Moditlo River Lodge

It was amazingly beautiful and peaceful. Friendly staff, excellent service and warmly welcome

Very helpful hosts and amazing structure. The free transfer to the airport is a bonus. The safari team driven by Thomas was awesome and we could see the big five in only 2 drives. Their braai was also enjoyable. Recommended!

Fantástico! Vale cada centavo! Tudo perfeito: vão nos buscar no aeroporto quando agendamos por e-mail e nos levam lá! Todos os funcionários são extremamente gentis e disponíveis com alegria! O sistema é all inclusive, mas bebidas estão fora, exceto nos games drives onde temos uma bebida inclusa, além de garrafas de água mineral à vontade. O quarto é super espaçoso com banheira, camas confortáveis e travesseiros divinos! As refeições super deliciosas! Uma atenção especial para o Thomáz que era o driver que acompanhou a maioria dos meus drivers: ele foi o máximo! Tudo perfeito!

Perfect stay!

TRÈS bel hôtel immergé dans la réserve. Personnel très avenant et bienveillant. Le restaurant offre une cuisine haute gamme. Les safaris sont fabuleux avec des levers et des couchers de soleil à couper le souffle. Respect de la nature. Écoutez les conseils des guides sans les enfreindre pour ne pas vous mettre en danger ni les autres personnes qui sont avec vous dans la Jeep. Très dépaysant et calme. Les animaux sont aux portes du lodge non clôturé et de votre chambre.

Hotel super bom, quartos ótimos com direito a animais perto do quarto (um Safari a parte hehehe). Voltaria com certeza. Os rangers são extremante competentes . Atendimento ótimo por toda equipe. Vale a pena !

the lodge really feels like you are visiting relatives. You are always welcome in a relaxed atmosphere. Rooms are wonderful and you really get a good sense of your surroundings.

We spent three nights at Moditlo Lodge in April 2016 as an end to our holiday. From the moment we arrived we received absolutely excellent service in every single way. From the hotel staff who were helpful, friendly and polite to our beautifully decorated room which was clean and comfortable to the game drives that were exciting, interesting and insightful. Both my wife and I are both qualified Game Rangers ourselves (FGASA) and have spent extensive time in the bush and at various lodges and we were so impressed with every single aspect of Moditlo Lodge during our stay. I would recommend this new lodge to anyone and everyone. It manges to encompass an intimate feel with the luxuries of a big lodge. This lodge has the potential, and indeed is on the way, to being one of the great lodges of SA.

Nous avons vus tous les animaux que nous voulions voir grace aux excellents guide et tracker. L'accueil a l'hotel a ete parfait et chaleureux.

Na Hoedspruit flink doorrijden om Moditlo Lodge te bereiken. Dan nog een kwartiertje rijden op eigen terrein voordat je gastvrij ontvangen wordt. De twee gamedrives vinden niet in het Krugerpark plaats, maar op eigen terrein. In het Krugerpark dient iedereen zich op de (asfalt) wegen te blijven. Hier ging de driver dwars door, langs en over struiken heen om midden tussen een kudde olifanten uit te komen! De braai s'avonds was bijzonder! We zaten ieder in een privé schoolbankje (met lessenaar) naast elkaar. Het eten was er niet minder om....

We took a tour of Africa, 4 hotels in 4 cities, 2 countries and I can not express how well the staff and accommodations are. An outstanding hotel that left our group of 7 in awe...we'll be talking about it for years to come!!

Good service & room. We could see many kinds of wild animals by game drive.

The property is new modern and well maintained. The staff was very friendly and attentive. Food was good not great. The driver guide and tracker were exceptional. They got the most out of a reserve with a smaller animal population.

Very comfortable and staff very attentive. The bomas is great but those chairs with their own little tables are too formal awkward and unstable. The sound of traffic esp the train hooting is very unfortunate as it spoils the bush experience. Game drive, too fast to catch up to a maybe sighting and I have never enjoyed crashing through bush, which is thick there, in order to see an animal, most particularly Donna river bed. It damages the environment as well as spoiling it for the people who own houses along the river bed.

My husband and I had a WONDERFUL time here! The staff was so incredibly sweet, it was our honeymoon and they set heart shaped roses on the bed with champagne. The game drives were amazing! Our first morning a herd of elephants walked right past our suv and we also stumbled upon a group of giraffes! Walter was our field guide and Bennett was our tracker- both great and personable guys that worked really hard to find animals for us. We saw: hippos, giraffes, elephants, kudu, impalas, wildabeast (not sure how to spell that!) worthog, mongoose, zebras, antelope, vultures, Zulu, monkeys and baboons. I know I'm missing a few animals but those were the highlights! The food was also delicious, I'm a vegetarian and they were very accommodating. Our second night, we had a really cool cookout in a boma and it was a great way to interact with the other guests and eat some traditional South African cuisine. I really can't rave enough. I picked this lodge because it looked beautiful and we really wanted a lodge that was luxurious but not so much a resort that the reserve and purpose for being there got lost. I highly recommend this lodge!!!

O hotel tem uma estrutura boa, tudo muito novo e bonito. Uma piscina com borda infinita com vista para o rio, que durante as cheias tem fluxo forte e intenso e na época das secas torna-se um grande banco de areia, completamente vazio (paisagem muito bonita e interessante). O quarto é bem confortável pro casal, decoração clean e elegante, tudo novo e bem arrumado. Tudo muito limpinho. Uma vez que o quarto está no meio da reserva, insetos e rastejantes podem aparecer dentro do quarto. Algumas coisas deixaram a desejar, o quarto não tem telefone ou interfone para a recepção e não se deve sair do quarto desacompangado do segurança por questões de segurança contra animais selvagens e a campainha de emergência não funcionou em uma noite em que precisei. A reserva em si é fechada, não muito extensa e ainda possui poucos animais (apenas 1 leão macho e 3 fêmeas), não possue búfalos ainda. O nosso ranger mostrou-se imaturo e de certa forma imprudente em algumas situações mais arriscadas com elefantes e leões. A comunicação entre o ranger e o tracker era péssima e comprometia a procura pelos animais. A reserva também possue várias propriedades e pequenos sítios dentro, portanto durante os game drives, estamos constantemente em contato com outros veículos e propriedades (sinal de civilização) o que tira um pouco da magia e do contato isolado com a natureza.

Wir haben hier zwei wundervolle Tage verbracht. Diese kleine Oase mitten im Busch ist wunderschön angelegt, die Zimmer sind modern und sehr geschmackvoll eingerichtet sowie sauber. Das Personal ist sehr freundlich und aufmerksam. Das Essen war super, wir haben den Boma-Abend sehr genossen! Die Gamedrives werden in kleinen Gruppwn durchgeführt. Selbst als wir alle in einen Jeep gepasst hätten, würden zwei genommen. Der Guide hat viel erklärt und unser Tracker uns sogar zu drei schlafenden Geparden geführt! Rundum ein Invest der sich lohnt!

This was our first time in South Africa and our very first safari experience. We received a warm welcome from the very hospitable staff at Moditlo Lodge. The rooms are beautifully decorated and have all the amenities that you would need to stay comfortable. The location gives you the perfect sense of staying close to a safari while being pampered in the luxury of a rustic lodge. They even had a bonfire on Saturday night which was the perfect time to enjoy some interesting steaks and wines while catching up with the other lodge members on their safari experiences. The morning and evening safaris are a great way to gain a safari experience and enjoy sighting the birds and animals in their natural habitat. The highlight of our trip was the lion sighting on our first morning safari. We saw a lioness feasting on her morning kill in the bushes about 8 – 10 feet from the safari van. She was surrounded by a lion and another lioness with her two cubs. It was the perfect start to our first (and definitely not the last) experience on a safari. I think Moditlo has great staff on site. They helped new guests like my husband and myself plan activities outside of the lodge, kept us well informed about activities in the lodge and even attended to our meal preferences. All in all it was one of the most memorable experiences of my life and I can safely say that I will definitely be going back to South Africa and Moditlo River Lodge again.

This was our first time in South Africa and our very first safari experience. We received a warm welcome from the very hospitable staff at Moditlo Lodge. The location gives you the perfect sense of staying close to a safari while being pampered in the luxury of a rustic lodge. They even had a bonfire on Saturday night which was the perfect time to enjoy some interesting steaks and wines while catching up with the other lodge members on their safari experiences. The morning and evening safaris are a great way to gain a safari experience and enjoy sighting the birds and animals in their natural habitat. The highlight of our trip was the lion sighting on our first morning safari. We saw a lioness feasting on her morning kill in the bushes about 8 – 10 feet from the safari van. She was surrounded by a lion and another lioness with her two cubs. It was the perfect start to our first (and definitely not the last) experience on a safari. I think Moditlo has great staff on site. They helped new guests like my husband and myself plan activities outside of the lodge, kept us well informed about activities in the lodge and even attended to our meal preferences. All in all it was one of the most memorable experiences of my life and I can safely say that I will definitely be going back to South Africa and Moditlo River Lodge again.

Staff service was excellent. The game drive staff were knowledgeable and tried their very best to find us the animals. However, we were put off by the narrow-minded competitive behaviour between the various game drivers. The food at best was moderately good, the menu was boring and repetitive with some form of fried meat every day. Finally, we were disappointed with the paucity of 'Big 5' animals.