EXPERIENCE MAPUTALAND
The Great Lakes
Fully included with a guide, transport to and from camp, the boat trip and the packed lunch picnic.
All year round, weather dependant.
Picnic on the lakeside.
4.5/5.5 hours (excluding transfer to and from camp).
2 hours drive (return).
Leave camp after breakfast (around 9am); back around 3/4pm
You’d be forgiven for thinking you’re reading buzzwords out of the sustainable development playbook in this post. read more
TURTLE TRACKING
We have secured an exclusive permit with iSimangaliso Wetland Park and KZN Wildlife, allowing us to operate a turtle drive. This makes us one of only two operators permitted to do this.
There is an additional cost, R1050 per person per drive and R950 per person per walk, to do this experience
Turtle season starts on the 15th of November and concludes on the 15th of March
Includes a flask of tea or hot chocolate and biscuits
The excursion is tide-dependent and can only happen at night (between 6 pm and 6 am), so please prepare for a late night
Anywhere from 2-4 hours depending on sightings
Leave camp 2/3 hours before low tide
Mbongeni Myeni, our head guide, has been running turtle tracking expeditions since 1991, making him one of the most experienced guides on turtle shoreline activity in the world.
The leatherback turtle is magnificent. It’s also quite unbelievably massive weighing in at around 700kg on average and reaching sizes of 2 metres. read more
Relaxed beach days
Fully included with a guide, transport to and from camp, the boat trip and the packed lunch picnic.
All year round, weather dependant.
Breakfast or lunch picnic, depending on when you would like to be at the beach.
As long as you like to be at the beach
15 minutes to the beach and 15 minutes back to the lodge (30 minute round trip).
Shade shelter, towels, coolerbox and chairs included.
Black Rock Beach is arguably the most beautiful beach in South Africa. Its also the only place you can find the strange and rare, Boutons Snake Eyed Skink read more
Snorkel the rockpools
Fully included a guide, transport to and from camp, the boat trip and a packed lunch picnic.
All year round, weather & tide dependant.
If you wish to stay longer, we can pack a picnic breakfast, a picnic lunch or a cooler of drinks.
Snorkelling can last 3 hours with a good low tide and minimal wind.
Leave camp 2 hours before low tide.
Snorkelling equipment, towels and a shade shelter all included
Its another one of those days in camp where the water is azure blue and the calm, lapping sea hides the sheer volume of life bustling underneath is glassy exterior. read more
WALKS AROUND CAMP
Fully included with a guide, transport to and from camp, the boat trip and the packed lunch picnic.
All year round, weather dependant.
Picnic on the lakeside.
4.5/5.5 hours (excluding transfer to and from camp).
2 hours drive (return).
Leave camp after breakfast (around 9am); back around 3/4pm
You’ll be forgiven for thinking you’re reading buzzwords out of the sustainable development playbook in this post. read more
