iSimangaliso Wetland Park map
An interactive map of the 220 km park from Maphelane to Kosi Bay, coordinates for the camps, gates and sights, and the distances that the map hides: Maphelane looks a few minutes from St Lucia and is 85 km by road.
Interactive map of iSimangaliso Wetland Park
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Lodges without a confirmed location are not on the map yet: False Bay campsites (Lister's Point), Eden Park campsite, Mpophomeni trail camp, kuMkhumbi bush lodge, Forest Villas, Forest Lodge, Whalesong, African Dreamz, Monzi Safaris Urban Glamping, Leopard Corner Lodge, Amoya Villa, Gugulesizwe Dive Camp and Research Camp, Vic's Camp, Bhanga Nek, Beachside Camp and Lakeside Camp, Bhanga Nek, Dumehlezi, Malkoha Lake St Lucia, Sisodwana Lodge, Emoyeni Dive Retreat (Twobar Scuba), AfriCamps at Bonamanzi, &Beyond Phinda, Hluhluwe Bush Camp Glamping, Kingfisher Bush Lodge, Hluzu Guest House, 870 on Riverview Drive, Umsinsi Cottage, DumaZulu Lodge & Traditional Village and Mbazwana Inn.
Short answer
iSimangaliso has no single entrance: each of its sections has its own gate off the N2, and the drive from St Lucia to Kosi Bay is 240 km, about 3h44. Use the interactive map and coordinates below with an offline app such as OsmAnd or Organic Maps. Maphelane looks close to St Lucia but is 85 km away by road and has been closed since late 2018.
Everything on the map
Lodges and camps 51
- Afrikhaya Guest HouseBudget · From R1,760 per room
- AmaZulu LodgeBudget · From $62 pppn (reseller rate)
- Anew Hotel HluhluweMid-range · From $79 pppn (reseller rate)
- Bib's International BackpackersBudget · Rates on request
- Coral DiversBudget · From R225 per person, safari tent (2026)
- Dukandlovu rustic campBudget · From R210 per person (2023/24 tariff)
- Elephant Coast GuesthouseBudget · From $57 pppn (reseller rate)
- Elephant Lake HotelBudget · From $55 pppn (reseller rate)
- Emdoneni LodgeMid-range · From $101 pppn (reseller rate)
- Ezulwini Game LodgeBudget · From $42 pppn (reseller rate)
- Ghost Mountain InnMid-range · From $94 pppn (reseller rate)
- Hluhluwe River LodgeMid-range · Rates on request
- Hornbill House (location approximate)Budget · Rates on request
- iGwalagwala Guest HouseBudget · Rates on request
- Kosi Bay CasitasBudget · From $29 pppn (reseller rate)
- Kosi Bay LodgeBudget · Rates on request
- Kosi Forest LodgeTop-end · From R3,500 per person, fully inclusive
- Kosi Moon B&BBudget · From $28 pppn (reseller rate)
- Lalapanzi Guest Lodge (Leopard Tree Lodge)Budget · From $37 pppn (reseller rate)
- Leopard Mountain Safari LodgeMid-range · Rates on request
- Lidiko LodgeBudget · Rates on request
- Livingstone LodgeBudget · From $66 pppn (reseller rate)
- Mabibi Beach CampBudget · From R230 per person camping
- Makakatana Bay LodgeTop-end · From $665 pppn (reseller rate)
- Mantuma campBudget · From R700 per rest hut for two (2023/24 tariff)
- Maputaland Guest HouseBudget · From $49 pppn (reseller rate)
- Marlin LodgeBudget · From $46 pppn (reseller rate)
- Marula GardensBudget · From $29 pppn (reseller rate)
- Monzi Safaris BackpackersBudget · From $28 pppn (reseller rate)
- Monzi Safaris LodgeBudget · From $56 pppn (reseller rate)
- Mseni Beach LodgeBudget · Rates on request
- Ndiza Lodge and CabanasBudget · From $56 pppn (reseller rate)
- Nhlonhlela Bush LodgeBudget · From R3,780 per lodge for six (2023/24 tariff)
- Parkers CottagesBudget · From $46 pppn (reseller rate)
- Protea Hotel by Marriott Umfolozi RiverMid-range · Rates on request
- Rocktail Beach Camp (location approximate)Mid-range · Rates on request
- Sandpiper Guest HouseBudget · From $52 pppn (reseller rate)
- Santa Lucia Guest HouseBudget · Rates on request
- Serene-Estate GuesthouseMid-range · From $89 pppn (reseller rate)
- Sodwana Bay Lodge (location approximate)Mid-range · From $76 pppn (reseller rate)
- St Lucia Hilltop Guest HouseBudget · From $63 pppn (reseller rate)
- St Lucia Kingfisher LodgeBudget · From $61 pppn (reseller rate)
- St Lucia Ocean View LodgeBudget · From $58 pppn (reseller rate)
- St Lucia Wetlands Guest HouseBudget · Rates on request
- St Lucia WildsBudget · Rates on request
- Sunset Lodge Log CabinsBudget · From $37 pppn (reseller rate)
- Thonga Beach LodgeTop-end · From R6,840 per person, all meals and most activities
- Triton Dive LodgeBudget · Rates on request
- Umlilo LodgeMid-range · From R3,045 per room for two, B&B
- Utshwayelo Kosi Mouth Lodge and CampBudget · Rates on request
- Wendy's Country LodgeBudget · From $51 pppn (reseller rate)
Campsites and park camps 32
- Backpacker & CampingCampsite · outside the park
- Bushbaby LodgeCampsite · outside the park
- Campismo LeatherbackCampsite · outside the park
- Campismo NinhoCampsite · outside the park
- Cape Vidal campBudget · From R340 per site for two (2023/24 tariff)
- Charter's Creek (location approximate)Budget · Rates on request
- Crocodylus Private Sanctuary and Ostrich FarmCampsite · outside the park
- eMshopi campsiteBudget · From R330 per site (2023/24 tariff)
- Executive Camp sites (7-10)Campsite · outside the park
- Flatcat AccomodationCampsite · outside the park
- Futululu ParkCampsite · outside the park
- “Hlangana” camps sites (1-6)Campsite · outside the park
- Hluhluwe Backpackers and CampingCampsite · outside the park
- Ilala Palm ParkCampsite · outside the park
- InsinkweCampsite · outside the park
- iPhiva campsiteBudget · Rates on request
- Kosi Bay campBudget · From R900 per 2-bed chalet; campsites from R290 (2023/24 tariff)
- Kosi Bay Nature ReserveCampsite · outside the park
- Lake View Bush CampCampsite · outside the park
- Maphelane log cabins and campsite (location approximate)Budget · Rates on request
- Mbumbulu Bush CampCampsite · outside the park
- Natural MomentsCampsite · outside the park
- Ndumo Rest Camp campsiteCampsite · outside the park
- Nyalazi CampgroundCampsite · outside the park
- Pisces RetreatCampsite · outside the park
- Ponta do Ouro Beach CampCampsite · outside the park
- Sand Forest Lodge Camping HluhluweCampsite · outside the park
- Sodwana Bay camp (log cabins and campsites)Budget · From R260 per site for two (2023/24 tariff)
- Sugarloaf campsiteBudget · From R420 per site (2023/24 tariff)
- uMkhuze Environmental Camp
- UtswayeloCampsite · outside the park
- Utswayelo Kosi Mouth CampCampsite · outside the park
Pans and waterholes 54
- Amanzimnyama
- Amazibu Pan
- BahakaphakaPan · outside the park
- Banzi PanPan · outside the park
- Bhangazi
- Boat JettyPan · seasonal · outside the park
- CezwanaPan · outside the park
- Cwaka DamPan · outside the park
- Dinizulu DamPan · outside the park
- Dredger Harbour
Show the other 44 pans and waterholes
- Dube DamPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Hluhluwe DamPan · outside the park
- Hotwe PanPan · outside the park
- iZindondwe Pan
- Kosi Bay Estuary
- Kosi Bay MouthEstuary mouth and snorkelling 'aquarium' near the Mozambique border, with Thonga fish traps
- kuDiza PanPan · seasonal
- kuMpungwini
- kuNhlange
- kuShengeza
- kuZlonde
- KwaBumbePan · outside the park
- kwaMalibala Pan
- Lago ChatissuenePan · outside the park
- Lagoa Satine ou SotibaPan · outside the park
- Lake Bhangazi
- Lake EtezaPan · outside the park
- Lake Mgobozeleni
- Lake SibayaSouth Africa's largest natural freshwater lake, about 7,750 ha; no gate, 4x4 sand tracks
- Lake St. Lucia
- Lalapansi DamPan · outside the park
- Mafazana Pan
- Magongolwanini PanPan · outside the park
- Mahlasela PanPan · outside the park
- MakataPan · outside the park
- Makhawulani
- Mandejene ou PandPan · outside the park
- MandlankunziPan · outside the park
- Mfungeni PanPan · outside the park
- Muzi Pan
- Ngunuza Vlei
- NhlabanePan · outside the park
- NhlanjwanePan · outside the park
- Nhlonhlela PanPan · seasonal
- Nkamfuya Pan
- Nsumu
- NyamitiPan · outside the park
- Pongolapoort DamPan · outside the park
- Queens DamPan · outside the park
- Shazibe
- Shokwe PanPan · outside the park
- Sivunga DamPan · outside the park
- Thiyeni Hide WaterholePan · outside the park
- uMkumbe Camp Pan
Rivers and springs 19
- Black UmfoloziRiver · outside the park
- Hluhluwe
- LusutfuRiver · outside the park
- Maputo RiverRiver · outside the park
- MdunaRiver · outside the park
- Mfolozi RiverRiver · outside the park
- Mkuze RiverRiver · outside the park
- MseleniRiver · outside the park
- MsunduziRiver · outside the park
- MzineneRiver · outside the park
Show the other 9 rivers and springs
- Ngwavuma RiverRiver · outside the park
- Nyalazi
- NyetaneRiver · outside the park
- NzimanaRiver · outside the park
- OkulaRiver · outside the park
- PongoloRiver · outside the park
- Rio TumbulumundoRiver · outside the park
- UmsumdusiRiver · outside the park
- White Mfolozi RiverRiver · outside the park
Hides 17
- Amazibu Hide
- eMgadankawu Hide
- Ezulweni HideHide · outside the park
- Hotwe Pan HideHide · outside the park
- kuMahlahla Hide
- kuMasinga Hide
- kuMfazana Hide
- kwaMalibala Hide
- Mahlasela HideHide · outside the park
- Matandeni HideHide · outside the park
Show the other 7 hides
- Mpempe PanHide · outside the park
- Muzi PansHide · outside the park
- Ndumo Wilderness CampHide · outside the park
- Nsumo Hide North
- Nsumo Hide South
- Ponweni HideHide · outside the park
- Thiyeni HideHide · outside the park
Viewing towers 3
- Kwasheleni Tower
- Lebombo Lookout Tower
- Ndumo Viewing TowerViewing tower · outside the park
Viewpoints 34
- Catilina Bay Viewpoint
- Enxwala Vista Point
- Ezinaleni PansViewpoint · outside the park
- HilltopViewpoint · outside the park
- Hipo's View
- kwaLokothwayo Lookout
- Kwasheleni Viewpoint
- Mabeni Viewpoint
- Maphumula ViewpointViewpoint · outside the park
- Mapondo ViewpointViewpoint · outside the park
Show the other 18 viewpoints
- Masinda LookoutViewpoint · outside the park
- Mfungeni PanViewpoint · outside the park
- Mission Rocks Lookout
- Mnqabatheki LookoutViewpoint · outside the park
- Ngwavuma ViewpointViewpoint · outside the park
- Nyalazi ViewpointViewpoint · outside the park
- Pongolapoort ViewpointViewpoint · outside the park
- Ponta FredericoViewpoint · outside the park
- Ponta MalonganeViewpoint · outside the park
- Ponta MamoliViewpoint · outside the park
- Ponta TechobanineViewpoint · outside the park
- Seme LookoutViewpoint · outside the park
- Sitezi View PointViewpoint · outside the park
- Siwasamikhosikazi Picnic SiteViewpoint · outside the park
- View over Jocini DamViewpoint · outside the park
- Vukazin PanViewpoint · outside the park
- Zimambeni PanViewpoint · outside the park
- Zincakeni LookoutViewpoint · outside the park
- Plus 6 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Picnic sites 16
- Catalina Bay
- eThaleni Picnic Site
- Hilltop Camp site picnic areaPicnic site · outside the park
- kwaLokothwayo Picnic Site
- kwaMalibala Pan Hide
- Manungu Picnic SitePicnic site · outside the park
- Maphumula Picnic SitePicnic site · outside the park
- Mission Rocks Picnic Site
- NRC Picnic SpotPicnic site · outside the park
- Nsumo Pan Picnic Site
Show the other 3 picnic sites
- Red Cliffs Picnic SitePicnic site · outside the park
- Thiyeni Hide Picnic SitePicnic site · outside the park
- uMziki Picnic Site
- Plus 3 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Gates 24
- Bhangazi GateEastern Shores gate about 2 km north of St Lucia town; R130 per international adult (2024/25)
- Campground access gatePark fee payable for beach access
- Cape Vidal gate
- Dukuduku Gate
- eMshopi Entrance Gate
- eMshopi Entrance Gate gate
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority Office gate
- Kosi Bay Border ControlGate · border post · outside the park
- kwaMalibala Pan Hide gate
- KZN Wildlife Cabins gate
Show the other 14 gates
- Leopard Walk Lodge gateGate · outside the park
- Main GateGate · outside the park
- Monzi Airstrip gate
- Natural Moments gateGate · outside the park
- Ndumu Game Reserve Main GateGate · outside the park
- Nyalazi River gateGate · outside the park
- Ocean View Nature Lodge gateGate · outside the park
- Ophansi Gate
- Park entry gate
- Sodwana Bay Camp Site gate
- Sodwana Bay Gate
- Sugarloaf Camp gate
- Underwater Explorers gateGate · outside the park
- Utswayelo Kosi Mouth Camp gate
Airstrips 26
- Aeroporto de Ponta do OuroAirstrip · FQPO
- Big Skies Manzengwenya Airstrip
- BizaneAirstrip · grass
- Bushlands Airstrip (CLOSED)
- (CLOSED)Airstrip · grass
- Dukuduku AirportAirstrip · DUK FADK
- Hluhluwe AirportAirstrip · HLW FAHL
- Ingwavuma AirportAirstrip · FAIV
- Kosibaai AirportAirstrip · FAKB
- Kwambo Airstrip
Show the other 16 airstrips
- Mantuma Camp Airport
- Masinda Airstrip
- Mbazwana Airport (CLOSED)Airstrip · FAMX
- Mkuzi AirportAirstrip · MZQ FAMU
- Monzi Airstrip
- Mseleni Airstrip
- Mziki
- Ndumo Airstrip (CLOSED)Airstrip · FANO
- Nsoko AirfieldAirstrip · FDNS
- Ornate Lake - St. Lucia AirportAirstrip · FAON
- Phinda AirportAirstrip · PZL FADQ
- Sodwana Airstrip (CLOSED)
- Sodwana Bay Microlight Airfield and Boat Storage
- SQF Kwambo Airstrip
- Ubombo Airstrip (CLOSED)
- Ubombo Ranches AirfieldAirstrip · FDUB
Towns 15
- DukudukuVillage
- eSithezaVillage
- Hluhluwe
- Jozini
- KhulaVillage
- Malongane
- Manguzi
- MkuzeVillage
- MonziVillage
- MseleniVillage
Show the other 5 towns
- Mtubatuba
- NordaleVillage
- Ponta do Ouro
- St. LuciaVillage
- Zitundo
Ranger posts 1
- Nyalazi Gate
Fuel 14
- Astron EnergyFuel station · Mo-Su 00:00-24:00
- Astron EnergyFuel station · Mo-Su 00:00-24:00
- BPFuel station · Mo-Su 00:00-24:00
- EngenFuel station · 24/7
- Engen
- GlobalFuel station · Global Oil
- Mantuma
- Petromoc
- Shiptech
- TotalEnergies
Show the other 1 fuel
- TotalEnergies
- Plus 3 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Clinics 14
- Bethesda HospitalHospital
- eZwenelisha Clinic B
- Hlabisa, Kwazulu-Natal
- Mabibi HospitalHospital
- Manguzi HospitalHospital
- Mseleni HospitalHospital
- Mseleni HospitalHospital
- Mshudu ClinicHospital
- Netcare The Bay HospitalHospital
- Nkundusi Clinic
Show the other 4 clinics
- Sipho Zungu Clinic
- Somkhele ClinicHospital
- Thengane ClinicHospital
- Vis-age's EMS
Download the official park map
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority publishes a page for each of its ten sections on isimangaliso.com, rebuilt in early 2026. Those pages are the official reference for what each section holds; gate times are not on them.
Key coordinates
Save these before you go. Mobile coverage inside the park is patchy at best, and a set of waypoints in an offline app will get you out of trouble faster than anything else.
| Place | What it is | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Maphelane | South bank of the St Lucia mouth, highest vegetated dunes; closed since late 2018 and 85 km by road from St Lucia | -28.40663, 32.42204 |
| Sugarloaf campsite, St Lucia | Estuary-edge state campsite in town, 92 powered sites; the boat cruises leave nearby and there is no gate | -28.38166, 32.41953 |
| Bhangazi Gate | Eastern Shores gate about 2 km north of St Lucia town; R130 per international adult (2024/25) | -28.35661, 32.42023 |
| uMthoma Aerial Boardwalk | Canopy boardwalk on the Western Shores, through the Dukuduku and Nhlozi gates | -28.25020, 32.41015 |
| Mission Rocks | Rock pools 16 km south of Cape Vidal; the Bats Cave walk of about 2 km at low tide; unsafe for swimming | -28.27815, 32.48607 |
| Charter's Creek | Western Shores camp on the lake, 25 km from St Lucia; tendered as a 20-year concession | -28.20398, 32.41696 |
| Cape Vidal | Beach, snorkelling reef and state camp, 34 km and about 53 minutes from St Lucia | -28.12197, 32.55615 |
| False Bay | Western arm of the lake near Hluhluwe; campsites at Lister's Point and trails of 2, 7 and 9 km | -28.02139, 32.35917 |
| eMshopi Gate | uMkhuze gate near Mkuze town off the N2 | -27.64343, 32.15328 |
| Mantuma camp, uMkhuze | The state camp in uMkhuze: rest huts, chalets and safari tents, 2h20 from St Lucia | -27.59684, 32.21989 |
| iNsumo Pan | Ramsar-listed pan with hippo, crocodile and a pink-backed pelican breeding colony; picnic site and fig forest walk | -27.66854, 32.30734 |
| Jesser Point, Sodwana Bay | The boat launch for the dive reefs, which are named by their distance from here | -27.51058, 32.65363 |
| Lake Sibaya | South Africa's largest natural freshwater lake, about 7,750 ha; no gate, 4x4 sand tracks | -27.34440, 32.63762 |
| Mabibi | Coastal Forest beach with the community-run Mabibi Beach Camp and Thonga Beach Lodge; 4x4 access | -27.33067, 32.74675 |
| Kosi Bay rest camp | State camp on Lake Nhlange, 3h44 from St Lucia; get the Kosi Mouth permit here a day ahead | -26.95907, 32.82739 |
| Kosi Bay Mouth | Estuary mouth and snorkelling 'aquarium' near the Mozambique border, with Thonga fish traps | -26.89502, 32.88075 |
Finding your way around iSimangaliso
- Every section is reached from the N2: turn off at Mtubatuba for St Lucia and the Eastern and Western Shores, at Hluhluwe for False Bay and Sodwana, at Mkuze for uMkhuze and the road north to Kosi Bay, and at KwaMbonambi for Maphelane.
- There is no crossing at the St Lucia mouth. Maphelane is about 3 km from St Lucia across the water and 85 km by road; it has been closed since late 2018.
- Cape Vidal is only 34 km from St Lucia but takes nearly an hour on the game-drive road through the Eastern Shores, longer once you stop for animals.
- Lake Sibaya's shoreline, Mabibi and several Coastal Forest camps are on sand tracks that need a high-clearance 4x4. The drive times in the table come from a routing engine that treats sand as drivable, so allow more.
- Fill up in St Lucia (Caltex and Engen), Mbazwana or Manguzi before the northern sand roads.
How far apart are the sections?
The park is long and thin, and the drive times surprise people. These are free-flow estimates from the OSRM routing engine on OpenStreetMap data, computed on 24 September 2026; trucks and roadworks on the N2 make real times longer.
About the coordinates
The coordinates above come from OpenStreetMap, looked up on 13 October 2026, and mark the named feature rather than its car park. The gates shown on the map are the five that OpenStreetMap records by name: Bhangazi, Dukuduku, Ophansi, eMshopi and Sodwana Bay. Nhlozi, False Bay, the Coastal Forest and Kosi Bay have gates too, but OpenStreetMap does not mark them, so they are not on the map.