Our Location and Weather

Near St. Lucia are the game reserves of Hluhluwe/iMfolozi and Mkuze together with a number of small resorts both on the shores of the lake and on the shores of the Indian Ocean.

St. Lucia is approximately three hours' drive from Durban and six hours from Johannesburg.

Our Global Positioning System (GPS) co-ordinates are S28 22.520 E32 25.033.

Border Post Times

• From the Kruger National Park and Barberton in South Africa to Swaziland at Bulembu/Josefdal 08:00 to 16:00
• From Barberton into Swaziland at Ngwenya/Oshoek 07:00 to 22:00
• From Kruger National Park into Swaziland at Mananga 07:00 to 18:00
• From Maputo through Eastern Swaziland Namaacha/Lomahasha 07:00 to 20:00
• From Maputo through Eastern Swaziland Goba/Mhlumeni 07:00 to 20:00
• From Southern Mozambique to South Africa Kosi Bay/Ponta d'Oura 08:00 to 17:00
• From Swaziland to South Africa Lavumisa/Golela 07:00 to 22:00

Before embarking on your travels it is recommended to check the closing times of Border control points.

To calculate the distance from a major town in South Africa to St. Lucia, enter Richards Bay as the destination and add 80kms (50 miles).

Copyright St. Lucia Guest House Accommodation

The St. Lucia Wetland Park must be the only place on the globe where the world's oldest land mammal (the rhinoceros) and the world's biggest terrestrial mammal .

Nelson Mandela

iSimangaliso Park

500,000 acres, coral reefs, 200m sand dune forest.

Elephants, hippos, turtles, whales, crocodiles and 400 species of birds.

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