Bird Island Lodge, offers accommodation and day trips into the iSimangaliso Wetland Park

   Well we have been talking bout this for some time, and recently I started doing an audit of our walking trails, and found them overgrown due to nonuse during the lockdown. The two new trails are walkable, but currently have no benches or tables at the rest stops on the way.  The two walking trails under repair, need rest stops, as well as some hides or screens at selected butterfly hotspots. The birds in the bush here are not that skittish, but as you get closer to the rural housing spots, some birds become extremely nervous and seem to be awear that they are on the menu. The other day I was in the bush alone, and had an incident where the vines I was pulling out the path broke an old rotten tree.  Problem was that there was a #BirdsNest situated at the exact spot where this rotten tree snapped. I was distracted by some strange pink moving things inside the tree that was about one and half meters off the trail.   It was three tiny birdies, with no feathe...

Greetings from Nibela Peninsula on the shores of Lake St. Lucia between eastern Shores on the east side and False bay on the west side.  To see where we are on the map, use our in-web navigation, depending on your device, find the more pages option, then choose map from there.  or just click here Crested Guini Fowl at Bird Island Lodge So back to the question of why you should consider paying us a visit and relaxing in some awesome  unspoiled locations on the Nibela Peninsula, or perhaps some nearby bucket list attractions / locations like the Hluhluwe park, the Umfolozi park, Sodwana Bay, False Bay, St. Lucia, Kozi Bay, Bona Manzi bird hide or nearby summer water pans. Then there are the Flamingos, Pelicans and other water birds at the Mkhze swamps on the North East side or HluHluwe river on the North west side...,   Lots of real great birding opportunities, and we have an in house bird guide, Sfiso Mdluli.  More about him in future posts once I have g...

Nature and wildlife are abundant here at Kwa Nibela, and we would like you to come pay us a visist. The Nibela peninsula is an awesome #BirdingLocation  with flamingos,  pelicans, herons and many other water birds found where the Mkuze swamps  and the Hluhluwe rivers spill into the St. Lucia Estuary.  Then there are the many other terrestrial birds like doves, finches and horn-bills that  frequent the area as well. Spiders, wasps, ants and butterflies are also plentiful, as are the many other creepy crawly things, like SCORPIONS and beetles, with the occasional tortoise  and some not so common birds. come pay us a visist you may be fortunate to see a local resident SKILLY  (Skilpad) the tortorse that floats around and enjoys the sun shine her at Bird Island Lodge in Kwa Nibela... come pay us a visist You need to be carefull of these fellas, coz their sting can be quite painful. them fellas with small pincers are more venomous than these guys with big f...

Bird Island Lodge has the most awesome view of bird island, in the north east corner of lake St. Lucia.  The lodge is on the Nibela Peninsula near Sobhengu Lake Lodge and Nibela Lake Lodge.  All three of these lodges are on the Nibela Peninsula, which for some strange reason falls out side of the iSimangaliso Wetland Parks influence. BOOKINGS INQUIRY   or send email to birdisland@info4u.co.za for more details The area has not been commercialized ( yet ) and the birding here is just simply indescribable... then there are the butterflies, spiders, scorpions and other creepy crawly things that are abundant in the bushes around the area . The lodge sleeps 12 folks, with  six rooms 5 shower  /  toilet  2 en-suite rooms separate kitchen bar  /  dining room /  out side entertainment space swimming pool  plenty of  birds and wild life This map will help you discover the activities and events in the Kwa Nibela area on the nor...