Hluhluwe River Lodge
Chalets and a house, dinner and breakfast · Overlooking False Bay, about 30 km from Memorial Gate · Hluhluwe River Lodge
Budget
Outside the gate
Ownership unconfirmed
A lodge overlooking False Bay, which its own site, hluhluwe.co.za, puts at a 20-minute drive, about 30 km, from Memorial Gate. It has chalets, including two honeymoon and two family units, and a four-sleeper house, and it describes itself as 4-star graded. On 24 September 2026 Booking.com listed a chalet with dinner and breakfast at R4,266 a night for two. We found no statement of who owns it. Despite the name, it is outside Hluhluwe-iMfolozi. Choose it if you want water views and dinner after a day in the park; skip it if you want the shortest drive to the gate.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Views over False Bay
- Family chalets and a four-sleeper house
- Dinner and breakfast in the Booking.com rate
- Conservation fee only on days you enter
Cons
- Outside the park despite the name
- About 30 km from Memorial Gate
- Rate from a reseller; no own rate in our sources
What's here
- Family rooms
Read from Hluhluwe River Lodge's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
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.
- Park entryR320 per international adult per day at USD 1 = R16.35 (23 Sep 2026), 2025/26 tariff valid to 31 Oct 2026.
- $20per person, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults pay $120 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
Ezemvelo's 2025/26 tariff lists no vehicle fee for Hluhluwe-iMfolozi.
Guests at Ezemvelo's own camps and at the private lodge inside the park pay the conservation fee for every day as well; it is not included in the accommodation rates.
The full fee schedule for Hluhluwe-iMfolozi ParkRates at Hluhluwe River Lodge
From $130 pppn (reseller rate). Booking.com's lowest displayed price, R4,266 for a chalet with dinner and breakfast, two adults, one night on 14 to 15 October 2026, read 24 September 2026; about $130 each at R16.35. Prices move daily, and the listing we read did not state 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.
It depends which package you book. This camp sells more than one basis, from self-catering up to fully inclusive. The rates note says what each one covers.
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.
Questions about Hluhluwe River Lodge
Is Hluhluwe River Lodge inside Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park?
No. It overlooks False Bay, about 30 km (a 20-minute drive, by its own account) from Memorial Gate. The name refers to the area, not the park.
Is Hluhluwe River Lodge good for families?
It has two family chalets and a four-sleeper house, according to its own site, but we found no published child policy.
Are meals included at Hluhluwe River Lodge?
The Booking.com rate we saw on 24 September 2026 included dinner and breakfast for R4,266 for two. Check the rate you book.