Parkers Cottages

St Lucia offers visitors an ideal beach-and-bush holiday combining subtropical coastline and classic African game parks and promises some of the most diverse wildlife and outdoor experiences imaginable. This area of the north coast, known as the Elephant Coast, offers a diverse selection of activities including: Big 5 Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Game Reserve, Birding, Canoeing & kayaking, Cape Vidal, Hippo & crocodile boat safaris on Lake St. Lucia, Horse riding on the beach or in the bush, Night game drives in St. Lucia Wetland Park, Surf, fly, rock, deep sea bottom and game fishing, Turtle tours (seasonal), Whale watching (seasonal) and Zulu cultural village tours. The area supports the country's largest populations of hippo and crocodile and seeing a hippo wandering through the village at night is not at all unusual. St. Lucia has the friendliness of a small African village coupled with a superb location for exploring the area. The village offers a supermarket, banks and ATMs, internet cafes, a selection of restaurants, a post office, a number of bait and fishing tackle shops plus curio and craft stalls selling locally made beadwork, woodcarvings and basketry. St. Lucia's 25,000 year old fossil shoreline. Just 30kms north of St. Lucia lies Cape Vidal - a beautiful stretch of beach along St. Lucia's 25,000 year old fossil shoreline. Horseback safaris are available within the nature reserve for confident riders!