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

 At this time of the year, late summer / early spring the insects here at Bird Island Lodge are truly awesome. Come and enjoy the outdoors in a very unique setting where the hustle and bustle of city life is seen as a strange unknown thing. Life here on the Nibela Peninsula of lake St. Lucia, on the out skirts of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park is truly laid back and rather rustic. At Bird Island Lodge the birds wake you up in the morning with their singing and celebrating the beauty of a new day.   Come and pay us a visit to experience true outdoor Bliss and relax around the swimming pool after a morning walk to watch the sun rise over the Eastern Shores of lake St. Lucia, while listening to the forest wake up and breath new happiness into the air. Or just chill and enjoy the sounds of nature. The lodge has six rooms, with twin or double beds, 5 toilet / showers a seperate kitchen, a swimming pool, a braai area and views of eastern shores as well as  bird Island from ...

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...