N1 avian flu virus has killed thousands of pelicans, blue-footed boobies and other seabirds in Peru, according to the National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR).
Of the 34 athletes who started the trek, three turned back owing to acute mountain sickness, while a fourth was transported to Kathmandu via helicopter. Of the 19 who pushed on, only nine were able to.