Mpophomeni trail camp
Trail camp · False Bay section · iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority
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Budget
Inside the park
Park-run (iSimangaliso Authority)
A trail camp in the False Bay section, named on iSimangaliso's accommodation page and nowhere else in our sources: no capacity, rate or facilities have been published, and it was not on Ezemvelo's 2023/24 tariff. False Bay has three self-guided trails, including the short Mphophomeni trail of about 2 km. The camp is state land under the iSimangaliso Authority. Treat it as a name on a list until the Authority confirms that it takes guests; Dukandlovu, nearby, is the trail camp with a published price.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Inside the quiet False Bay section
- Close to three self-guided trails
- Lower gate band than the Eastern Shores
Cons
- No rate, capacity or facilities published
- Not on the last official tariff
- Status not confirmed
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Guided walks
We could not reach a website for Mpophomeni trail camp, 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 Mpophomeni trail camp
Rates on request. No rate found in any tariff. The False Bay gate fee is R57 per South African adult and R120 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 Mpophomeni trail camp
Can you book Mpophomeni trail camp?
iSimangaliso names it on its accommodation page but publishes nothing else. Ask the Authority whether it is open.
What does it cost?
No rate has been published, and it was not on Ezemvelo's 2023/24 tariff.
Is there an alternative nearby?
Dukandlovu rustic camp, also in the False Bay section, was R210 a person on the 2023/24 tariff. We found no published child policy for either.