Kingfisher Bush Lodge
Lodge rooms · Manguzi, for Kosi Bay · Kingfisher Bush Lodge
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Budget
Outside the gate
Ownership unconfirmed
A nine-unit lodge in Manguzi, the town at the top of the Kosi Bay road, with a pool and restaurant, listed on SA-Venues from R700 a room. It arranges visits to the Thonga fish traps on the Kosi lakes. It is outside the park; Manguzi is also where you fill up with fuel before the sand roads of the Coastal Forest. The listing does not name an owner. Not to be confused with St Lucia Kingfisher Lodge. Choose it as a cheap Kosi base with a restaurant.
Pros and cons
Pros
- From R700 a room
- Pool and restaurant
- Fish-trap visits
Cons
- Outside the park, in town
- Directory price, season not stated
- Ownership not stated
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Restaurant
Arranged from the lodge:
- Community visits
We could not reach a website for Kingfisher Bush Lodge, 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 Kingfisher Bush Lodge
From $21 pppn (reseller rate). SA-Venues, read 24 September 2026: R700 per room (R665 discounted), basis two people. The Kosi Bay gate fee is extra when you enter the section: R34 per South African adult and R71 international on the 2024/25 table. 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 Kingfisher Bush Lodge
What does Kingfisher Bush Lodge cost?
SA-Venues lists rooms from R700 (R665 discounted).
Is it the St Lucia Kingfisher Lodge?
No. This one is in Manguzi near Kosi Bay.
Is it good for families?
We found no published child policy.