Sunset Lodge Log Cabins
Self-catering log chalets · St Lucia town, 154 McKenzie Street, on the estuary bank (no gate fee) · Sunset Lodge
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Budget
Inside the park
Ownership unconfirmed
Seven self-catering log chalets for 25 guests on the estuary bank at 154 McKenzie Street, with a pool and air-conditioning, from R1,200 a night for two on LekkeSlaap. The lodge runs on borehole water and tells guests to bring drinking water. Being on the estuary, you are close to the cruise jetties, but hippos come out of that water at night, so do not walk the bank after dark. The listing does not say who owns it. Choose it for an estuary view at a budget price.
Pros and cons
Pros
- From R1,200 for two
- On the estuary bank
- Pool and air-conditioning
- Chalet for four from R2,200
Cons
- Bring your own drinking water
- Hippos on the bank at night
- Ownership not stated
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Self-catering
We could not reach a website for Sunset Lodge Log Cabins, 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 Sunset Lodge Log Cabins
From $37 pppn (reseller rate). LekkeSlaap, read 24 September 2026: R1,200 per night for two, self-catering; Estuary View Chalet for four R2,200 low season, R2,500 high. No gate fee to reach St Lucia town. VAT treatment is not stated.
Self-catering. You cook. Nothing else is included unless the entry says so.
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 Sunset Lodge Log Cabins
Is the water at Sunset Lodge drinkable?
The lodge uses borehole water and tells guests to bring drinking water.
What does Sunset Lodge cost?
LekkeSlaap lists R1,200 a night for two; the Estuary View Chalet for four is R2,200 in low season and R2,500 in high.
Is Sunset Lodge good for families?
The four-sleeper chalet suits a family. We found no published child policy; keep children away from the estuary bank after dark.