Rocktail Bay

Rocktail Bay Lodge is situated the northern reaches of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park. The lodge is situated metres inland from the warm Indian Ocean, and is built within the forest canopy of vegetated dunes that occur along Maputaland's coastline. Rocktail offers perhaps the most private beach experience in South Africa, with nearly 40 kilometres of unspoilt, pristine coastline where it is possible that one can walk for hours without meeting another soul.

Accommodation is in eleven wood and thatch tree-house chalets raised on stilts into the forest canopy. Each en suite room has its own private balcony and an additional outdoor shower in the forest. The main area of the lodge has an inviting lounge, and meals are enjoyed either in the separate dining room, at the poolside or under a huge Natal Mahogany tee. A boardwalk winds from the lodge through the dune forest and down to the beach. There is a swimming pool and sun deck for those who want to relax around the lodge.

Other lodge activities include fly fishing, snorkelling, swimming and drives to Black Rock, the Hippo Pools and to the surrounding community in open 4x4 Land Rovers. During the summer months Rocktail Bay Lodge is integrally involved in turtle research. Guests are able to accompany the resident turtle expert on research drives at low tide at night helping to monitor the turtle's nesting behaviour.

Rocktail Bay Lodge has been widely acclaimed, and has received the following awards: British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow award 1999, and "Top 10 beaches of the World"- Outside Magazine. Tatler 2002 Travel Guide, sites Rocktail bay as one of the top 100 hotels in the world, as well as one of the top 10 beach destinations for 2002.