St Lucia and iSimangaliso Wetland Park in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, present guests with the best of what nature has to offer. Spot Rhinos or Turtles and relax on your beach safari holiday.
Let Makakatana Bay Lodge create a unique safari of your dreams with luxury accommodation, spectacular African safaris and activities, and breathtaking scenery. There are many different safaris to choose from at Makakatana, each of them promising excitement and enjoyment.
Morning and Afternoon Wetland Game Drives
Using luxurious open safari vehicles, guests may experience an early morning or afternoon drive that offers a glimpse of this stunning unspoiled park with its vast array of birds and creatures, both large and small. You get to sip a drink while taking in the sights, sounds, and scents of the settling night beneath the enchanted hues of the setting sun.
Giraffes, wildebeest, buffalo, zebras, hyenas, waterbucks, servals, porcupines, genets, leopards, and elephants are among the animals that may be spotted.
Lake Wetland Boat Safari
Guests may take a safari game drive around the western shoreline to reach the Makakatana boat, where the skipper, Warwick. Take a leisurely trip on Africa's largest estuary system, the Lake St. Lucia Estuary. Visitors can witness numerous hippos, including birds, and crocodiles. The guide can also arrange for a picnic meal.
Beach and Bush Safari
A leisurely safari game drive will take guests from the western to the eastern beaches of the Indian Ocean to a spotless beach on the iSimangaliso shoreline. Here, you can swim, snorkel, and have a picnic lunch amidst the highest vegetated dunes in Africa.
Eco Boat trips
In front of the lodge are two eco-boats that are powered by solar energy. There are fantastic morning tours available to explore the shoreline of Lake St. Lucia in order to see birds and hippos. This will be provided to guests as an alternative to the early morning game drive, weather permitting.
