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📍 St. Lucia · South Africa
A 4-star, award-winning thatched guesthouse in a lush tropical garden in St Lucia village, with private outdoor African showers and a 9.7/10 Booking.com rating
About the Property
Lodge Afrique's eight suites sit under thatch in a lush tropical garden in the heart of St Lucia village, each pairing a private patio and outdoor African shower with a full Afro-Victorian en-suite bathroom — a design that leans into the wetland setting rather than covering it up. Guests take breakfast on the lodge's open-air patio, watching for the garden's resident birdlife while working through a continental and full English spread, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options catered for too. The lodge is a 4-star provincial-graded guesthouse and a Lilizela Tourism Award winner for KwaZulu-Natal (2019/2020).
On Booking.com, Lodge Afrique holds a 9.7 out of 10 rating from 225 reviews, with staff scored 9.9 and cleanliness 9.8. Guests repeatedly single out the lodge's "gracious host" and local recommendations that, as one reviewer put it, "greatly enhanced our stay," alongside the African decor and the breakfast.
The lodge is a short walk from St Lucia's estuary mouth and restaurant strip, and within reach of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa's first UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to an estimated 800 hippos and 1,200 crocodiles in the St Lucia estuary alone.
Check-in is from 14:00 and check-out is by 10:00.
Eight freestanding thatched suites, sleeping up to 16 guests in total.
Yes, children of all ages are welcome, and cots and high chairs are available.
Breakfast is included. English and continental breakfasts are served by the pool on the patio of the main lodge.
Yes, off-street and undercover parking.
About 210 km by road, roughly two and a half hours' drive.
About 35 km by road, just under an hour's drive through the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
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Rooms & Pricing
Prices are approximate and vary by season and booking platform. Check the current rate with the stay.
2 twin beds
1 king bed
Meeting hall for corporate events, training, birthday parties and baby showers. Tailor-made packages available.
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