Afrikhaya Guest House
B&B guesthouse · St Lucia town, 5 Kabeljou Avenue (no gate fee) · Afrikhaya Guest House
Budget
Inside the park
Ownership unconfirmed
A five-room guesthouse at 5 Kabeljou Avenue in St Lucia for 11 guests, with a pool, wifi, air-conditioning and breakfast, from R1,760 a room. It is a few doors from Maputaland Guest House on a residential street, within a short drive of the estuary jetties and the road north to Bhangazi Gate. The listing does not say who owns it. Choose it for a small, air-conditioned room in the hot months; in December and January book early, because St Lucia fills for the school holidays.
Pros and cons
Pros
- From R1,760 a room
- Pool, wifi and air-conditioning
- Breakfast
- Small and quiet
Cons
- Season of the rate not stated
- Only five rooms
- Ownership not stated
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Wi-Fi
Read from Afrikhaya Guest House's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. iSimangaliso Wetland Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryGate fee and conservation levy plus the R12 accommodation levy, counted per day because no official document says whether multi-night guests pay the gate fee once.
- $9per person, per day
- VehicleR74 car fee, counted per day for the same reason.
- $5per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $69 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
Sleeping inside the boundary is what keeps that low. Overnight guests add the R12 accommodation levy per night, against $8 a day for anyone driving in from outside.
These are the 2024/25 rates, which expired on 30 November 2025; no newer table has been published. Sodwana, the Coastal Forest and Kosi Bay charge about half (R71 per international adult). Lodges in St Lucia town are outside every gate.
The full fee schedule for iSimangaliso Wetland ParkRates at Afrikhaya Guest House
From R1,760 per room. R1,760 per room (R1,672 discounted), basis two people, season not stated, as recorded from the guesthouse's listing on 24 September 2026; about $54 each sharing. Breakfast is listed. No gate fee to reach St Lucia town. VAT treatment is not stated.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked against the research dossier of 24 September 2026. State-camp prices come from Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife's 2023/24 tariff (1 November 2023 to 31 October 2024), the last official camp tariff that could be read; treat them as a floor, because iSimangaliso has published none since it took the camps over on 1 March 2026. Thonga Beach Lodge, Kosi Forest Lodge, Coral Divers, Mabibi Beach Camp and Umlilo Lodge are priced from their own sites. Every figure marked 'reseller rate' comes from SA-Venues, LekkeSlaap, Siyabona or a booking agent, uses that site's 'from' price, and usually prices a room for two; we halve it to give a per-person figure. Dollar figures use R16.36 to the dollar (24 September 2026) and are rounded. Gate fees are extra everywhere except in St Lucia town: R62 per South African adult and R130 per international adult at the dearest gates on the 2024/25 table, which expired on 30 November 2025 with no successor published.
Questions about Afrikhaya Guest House
What does Afrikhaya cost?
R1,760 a room (R1,672 discounted), season not stated, as recorded on 24 September 2026.
Does Afrikhaya have air-conditioning?
Yes, along with a pool, wifi and breakfast.
Is it good for families?
Five rooms sleep 11. We found no published child policy.