iPhiva campsite
Campsite · Edge of the Eastern Shores, near Bhangazi · iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority (operator unverified)
A drawing, because nobody has sent us a photograph of iPhiva campsite yet. Send five and this page changes the same week.
Budget
Inside the park
Park-run (iSimangaliso Authority)
A campsite on the edge of the Eastern Shores, named on iSimangaliso's accommodation page and the base of Bhangazi Horse Safaris, the park's licensed horseback concessionaire. No capacity, rate or current operator has been published; the dossier lists it as a state site with the operator unverified. Bhangazi's bush rides take children over 6 and beach-and-bush rides children over 8, with riders under 95 kg. Choose it if you are coming to ride; confirm that it is open and who runs it first.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Base for the park's licensed horse rides
- Close to the Eastern Shores
- Listed by iSimangaliso
Cons
- No rate, capacity or operator published
- Status not confirmed
- No facility list in our sources
What's here
- Campsite
Arranged from the lodge:
- Guided walks
We could not reach a website for iPhiva campsite, 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 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 iPhiva campsite
Rates on request. No rate found in any tariff. The Eastern Shores gate fee (Bhangazi Gate) is R62 per South African adult and R130 per international adult on the 2024/25 table, plus levies. 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 iPhiva campsite
Who runs iPhiva campsite?
iSimangaliso lists it on its accommodation page, but the current operator is not confirmed. Ask the Authority or Bhangazi Horse Safaris.
What does iPhiva cost?
No rate has been published.
Can children ride at iPhiva?
Bhangazi Horse Safaris takes children over 6 on bush rides and over 8 on beach-and-bush rides, with riders under 95 kg. We found no child policy for the campsite itself.