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Zululand: Hluhluwe-iMfolozi and the reserves of northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Zululand is the north of KwaZulu-Natal, between eSwatini and the coast. It holds Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Africa’s oldest game reserve and the home of white rhino conservation, as well as private reserves such as Manyoni. You can travel through it on one of our small-group tours, or stay at a safari lodge.
Hluhluwe-iMfolozi and the private reserves
Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park has lodges inside it, and there are hotels in and around Hluhluwe town. Private reserves nearby, such as Manyoni, have their own lodges.
Game drives in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi can be a day activity from a nearby hotel, or part of a stay at a lodge inside the park.
SMALL-GROUP TOURS
Zululand on a scheduled tour
Both tours spend a night in Zululand after eSwatini, with an optional afternoon open-vehicle safari in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi, then drive to the coast.
- Kruger & the KingdomsSeven days from Johannesburg: the Panorama Route, the Kruger, eSwatini and Zululand, ending in Umhlanga
- South Africa OdysseyFourteen days from Johannesburg to Cape Town, with the same first week through eSwatini and Zululand
STAY OVERNIGHT
Safari lodges in Zululand
For more than one night, a lodge inside a reserve gives you game drives from the door.
LODGES
- Rhino Ridge Safari LodgeSafari Rooms, family rooms and bush villas on a ridge inside Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
- Leopard Mountain Safari LodgeNine suites with plunge pools in Manyoni Private Game Reserve, for guests aged 12 and over
- Thanda Tented CampFifteen safari tents in Thanda Safari, for guests aged six and over
- Thanda Safari LodgeNine suites with heated plunge pools in Thanda Safari
- Makakatana Bay LodgeEight suites on the western shore of Lake St Lucia, inside iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Ghost Mountain InnA 74-room hotel in Mkuze, a base for Zululand excursions
Getting there
Durban’s King Shaka International Airport is the nearest international airport for Zululand lodges. Our small-group tours arrive by road from eSwatini and finish at Umhlanga or the Durban area. For a lodge stay we can arrange a private road transfer.
Planning Zululand?
Tell us whether you want a scheduled tour or a lodge stay, and how Zululand fits the rest of your trip, and we will suggest the right route.