Simbavati River Lodge

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9.6
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Cleanliness

9.8

Room Comfort

9.6

Service and Facilites

9.8

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Nathan
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10.0
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Reviewed 17 week(s) ago

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We had a wonderful stay! We honestly booked without expectations and were blown away. The staff has your whole day planned and makes sure you are cared for and pampered the entire time. The massage therapist was amazing! Our guide and tracker (Mark and Nickel) made the drives completely memorable. Our butler was also very professional and accommodating to our preferences! Owners take pride in their property and went out to their way to make sure our experience was perfect. My family highly recommends!
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Jennifer
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10.0
/10
Reviewed 26 week(s) ago

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Amazing experience!!! We couldn’t expect better.
Marion
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10.0
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Reviewed 52 week(s) ago

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Jody
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10.0
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Reviewed 108 week(s) ago

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Great place. If you like elephants you will see many here. Overall a great place, from the people working there, to the food and amazing game drives.
David
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10.0
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Reviewed 134 week(s) ago

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What we like the best is the people in this property! They are warm and welcoming! Every staff there are giving their best services to us! They are working hard to make sure the customers happy! Our guide named Happy was exceptional in terms of knowledge, competence, skills and his happy nature and disposition impressed us! He works extremely well with our ranger/ driver named Marte-lize, who has tremendous passion for her job and very good at her job! We are very blessed to have the best game drives every day! Our waitress Chrinah, was sweet, attentive and thoughtful. We are very grateful to have the wonderful unforgettable experiences! We cannot help but feel grateful for the memories we had made during our stay. It was a journey that awakened our sense, rejuvenate our spirit , and left us with a profound appreciation for the untamed the beauty of Africa wilderness! The memories of our Safari adventure will forever remain tattooed in our heart!
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Julian
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Leisure with Friends
10.0
/10
Reviewed 165 week(s) ago

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Simbavati River Lodge encompasses a combination of luxury and Safari adventure。 While being papered with an amazing room with 5 star accommodations, you are submerged within the best Safari viewing experience one can imagine. Staff is professional friendly and extremely happy and hospitable. They go way beyond what was expected in all aspects leaving you with an experience that may be lived in very few places in this type of vacation. The food served is phenomenal with all sorts of choices for every breakfast lunch dinner and drinks. Our Field Guide, Tracker provided us with knowledge and viewings of all sorts of species while always providing a safe environment with upbeat and fun momments to be remembered. The rest of the staff including our Butler were all on opoint. We dream on returning soon.
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SANDEV
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10.0
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Reviewed 174 week(s) ago

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Phenomenal property and staff and game drives. Food and rooms were excellent.
Donald
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10.0
/10
Reviewed 241 week(s) ago

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The lodge is well positioned with great facilities and comfortable accommodation. The guides and trackers and knowledgeable and friendly making for the best game drives.
Dean
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Friends and family Family
10.0
/10
Reviewed 282 week(s) ago

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5 star accommodation, food and wildlife experience.
Paulo
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10.0
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Reviewed 322 week(s) ago

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Very nice lodge located on a river bank in the Timbavati Game Reserve with good food and with excellent and talented staff. They could not do anymore to make us feel comfortable and welcome. From the front desk ladies to the waiters and cooks they are all so nice and attentive. The guide (Nichole) and the tracker (Thabo) tried everything to show us some amazing animal sights. The game drives can vary depending on your luck, but the guide and tracker did everything they could to show us some quality sightings such as leopards and hyenas with kill and the high light for me, a pack of more than 30 wild dogs which Nichole chased off road for more than 15min. The information and explanations from the guide were just enough to keep us interested and to let us enjoy the moment. I also liked the fact that the guides use a hear piece to maintain radio contact with the other vehicles. In other lodges you have to be submitted to listen to the constant radio talk. This was a far, far better experience. We definitely recommend this lodge for a fantastic stay and a truly bush experience. Thank you to all and well done for your dedication
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Bonnie
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Leisure Family
10.0
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Reviewed 348 week(s) ago

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The guide and tracker and butker qere excellent. So kind and helpful. The drives were FANTASTIC. Included the Big 5 as well as nuanced things like birds, vegetation, insects and reptiles. Just excellent. ,
Peter
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Leisure Family
10.0
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Reviewed 374 week(s) ago

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Nothing better than being greeted by a herd of elephants and impala as we sat on the veranda sipping a drink and sailing up the sun
Alana
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Family
10.0
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Reviewed 403 week(s) ago

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What a 60th Birthday bucket list adventure Family from around the globe joined together and we were super spoilt by team at Simbavati
kevin
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Reviewed 466 week(s) ago

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Great with African cuisine dinner, thank you so much to Nicholas, Stefan, Kyle for the game drive. it was a great experience in my life. Nice to try kadu, buffalo meat for dinner. 3 meal plus 4 snack time per day.
Dave
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Reviewed 501 week(s) ago

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We stayed in what are called "tents" but are actually much nicer including a complete bathroom, minibar, a/c, overhead fan, etc. The staff was wonderful, nice small pool, food good. Oh, the animals -- unbelievable. We stayed 4 nights at roughly $515/night, worth every penny, and had a great time on all the drives. Didn't get bored for a second.
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Emma
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Reviewed 524 week(s) ago

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A great location beside a river bed, that sadly only carries water during heavy rain. Never the less we still saw many animals walk along the river bed and drink from the water hole in front of the lodge. Internet is intermittent, due to the isolation of the area, but we found that all the lodges we visited had the same problems. Comfortable and very friendly staff.
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FelixSnow
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Family
10.0
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Reviewed 566 week(s) ago

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The staff is always caring. The morning and evening drives were excellent. We've seen all the big fives. The waterhole in front of the property is popular with animals. You can see them during meals and mid-day breaks. Our children love the property and activities. Highly recommended.
Matthew
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Family
10.0
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Reviewed 572 week(s) ago

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Amazing! Truly unforgettable
Atousa
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Reviewed 607 week(s) ago

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Everything was better than you expected exept the scorpion that we found in our room. Be careful!!!!!!!
Jennifer
10.0
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Reviewed 26 week(s) ago

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