Sisodwana Lodge
Lodge · Sodwana, outside the park gate · Sisodwana Lodge
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Budget
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
An owner-run lodge near Sodwana, outside the park gate, with a profile on iSimangaliso's establishments pages. No capacity, rate or facility list was captured. Like every place on the Sodwana road, it means paying the gate fee each time you drive in to the beach or the dive launch, though at R34 for a South African adult that is the lowest band in the park. Treat it as one to contact directly: ask for rates, rooms and distance to the beach.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Owner-run
- Listed by iSimangaliso
- Low Sodwana gate fee band
Cons
- No rate or capacity captured
- Outside the gate
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 Sisodwana Lodge
Rates on request. No rate was captured. The Sodwana gate fee is extra each time you drive in: R34 per South African adult and R71 per international adult on the 2024/25 table, plus a R7 conservation levy. 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 Sisodwana Lodge
Is Sisodwana Lodge inside the park?
No, it is outside the Sodwana gate.
What does Sisodwana Lodge cost?
No rate was captured. Ask the lodge.
Is it good for families?
We found no published child policy.