Tour overview
St Lucia is surrounded by wilderness, the biggest attraction are the incredible natural features and its home to the highest concentration of hippos & crocodiles in the country.
Located in South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, St Lucia lies the Elephant Lake Hotel. Sitting on the magnificent shores of the St Lucia Estuary, the Hotel abounds with natural beauty and wildlife, nestled comfortably in the surrounding iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa’s first Natural World Heritage Site.
The Hotel is a Superior 3-star graded hotel that offers an abundance of luxury, sights, sounds, and adventures. With the Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park’s Nyalazi Gate just 50 kilometres offering the Big 5 safari experience, and the surrounding wetlands, the lakes, lagoons, freshwater swamps and grasslands of St Lucia and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park support more species of animal than many of the better-known parks and deltas in Southern Africa.
St Lucia South Africa has one of the largest Estuary’s in Africa, its total length is approximately 85km South to North and 22km wide at its widest point. Previously St Lucia town was known as St Lucia Estuary and is still today referred to as St Lucia Estuary especially when searching in Google and other search engines this due to St Lucia in the Caribbean. St Lucia Estuary is also much like an island and this is due to the fact that the town is surrounded by water on the left is the estuary and on the east side is the Indian Ocean.
The St Lucia South Africa Estuary is an incredible place of wonder home to more than 800 Hippo’s that lounge about on the banks of the estuary and the estimated 1200 Nile crocodiles not to mention the abundance of birdlife. It is no wonder that the area was proclaimed as a world heritage in 1999 by Unesco and is the first world heritage site in South Africa, formerly a fishing town with domestic travelers the town or area has since grown in leaps and bounds know this bustling little town offers numerous attractions to both national and international holidaymakers every year. The St Lucia Estuary remains the top attraction as nowhere else has one the opportunity of experiencing such a diverse and magnitude of beauty, the various seasons contribute to migratory bird species. A bird lover’s paradise and only 54km away lies the Mkuze game reserve most definitely one of the best birding areas in South Africa.
Included
- 2 Nights Accomodation
- Local Transportation
- Boat cruise
- Sight seeing
- Swimming
