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Reviews of Madikwe River Lodge

3 out of 5
Madikwe River Lodge
Madikwe Game Reserve R24, Derdepooort, Ramotshere Moiloa, Limpopo

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 24 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing lodge in most amazing safari and game reserve park! Very well organized with breakfast lunch and dinner served in between the game drives. The food was super good and the wildlife guides and drivers are amazing! We saw so many wild animals!!! Ecen live chases of lions going for a kill. Hyenas ckeanung up left over carcasses. Incredible scenery
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

George

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Pertunia on Nov 9, 2019
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us after visiting our lodge. We are so overwhelmed and appreciate the fact that you chose to visit our lodge an experienced an exceptional service as intended by our Management and Staff. Thank you so much again for you positive feedback, we really looking forward to host you again in future

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Service was excellent and the Safari tour very enjoyable as we managed to see the big five. Takura the ranger and driver knew everything about the animals and where to drive to see the animals. The rock pool was great to swim and relax in the middle of the day and the Bush breakfast was awesome. Rooms were spacious, clean, modern and with views of the river. Would highly recommend.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Madikwe River Lodge team on Apr 29, 2019
Thank you for the positive feedback

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff and great location to share with family and friends.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019
Response from . on Mar 14, 2019
Thank you so much for your positive feed back,hope to host you again in future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great guide in Charles. Rooms and lidge are a bit tired. Staff wonderful. Very good value.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Response from PertuniaM on Oct 16, 2018
Dear Valued Guests Thank you so much for giving feedback after visiting our lodge. We are so overwhelmed and appreciate the fact that you chose to visit our lodge and enjoyed your stay with us. We happy to hear that you experienced exceptional service as intended by our Management and Staff. In response to your comment, We promise to attend to all the concerns raised in your review and hope this will convince you about another visit to our lodge as we really looking forward to you next visit.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nice lodge but 1bot.of 1.5 lit. for my1wk stayed
Nice lodges to stay in a couple of days only not a week coz the food was the same but delicious. Also they supply one bottle 1.5 lit of water for my whole one week stayed in my room just good for checkin only. Thanks god I brought my own water from hazy view grocery.. staff not too much friendly. The dinning room always late on time to serve my food. If you ask some questions about the food they won’t comeback to answer my inquiry..
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2018
Response from PertuniaM on Apr 28, 2018
Thank you so much for sharing your experience about Madikwe River Lodge. In response to your comment, We apologize for any inconveniences we may have caused during your stay. We promise to attend to all the concerns raised in your review and hope this will convince you about another visit to our lodge. We really looking forward to host you again in future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from PertuniaM on Apr 28, 2018
Thank you so much for sharing positive feedback with us. Looking forward to host you again in future.

6/10 Okay

Kevin, East Sussex, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great Location - But Something Lacking
I've stayed at Madikwe River Lodge a few times before and visited Madikwe Game Reserve several times, staying at other lodges. I feel that things at Madikwe River Lodge are slipping a bit. It is looking a little tired (the rooms and main building) although nothing drastic. But what struck me was that they seem to be watching their costs closely. You now have to select your meals in advance. Nothing too wrong with that, but when they take this to the extreme and ask you to select the drink you want on your evening game drive at breakfast it's a bit much! Come on guys, do I really want to be thinking about whether I'd like a G&T or a beer later in the day when I'm having breakfast?! Just bring a cold box along with a selection of drinks then your guests can choose what they want at the time. That's what other lodges do, and what you used to do! Seeing my sole G&T lifted out of the cool box and served to me seemed extremely tight. On departure I asked for a bottle of water for my journey. However this was not given to me (remember I'd just spent £500 over two nights!), the bill was re-adjusted to add another £1 to it. This is the hospitality sector! Would I return? Of course I would. I enjoyed my stay, Madikwe River Lodge is a great place, and the staff were very pleasant. However, this place could be so much better. I suggest the management take a long hard look at what they are doing right now and start to think about hospitality rather than the bottom line all the time.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Pertunia on Dec 18, 2017
Dear valued guests. Thank you so much for sharing your experience about Madikwe River Lodge. We appreciate the fact that you enjoyed some of the services that you have being offered by the lodge. In respond to your review, we apologies for ,any inconvenience we may have caused during your stay. we promise to attend to all the concerns raised and hope this will convince you about another visit to our lodge.

10/10 Excellent

Mr.A, Johannesburg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Luxury bush break
Excellent location. Obliging staff. Good food. Staff from the General Manager to the cleaning staff made out of their way to make our stay comfortable. Fortune the game ranger was not only very knowledgable about the sightings but went out of his way to accommodate us.

8/10 Good

Js, Gabs

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Enjoyed our stay. Seemed expensive but price included 2 game drives all meals snacks and refreshments

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Summer Break
During our annual holiday in South Africa, we decided to take a quick break to the Madikwe River Lodge. It was a great experience with the most friendly and accommodating staff I have ever met at any resort/hotel. The facilities was great (luxury in the bush) and the game viewing was excellent. The knowledge of our guide and his willingness to share it, is commendable. Really a great place for a short break!

8/10 Good

Indochine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
WEEKEND GETAWAY WITH NATURE
It was a good night stay though I felt having a bit lack of the African Safary luxurious touch I usually had staying with some other Madikwe's Lodges. The best thing about this Lodge was the warmth and family atmosphere. Siitting righ at the balcony of the challet having a good coffee while reading a book, the sound of the River flow was extremely amazing and the River rounding the compound is truly beautiful. I would say I need some 2 night stay or more to fully enjoy the Nature. Safari trip was very good with a nice Ranger on a good vehicle (my best one so far). Hotel staff was friendly. Foods were good. I'm satisfy as my guest was amazed. I enjoyed having a large screen bath with no curtains here (hoping to see a Tarzan in the jungle out there), something quite different than what I used to experience. Go for it if you want a truly nature safary trip.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ambiance très sympathique et authentique. Le guide pour les safaris est formidable.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Madikwe River Lodge Team on Apr 29, 2019
Good day Thank you for the positive feedback

8/10 Good

Agustina, Santiago de Chile

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Un lugar apacible
Es hermoso, el entorno y el Lodge. Pero entre safari y safari no hay mucho más que hacer. Pésima conexión a Internet y sin televisión en las habitaciones.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018
Response from Pertunia, Internal Marketing Assistant. on Mar 19, 2018
Thank you so much for sharing your experience about Madikwe River Lodge. In response to your comment, We apologize for any inconveniences we may have caused during your stay. We promise to attend to all the concerns raised in your review and hope this will convince you about another visit to our lodge. We really looking forward to host you again in future.

8/10 Good

Kerstin, Italien

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tolle Lodge am River
Sehr erfahrene Guides für Safari; kleine Gruppen bei jeder Tour trotz ausgebuchter Lodge; Tolles Ambiente, geräumige Zimmer mit eigener Terrasse. Hervorragendes Essen, super freundliches Personal. Am Pool könnten mehr Liegen sein. Anreise mit Auto nicht empfohlen, da die letzten 70 km Schotterpiste, was mit einem normalen Mietwagen sehr schlecht ist - unser ging kaputt. Nächstes Mal Flug ab Johannesburg! Definitiv wieder!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Response from PertuniaM on Nov 9, 2019
Thank you so much for your positive feedback, looking forward to hosting you again in future.

10/10 Excellent

Luzia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from PertuniaM on Nov 9, 2019
Thank you so much for sharing your feedback after visiting our lodge. We are so overwhelmed and appreciate the fact that you chose to visit our lodge an experienced an exceptional service as intended by our Management and Staff. Thank you so much again for you positive feedback, we really looking forward to host you again in future.

10/10 Excellent

Gianluca, pordenone

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ottima struttura
Confortevole,ben organizzato,3 giorni magnifici di safari con avvistamento di tutti i big 5

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Lodge mit dem gewissen Etwas
Wir verbrachten 3 Nächte dort. Wir schätzten die Ueberblickbarkeit der Anlage, den Ausblick auf den Fluss (inkl. der Tiere, die sich vorsichtig auf der gegenüberliegenden Flussseite zum tränken begaben) sowie die sehr aufmerksame Bedienung durch das Hotelpersonal. Das Essen war zu unserer Ueberraschung für einen solchen Ort insgesamt sehr gut und auch für Europäer schmackhaft. Die jeweils früh morgens und am frühen Abend stattfindenden Safaris waren u.a. aufgrund der professionellen Begleitung unseres Rangers ein tolles Erlebnis.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Großartiges Hotel
Großartiges Hotel in großartigem game park! Unbedingt empfehlenswert!

10/10 Excellent

Claude

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nature
parfait

4/10 Poor

Marie-Louise, Stockholm

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Råttor
Råttor tog sig in i vårt rum och min man anfölls i badrummet av 2 stora. Den ansvarige lät oss byta rum men skrattade bort det och sa att det skulle bli en upplevelse vi mindes. Man kan inte låsa dörrar. Det är endast en hasp som lås till alla rum. Grannarna upplevde att personalen letade igenom bagaget.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness