Emdoneni Lodge

A lodge with chalets 10.2 km from Hluhluwe town, which also hosts a cat conservation project on its grounds. On 24 September 2026 Booking.com listed a chalet at R2,979 a night for two. Our sources give no website and no statement of who owns it. It is outside Hluhluwe-iMfolozi; Memorial Gate is 17 km from Hluhluwe town, and the conservation fee applies only on days you go in. Choose it if the cat project interests you; on price alone, town guesthouses are far cheaper.

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What the park charges on top

The rate above buys you a bed. Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.

Rates at Emdoneni Lodge

From $91 pppn (reseller rate). Booking.com's lowest displayed price, R2,979 for a chalet, two adults, one night on 14 to 15 October 2026, read 24 September 2026; about $91 each at R16.35. Prices move daily, and the listing we read did not state board or VAT. The Ezemvelo conservation fee (R320 per international adult a day, R160 South African and SADC, 2025/26 tariff) is extra on each day you enter the park.

What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.

Every figure on this page is in US dollars.

Rates checked on 24 September 2026. Ezemvelo's figures come from its 2025/26 tariff, valid to 31 October 2026; a new tariff is expected from 1 November 2026 and had not been published on that date. The private lodge inside the park, Duiker Game Lodge's package and the Ezemvelo camps are priced from their own sources. Every other figure outside the park is Booking.com's lowest displayed price for one night, 14 to 15 October 2026, two adults, and is marked as a reseller rate; it moves daily. Dollar figures use R16.35 to the dollar (ECB, 23 September 2026) and are per person sharing. The conservation fee is extra everywhere: R320 per international adult a day, R160 for South African and SADC residents.

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