Lodge Afrique is the ideal base from which to explore South Africa’s first World Heritage Site, the surrounding Isimangiliso Wetland Park - South Africa’s top nature destination for eco-tourists. St Lucia Estuary is the only town in the world that is completely surrounded by this World Heritage Site – the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. On the West & South, it is bordered by the Estuary itself, home to about 800 hippos & 1200 crocodiles.

On the East side, the town is bordered by the warm Indian Ocean, and on the North the Eastern Shores section of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. With its beautiful lakes, lagoons, freshwater swamps and grasslands, the ISimangalsio Wetland Park supports more species of animals and birds than many of the better known parks and deltas in Southern Africa.