Dumehlezi
Self-catering units and campsites · Sodwana Main Road, about 9 km from the beach · Dumehlezi
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Budget
Outside the gate
Ownership unconfirmed
A host-run place on the Sodwana Main Road about 9 km from the beach, with eight self-catering units and six campsites for 39 guests, a pool and wifi. LekkeSlaap lists units sleeping four from R695, which makes it one of the cheapest roofs near Sodwana. It is outside the park gate, so you pay the Sodwana gate fee each time you drive in to dive or fish, though that fee is the lowest band in the park. The listing does not say who owns it. Choose it for a cheap dive base with your own kitchen.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Units for four from R695
- Pool and wifi
- Camping as well as units
- Low Sodwana gate fee band
Cons
- Outside the gate: pay entry each time you drive in
- 9 km from the beach
- Ownership not stated
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Wi-Fi
- Campsite
- Self-catering
We could not reach a website for Dumehlezi, so this list is incomplete by definition. Ask them directly.
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 entryR130 gate fee plus R7 conservation levy per international adult at Cape Vidal, the Western Shores or uMkhuze, R16.36 = US$1, 2024/25 tariff (the last confirmed).
- $8per person, per day
- VehicleR74 for a car of up to 5 seats at the Eastern Shores, Western Shores or uMkhuze gates; R30 at Sodwana, R40 at Kosi Bay.
- $5per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $63 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
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 Dumehlezi
From $21 pppn (reseller rate). LekkeSlaap, read 24 September 2026: R695 per unit sleeping four; the per-person figure assumes two people (about $11 each with four). The Sodwana gate fee is extra whenever you drive in: R34 per South African adult and R71 per international adult on the 2024/25 table, plus a R7 conservation levy. VAT treatment is not stated.
Self-catering. You cook. Nothing else is included unless the entry says so.
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 Dumehlezi
Is Dumehlezi inside Sodwana Bay?
No. It is on the Sodwana Main Road about 9 km from the beach, outside the park gate.
What does Dumehlezi cost?
LekkeSlaap lists R695 a night for a unit sleeping four.
Is it good for families?
Units sleep four. We found no published child policy.