Kosi Bay Lodge
Chalets and tents · Kosi Bay, on the park boundary (exact position not confirmed) · Kosi Bay Lodge
Budget
Boundary unconfirmed
Owner/family-run
An owner-run lodge of 13 chalets and tents at Kosi Bay, open for more than 20 years, with a restaurant, pool and bar. It sells lake cruises, fishing and turtle tours. It sits on the park boundary, but whether inside or outside has not been confirmed, so it shows as boundary unconfirmed. Its own site publishes no rate. Choose it for a Kosi base with a restaurant and bar; ask for the price and whether park fees are included. Fill up with fuel at Manguzi first.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Restaurant, pool and bar
- Cruises, fishing and turtle tours
- Long-established
Cons
- No published rate
- Position against the boundary unconfirmed
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Restaurant
- Bar
Arranged from the lodge:
- Boat trips
- Fishing
Read from Kosi Bay Lodge'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 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 Kosi Bay Lodge
Rates on request. Its own site publishes no rate. The Kosi Bay gate fee is R34 per South African adult and R71 per international adult on the 2024/25 table, plus levies, when you enter the section. Ask whether VAT is included.
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 Kosi Bay Lodge
Is Kosi Bay Lodge inside the park?
Not confirmed. It is on the boundary, but its exact position has not been verified.
What does Kosi Bay Lodge cost?
Its own site publishes no rate. Ask.
Is it good for families?
We found no published child policy.