Contact Person: Imelda
Contact Details: Telephone and Fax: Int. (+2735) Local (035) 590 1033
We offer self-catering holiday accommodation in Zululand, South Africa for couples, single travellers, families, birders, eco-tourists, “mature” backpackers and nature enthusiasts. Our vacation units are neat, clean in a garden setting on the embankment of the St Lucia Estuary away from the town noise.
St Lucia town is uniquely situated surrounded by a World Heritage Site, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, an ideal base to explore and experience our unspoilt natural heritage.
The park stretches 220 km along the northern coastline of Kwa-Zulu Natal, against the warm Indian Ocean. This area boasts:
St Lucia Wilds is privately owned and managed, situated in the main street away from the noisy town centre but within walking distance of shops and restaurants. Our units are set in a natural tranquil garden on the embankment of the St Lucia Estuary (lake). Wildlife visit the garden overlooking the lake like Tree Squirrels, Banded Mongoose, an abundance of birds, insects, butterflies, small reptilians, small bucks like Red Duiker and Bushbuck, Vervet Monkeys and Thick-tailed Bush babies at night and hippo grazing the grass form time to time.
“The Wilds” as we are locally known, offers fully equipped self-catering holiday accommodation and you are invited to stay in our standard, comfortable, clean and neat units. We offer 3 joint ground floor chalet/apartment type units and 1 affordable (budget) flatlet. No meals, drinks and toiletries are provided. We provide accommodation for single travellers, families, self-drive visitors and backpackers, especially nature enthusiasts.
All units have access to the lake via a communal path through the premises to the big garden and swimming pool too. The chalet/apartment units have no view of the lake. Each unit has a little garden with lots of plants as view. Come and enjoy the big garden view of the Estuary while watching the many birds, or just relax on a lounger chair under a tree in the cool breeze, drink a “sundowner” while you watch the sun set over the lake or cool down in the swimming pool also on the lake side.
The owners live onsite and are always ready to give information and share their passion for the environment, part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park – World Heritage Site. We are also a Birder Friendly Establishment with own garden list and Igwala Forest site map and the directions to other hot spots. This area provides lots from Zebra to Mangrove Forest to beetles, the sea, forest and lakes.
ALL UNITS
- Each unit has 1 (one) parking bay under roof cover, extra vehicles have to park without cover, luggage trailers have safe parking on the premises.
- All units use a communal path to the swimming pool, lakeside garden area path to the lake.
- All units are strictly non-smoking inside.
- All opening windows and doors have insect netting.
- All units have a television and remote control.
- All units have a semi private garden area with braai facility (grid & tongs) and garden furniture. This area is separated by plants.
- The kitchen has dish liquid, sponge, dishtowel and wash cloth.
- We provide a few washing pegs and washing line is available for each unit (no laundry use or machine wash on premises available, in town are a few laundromats)
- We provide an inclusive cleaning service, once daily which include dish washing.
- We provide 1 bath towel per person only.
On premises we have a swimming pool, access to the Estuary and a tree house with slide for small children.
