Timbavati Safari Lodge

The accommodation is basic as expected in the bush. The beds were comfortable & clean. The staff were helpful & friendly on the whole. The rooms would be more comfortable with a small fridge to keep some cool drinks as would be very hot in summer. No air-conditioning but 2 fans provided in the room. The food was very good & breakfast boxes provided for early safari starts.

Just amazing...beaut accom in a gorgeous location. Check for wild animals at sunset and sunrise as they are roaming around the park accom and its only a 30 minute drive from Kruger National Park entrance gates. Excellent food and beverages...love the R and R!! Thanks Paul and staff for a wonderful few days 😀🦓🦌🐆

We stayed 2 night in this lodge and it was great experience. The rooms are so cool and very clean. Having privet showers and ceiling fan makes the room very comfy. There is a very nice bar and food was awesome, Professional staff and we took the small five search in the nature which was great. Thanks.

This was a fabulous venue for our daughter's wedding. The attention to detail and the hard work of all the staff was impressive. It was great being able to accommodate all the guests for 2 nights with excellent food. Having the animals wandering around was great fun, especially for the overseas visitors. Unforgettable.

The lodge was amazing! Huts were spacious (twin room) and clean, toiletries provided and mosquito nets on each bed. Staff were super friendly and helpful. The lodge has animal that roam free so woke up to a baby zebra outside my room, fantastic experience. The evening food buffet was really good, tasty food and a really nice atmosphere. The safari trip was amazing and our guide Eric was super nice and knowledgeable and helped us find as much as we could. They also provide thick ponchos to wear as it gets cold in the morning. Very grateful and we noticed no other tour group had them so a nice touch. Had the best experience here and would definitely recommend. Only 4 star instead of 5 as its 20/25mins from Kruger gates so have to leave a little earlier but doesn't affect the experience at all.

I stayed here for 2 nights, I booked a 3 day safari trip with MoAfrika Tours. After I arrived I went on a sunset safari in the Kruger park, this was absolutely amazing. The next day I went on a full day safari, I was supposed to go with the same guide as the day before. However since I traveled alone they decided to put me together with a group of 24 American girl scouts. This has completely ruined the experience for me, they were rude, loud and not to mention racist. I understand that their behavior has nothing to do with the lodge, but I think the Timbavati management should have thought about not putting one single female traveler together with such a loud and obnoxious group. The next day I should have been able to do a morning safari, as was stated in the MoAfrika tours itinerary. However the Timbavati lodge said they were fully booked and didn’t offer an alternative. I believe it was the hotel manager(?) I spoke to at the reception, he was very rude to me. He even laughed at me while I was in tears and then disappeared, not offering any help with looking for an alternative safari for the next day. I also didn’t like the way this place was run, I could sense that Apartheid still exists at the Timbavati lodge. Side note: the people who worked at the bar were very kind. Just the management at reception was extremely rude and unhelpful. I paid over €500 for this 3 day Kruger experience, absolute waste of money due to the management of the Timbavati lodge I would recomment staying at a lodge inside of the Kruger park and driving your own vehicle or booking a private game drive.