About Lake St. Lucia

The lake is 40 kilometres long and together with the narrows which is 20 kilometres long is considered to be one of the largest international estuaries and contains five separate ecosystems. It is home to more than 1,500 hippopotami, 2,400 Nile crocodiles and about one hundred fish eagles (16 breeding pairs included).

Guided boat tours provide wonderful sightings of these and the prolific bird life. The margins of the lake are studded with mangroves in which mud skippers, fiddler crabs and mangrove whelks can be seen.

To enjoy these and more, take a two-hour boat trip on the Narrows - a 20km. long tidal channel that links Lake St. Lucia to the sea. The tour leaves at 09.00, 12.00 and 16.00 (15.00 during the winter months) and the cost is R100.00 per person. Full catering facilities are available on board for small groups of 30 people or less. The small town of St. Lucia is situated on the banks of this channel.

Alternatively, enjoy a one and a half hour to two hour tour on the lake itself. The cost is R155 per adult and R55 per child between the ages of six and twelve, no charge to the under six year olds.

Leaves daily at 10.00 from Charters Creek Jetty (minimum four pax) , some 70 kilometres from St. Lucia and 10:20 from Catalina Bay, only 24 km from St. Lucia village.