197 Guernsey Road, 0902 Hoedspruit, South Africa
#10 of 77 hotels in Hoedspruit
Guests' ChoiceBased on 114 hotel reviews
9.4Cleanliness
9.7
Comfort
9.7
Location
9.2
Facilities
9.5
Staff
9.8
Value for money
9.4
Free WiFi
9.0
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End of dialog contentReviewed: 24 September 2024
Cobus
South AfricaAll exceptionally good! No complains.
Awesome accommodation and food! Our guide, Joe, was amázing! A wealth of knowledge over such a wide spectrum. Animals, big and small. Insects, birds, trees, biosphere, I came back having really learnt a lot! We felt like family after a couple of days. We’ll be back.
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: 18 September 2024
Manuel
SpainGreat based camp to your safari in the Kruger area. Charming and well taken care at all levels
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: 12 August 2024
Nelon
South AfricaNothing
Service
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: 8 June 2024
Matthew
United KingdomNothing. Just a tip don't drive the long unmade road in and turn left, come from the other way its less unmade. It was 15km on a 'corrugated road' although our big people carrier made it fine. Just unpleasant.
Beautiful small game farm. Luxury tents, yummy food. Gorgeous main lodge/sofas/dining room/garden. Lots of tame antelope, mainly nyala and waterbuck plus giraffes(obviously we kept our distance but they were very close). Baboons and vervets not too in your face which was nice(unlike at Kruger). Did bush walk which was very relaxed and bush drive same. Our guide Kyle was brilliant. They have hyaenas and leopard around at night so you can't walk but must drive to the main lodge after dark for dinner(but it's a short slow safe easy drive). Not good if you're a bit jumpy but we felt safe in our tents and in the day. No lions, elephant, crocs or rhinos but everything else. Staff very kind and helpful. Insanely good value for money. Would return and I almost never go back anywhere....
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: 26 May 2024
Delisile
South AfricaGreat hospitality.
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: 24 April 2024
Nicholas
United KingdomNothing. All fab.
Absolutely everything. This was the best place that we have stayed in Africa Bar none. loved the staff, loved the view, loved the food, loved the general experience. We would absolutely come again.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 7 April 2024
Samantha
United KingdomThe only thing I wasn’t so keen on was the air conditioning in the safari tents. It didn’t really seem necessary, isn’t very environmentally friendly and was very loud! Would be better to install ceiling fans.
Beautiful lodge with choice of different rooms on a small private game reserve. We opted for a luxury safari tent with private plunge pool. It was amazing! Beautifully furnished with private bathroom, comfortable king sized bed, well stocked mini bar and complimentary tea, coffee and water. The room rate included breakfast and dinner which were also amazing. Great choice of food that was delicious and well presented. An evening game drive and morning bush walk were also included and these were expertly led by knowledgeable guides. We saw so much wildlife with the highlight being a leopard cooling off next to a small pond. Staff were all so friendly and welcoming. I would highly recommend this lodge and hope we will return again soon!
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 29 February 2024
Susan
FranceThere was nothing we didn't like
We were made to feel special, attention to detail was perfect, nothing was too much trouble. Meals were superb.
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: 29 January 2024
Rebecca
BrazilThat I didn't have more days of vacation to stay there!!! hehe
Absolutely in love with Phelwana! Definitely recommend and I hope to come back soon. The quality of the meals and rooms, the beauty of the animals walking around freely and the unbelievable attention to details of the staff made our first safari in family the most perfect experience. I thank each one of the staff members for making this holiday a dream for us.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 24 January 2024
Tshegofatso
South AfricaN/A
Secluded. Private. Spacious.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 23 January 2024
John
PortugalGreat Staff, Great Service and excellent food
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 15 January 2024
Tshegofatso
South AfricaOh, the food. 😭 The presentations looked good, but yoh. It’s really not 4 star.
Chose this place for the seclusion it offers. The tent was basically on the lake and far (but a walkable distance) from reception. So we were in our own little world but could opt for human interaction if we wanted to. Tent was clean, had an aircon, an outdoor shower, a little splash pool, an amazing view and we had visitors from all sorts of animals. It was just so delightful.
Stayed in January 2024
Reviewed: 7 January 2024
Basetsana
South AfricaThe food menu is abit "restricted" and more variety should be considered i.e breakfast buffet
Exceptionally stunning place. The views are fantastic with nature's elegance on full view. The tents are beautiful with the luxury of a private pool. The game drives are a fun way to unwind and experience other levels of nature.
Stayed in November 2023
Reviewed: 4 January 2024
Faye
United KingdomAmazing facilities on such a beautiful reserve dinner and breakfast were included and were amazing even the breakfast we had out on the game drives was great.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 31 December 2023
Roberto
ItalyN/A
Nice and peaceful place …very relaxing
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 27 December 2023
Yixin
South AfricaThe staff is really friendly and kind. And we can directly find some animals in Lodge reserve, which is interesting. The environment is good. highly recommend it!
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 13 November 2023
Wally
South AfricaThe ants at room, all over our feet, into our shoes,in the car, Just everywhere!! The evening menu should include dishes not regularly prepared at home!! Prawns, calamari, something different!!! The vegies was so hard, not chewable!! That was not aldente but raw!!!
Inside the lodge ,all perfect. 100%. Lovely place, own swimingpool Small fridge.
Stayed in November 2023
Reviewed: 9 November 2023
Wouter
NetherlandsUnreal and amazing experience to stay in an accomodation with wild animals roaming around without any fence in between. Morning bush walk and evening bush drive are included. The tour guide did an amazing job. Do not expect a Kruger Park experience with completely wild animals. This place is more like an extraordinary, extremely large, petting zoo with exotic animals (although I would not recommend petting the animals).
Stayed in November 2023
Reviewed: 5 November 2023
Stacey
AustraliaThis is my second stay at this lodge and was once again exceptional. Great staff, great meals, great private pool. Staff arranged game drives into Kruger and Manyeleti parks with seamless transfers/pick ups
Stayed in October 2023
Reviewed: 1 November 2023
Marie
FranceFriendly staff, exceptional property! Our stay was magical !
Stayed in October 2023
Reviewed: 30 October 2023
Bashadi
South AfricaNothing
The staff was amazing, they go an extra mile to assist guests. The lodge is beautiful, i cant fault anything. We were luck to be greeted by animals driving in and out of the Lodge. We are definitely coming back.
Stayed in October 2023
Reviewed: 26 October 2023
Daniel
SwitzerlandWe were there for two days, first day, breakfast, dinner & service was very good, second day it was not so good. Also we did not like that we could not switch off outside lights ? (maybe we could not find the light switch?)
Very nice bungalow with private pool
Stayed in October 2023
Reviewed: 22 October 2023
Natalia
RussiaAll was wonderful
Excellent food, impressive personnel, I felt like I'm a VIP person. We had a morning bushwalk and an evening safari, which was included, and it was great. We saw zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, hippos, and wild dogs
Stayed in October 2023
Reviewed: 22 October 2023
Ran
IsraelNon
Jeffery and Flora were great. The stay was exellent
Stayed in September 2023
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