Overall Ratings & Reviews Elandela Private Game Reserve & Luxury Lodge

This place is a must go. From the moment you checkin and are greeted by Francisco to the time you leave, you feel like the most important person in the world. The guides we had (Simon, Rudolph) were incredible and got us up close and personal with the animals. We will be taking our family back!

The staff was amazing and went well above expectations. We saw all of thebig 5 as well as numerous other animals. Great place to stay. Don’t book through expedia though and book through their site.

From arrival to departure we could not have been more pleased in every way. The guides on the drives were outstanding. Brenda, a coordinator could not have been more helpful. The dining room was very nice. The area is suffering an extreme multi year drought, which is causing dire consequences for animals and the landscape, both here and in Kreuger.

NICE rooms , good stuff , game drive a bit weak and food can be a bit better , weak wifi .

Amazing professionalism ! Worries free lodge Everything is included They can even cook your traditional food !!!!

Fantastic !!!! Wonderful Great service, unforgettable experience !!

Lovely enjoyable stay from start to finish. The game driver Tallin had a great deal of knowledge about all the animals which was very interesting. Managed to see a lot of different animals.

Extremely fun views from our lake room, many animals frequent the common area - hippos, zebra, giraffe, monkeys all ran around at different times -- very exciting! Staff tries very hard all the time, and food above average due to creativity, but not fancy. Game drives fun with many animals, and knowledgeable guides. Great place to stay, however there is a gap in expectation between the website description and the actual lodge. The lodge is small and so flexibility in meals/eating options, free-time activities, bar limited. Also, rooms are nice, but simple touches are missing -- burnt out candles in room, towels not replaced, mini bar with waters not refilled, etc. Also, dinner is served without main course options, also always eating our main course before we had our water/drinks, no music, candles not lit etc. Small stuff that may sound a little ridiculous, but a little discouraging because of website expectation, frequency of 'issues' and since these are easy, inexpensive fixes for the lodge. However it is a casual, intimate, quite lodge which offers a very authentic bush feel. I would recommend for the 'down to earth' traveler who doesn't demand 5-star pampering, but would like to feel welcomed with the local people who work at Elandela. They will welcome you with sincerity, cleanliness and kindness at Elandela, however you must offer them patience, happiness and an 'open mind' to the style of their culture.

Very good property but let down by curt behaviour of Mrs Rocco. Talked to guests like they were truant school children. Introductory briefing sounded more like instructions. Room could not be locked & had to sleep 2 nights with unlocked room - Management did little to rectify. But safari & rangers were excellent. Managed to see the Big 5 which was the highlight of the trip. Food was also good.

Guides for the game drives were friendly, knowledgeable and a lot of fun.

This place is great Very friendly staff who are passionate about the work they do Only thing they need to fix is the wifi Constant drop outs and no access in the rooms

Great place, with great food and great game drive, staff was amazing, we really enjoy this place

Booking is fully messes up, partially by Expedia but mostly by Elandela, never want to win people heart as probably they this is season so who cares if we cancel, finally we cancelled and went for a different property.

We had a good experience during our stay. We were here for a couple of days and had gone for 4 game drives (one @ Kruger NP). We specially liked the way we were welcomed in the lodge. Lil disappointed with the food as we had very less options for Asian Vegetarians. Were able to see big5 except Leopard and various other animal & bird species. Had a great time @ bonfire during first night with their traditional song & dance. Overall a superb experience!!

Terrible "safari" experience, hotel provided mosquito nets to several rooms but not ours, drivers were late for game drive and very unknowledge of safari. Also they charge for water on safari with +40 weather. We skipped one of safari drives as we felt unsafe. Our driver was eating on the drive, which is the one the thing anyone whose been on safari or with basic animal knowledge knows - you can't eat on safari!!! Safe your money and mostly important vacation time! Go anywhere else.

Lodge is 15 minutes from the Hoespruit airport. Comfortable well decorated rooms with a African twist, great staff who couldn't be more friendly and helpful. Great game viewing including white lions and rhino. You also visit Kruger Naional park, an hour away if you stay at least 2 nights. Highly recommended for couples and they also thoughtfully cater for families with children. They also have disability accessible facilities available.

Great place with amazing staff! The thing to improve is the food, it was okay but not more than that.

Recomendo muito a hospedagem no Elandela! O Safari faz tudo valer a pena! A reserva do leao branco e dos rinocerontes é o melhor de tudo! A ranger Karina e John são incríveis. Porem, apesar de ter amado o safari eu recomendo ficar em 2 reservas diferentes, foi o que fizemos e valeu muito a pena. No Elandela não tem elefantes, por isso eles oferecem uma visita ao kruger. Nós fomos lá mas nao conseguimos ver nenhum elefante la. A sorte é que tinhamos outra reserva ainda e pudemos vê-los de perto. Quanto ao hotel, nosso quarto era bem confortavel. Só tenho duas sugestões: Colocar cortina black out nos quartos e uma reposição melhor de shampoo, sabonete e etc. A comida é otima! Os jantares sao excelentes e de otima qualidade. Mas concordo com alguns reviews que li que sao poucas opcoes. Nao pouca quantidade, pois tudo é muito bem servido. Mas poucas opcoes. No jantar, por exemplo, sò tem uma opcao de peixe e carne/frango. No almoço comemos mac and cheese um dia e no outro quiche de legumes. Nao tinha opcao de escolha no almoço. Só 1 prato e paes. Tinha uma vegetariana no grupo que avisou que era vegetariana e nao tinha nada diferente pra ela. No jantar, por ex, ela nao tinha prato principal. Somente entrada, sopa e etc. outra sugestao é oferecer agua filtrada pelo menos nas refeiçoes e safaris. Está incluso 2 garrafas de agua por dia. Mas, como em outros hoteis e restaurantes, acredito que oferecer agua filtrada nas refeiçoes nao iria custar nada pro hotel.

Ótimo hotel e Safari . Excelente animais e quartos .

Sehr schöne, gepflegte Anlage mit zuvorkommendem Service. Die Pirschfahrten waren interessant-besonderes Highlight waren die weißen Löwen. Wir wohnten in der River Lodge und durften leider nicht die dazugehörige Lake Lodge besuchen. Befremdlich war die gewünschte Eintragung der Tips in eine Namenliste.