Ghost Mountain Inn
Country hotel · Mkuze town, near eMshopi Gate (uMkhuze) · Ghost Mountain Inn
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Mid-range
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
An owner-run country hotel in Mkuze town for 194 guests, close to eMshopi Gate into uMkhuze. LekkeSlaap lists rooms at R3,400 for two with breakfast, with a promotional R3,060 until 18 December 2026. uMkhuze has no private lodge inside it, so this is the main hotel option for the section; Mantuma camp is the alternative inside the gate. Choose it for a hotel room with breakfast within a short drive of the uMkhuze hides. Pay the gate fee each time you drive in.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Closest hotel to uMkhuze
- Breakfast included
- Promotional rate to 18 December 2026
Cons
- Outside the park, gate fee on each entry
- Large hotel rather than a lodge
- Reseller rate
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 Ghost Mountain Inn
From $94 pppn (reseller rate). LekkeSlaap, read 24 September 2026: R3,400 per room for two with breakfast; promotional rate R3,060 until 18 December 2026 (the per-person figure uses the promotion). The uMkhuze gate fee is extra when you drive in: R62 per South African adult and R130 international on the 2024/25 table, plus a R7 conservation levy. 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 Ghost Mountain Inn
How far is Ghost Mountain Inn from uMkhuze?
It is in Mkuze town, near eMshopi Gate, the uMkhuze entrance off the N2.
What does Ghost Mountain Inn cost?
LekkeSlaap lists R3,400 a room for two with breakfast, or R3,060 on a promotion until 18 December 2026.
Is it good for families?
We found no published child policy.