Especially opened in September 2007, to satisfy the needs of divers and local visitors, Aliwal Dive Lodge has all the comforts you would expect but at an affordable price.
Aliwal Dive Lodge - The Top dive area in Africa
For your ultimate convenience we are situated above the Dive Shop and Training School. The beach, shops, restaurants and banks are only 3 minutes walk away.
Choose from backpacker style ensuite rooms with ceiling fan and balcony, or light and airy double/twin rooms with ensuite shower, airconditioning, sea facing balcony, fridge, fan, safe and tea/coffee making facilities.
Full cooked breakfast is included in the price, we do not have self catering facilities as you are meant to be enjoying a holiday. There are plenty of restaurants within walking distance where you can enjoy good food at a reasonable price.
For non divers we suggest you while away the time relaxing by the pool with a cold drink or maybe take in a round of golf at the course directly opposite the Lodge.
Umkomaas, a small coastal town on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa was formed when a harbour was built in 1861, to export sugar, on the mouth of the navigable Mkhomazi River. When the successful dredging of Durban harbour's sandbar and the arrival of the railway, the town suffered and like Port Shepstone the harbour fell into disuse. Large number of whales once used the estuary as a nursery, giving birth in the shallows. The Zulus named the river after this spectacle (uMkhomazi means the place of cow whales). The settlement was originally known as South Barrow, with its suburb known today as Ilfracombe then called North Barrow.
