iSimangaliso Wetland Park

We took a boat tour with a group and saw several hippo families. The wetlands are beautiful. The guides were good. Well worth the trip.

The views whiles driving through park, just breathtaking! The sounds if animals, snakes as we passed the thick bushes on either side of the stretch of road. The climax was when we drove up to Cape Vidal beach! It just felt like we weren't in South Africa! We were in a foreign country. The mood is relaxed, not full despite the fact that it was Jan 1st 2025! The beach has no life guards, it's a beach to relax & have a picnic by the beach. Swimming is at one's own risk! We passed a few chalets and a camp site located within the wetlands. Driving through the park at the max speed of 50 in places 30 & in some places 20km/h took us roughly 2hrs. We enjoyed our drive & the scenery we don't have in Jhb

Easy drive and pleasant way to see wildlife. We saw some zebra, warthog, buck along the way, and monkeys at Cape Vidal beach.

Nice park with massive lake in the middle. Great for relaxing drives and sun downer stops. We had a stunning stop for sundowners close by the lake. Make sure you don’t miss that. Probably most noteworthy is Cape Vidal as a point of interest in the park. We recommend the boat cruise instead of the game drive. The park is massive and the game viewing is okay. Somewhat difficult to find animals other than Antilopes, zebra and small game or birds. Hence the boat ride might be more exciting for visitors with limited time at their hands.

It was quite rainy the day that we went but wow, wow, wow! We still saw some beautiful animals and even had elephants in the road (we had to wait about 2 hours until they went off tue road and we could pass). Truly magnificent to have the bush, wetland, and beach experience!

A great visit to KwaZulu-Natal. It is just outside the small fisherman's town of St Lucia. An activity that must not be missed for the area and stay is to visit the boat cruises. The advantage of cruisers are the most popular of them all. The cruisers take you up to 9 kilometers on the lake. Then only you can see the wildlife in the Wetlands like the Hippos, crocodiles other game and lovely bird life. Something that must be experienced when visiting the area. Beautiful sightseeing, game watching, and much more. An enjoyable stay and visit.

We saw what we wanted to see, the roads were fairly good. It was great to get out and walk to some.of the viewing spots. There are ablutions at regular spots just a pity that there is no water which resulted in messy dirty facilities 😳

The accommodation was better than expected. Neat and always clean. Park well maintained. Activities in park were great. Beach access for residents in chalets could be better. The gate entry levy though per night is too high when we already paid accommodation in the Park, ratrs not communicated well through booking desk. Overall good experience.