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KWAZULU NORTH COAST Makakatana Bay Lodge

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Highlights

  • The Greater St Lucia Wetland Park

    This World Heritage Site certainly lives up to its stature.

  • Environmental Integration

    The rooms at Makakatana are the perfect blend of luxury combined with a rustic, relaxed feel which perfectly complements the surrounding area.

  • An Exclusive Hideaway

    A maximum of 12 guests ensures a private and wonderful experience.

  • A Wealth of Safaris and Activities

    Boat trips, wetland explorations, scuba diving, fly and deep sea fishing, turtle tours, whale watching, horse safaris, beach safaris - there is something to suite everyone's tastes.

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General Information

Makakatana Bay KwaZulu-Natal Safari Lodge offers visitors luxury accommodation with private personal service. The six luxurious and individually set rooms with full amenities accommodate a maximum of twelve guests. The private and air-conditioned suites are splashed with a mixture of Eastern and African interiors.

This Zululand Safari Lodge is the only privately owned and run safari lodge set within the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park World Heritage Site of South Africa. Let Makakatana Bay create the Zululand safari of your dreams with luxury accommodation, spectacular African safaris and activities and breathtaking scenery.

Enjoy a private relaxing holiday or indulge in a variety of wildlife, wetland and beach splendours. Lake St Lucia is home to 367 bird species - one of only a few places in Africa to support such a concentration of birdlife.

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Luxurious but rustic six-bedroom lodge located in the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park.
  • Wide range of activities and safaris on offer
  • Rustic accommodation
  • Guides here are extremely knowledgeable
  • A must on any tour of Kwazulu Natal
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Price

From ZAR R2,990.00 per person Add to trip planner

Location

Makakatana Bay Lodge is situated within the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park Reserve, North Coast, KwaZulu Natal.

Rooms

Guests are accommodated in 6 bright and spacious rooms. Three luxury game viewing rooms are set in the dune forest and are frequented by friendly warthog, red dyker, nyala, bush babies, birds and hippo. Two of the luxury game viewing rooms have stunning views onto the lake and water pans, while the popular opulent honeymoon suite has an incredible view over a wetland vlei. Large windows and terrace doors open onto private viewing decks, skillfully combining luxury and integration with the environment. There is also an additional outside shower under the stars for the more adventurous who want to shower closer to nature.

Facilities

  • Private personal service
  • 5 private rooms
  • 1 honeymoon suite
  • Private bush pool on lakes edge
  • Outdoor dining deck
  • Boma for bush dinners
  • Wine cellar ''in old crab house''

Activities

With such wide range of activities on offer you will find yourself spoilt for choice and wishing you had more time. Activities are based mainly around the water and include boat trips and wetland explorations, a hippo-crocodile safari drive, whale watching, turtle tours, scuba diving and snorkeling, fly fishing, deep sea fishing, beach safaris, horse safaris and bird watching safaris. There is also the St Lucia Crocodile Centre, the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Big Five Game Reserve, the Zulu Cultural Village with Zulu basket weavers and for those who love the thrill of game viewing from the skies there is the chance to go on an airflip.

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