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Reviews of Mabula Game Lodge

4 out of 5
Mabula Game Lodge
Rhensoterhoekspruit, Rooiberg, Bela-Bela, Limpopo

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 23 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 41 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

John

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great visit
Really good value enjoyed our stay. Shower was bit compicated for my mother to use but apart from that we really enjoyed our stay
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Game drive was excellent
We enjoyed our stay. The room is clean. The stuff are also kind. The food is good. The game drive was excellent!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Awesome place well run
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best Game Experience
Excellent Accomodation, meals and Game drives
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

6/10 Okay

Joao

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Chantelle Els on Mar 4, 2020
Good Day Many thanks for your email and valued feedback received. Many thanks & Kind regards Chantele Els

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Chantelle Els on Feb 24, 2020
Good Day Many thanks for your email and valued feedback received. Many thanks & Kind regards Chantelle Els

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Safari was great. Resort is beautiful.Staff was very helpful. We will be back for sure.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Chantelle Els on Feb 7, 2020
Good Day Many thanks for your email and valued feedback received. Many thanks & Kind Regards Chantelle Els

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The game drives is absolutely amazing. Be sure to ask for Andrew as your guide. Satisfaction in seeing game guaranteed. Excellent cliënt relations and his knowledge is on top form. Thank you for the amazing experience.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Chantelle Els on Jan 15, 2020
Good Day Many thanks for your email and valued feedback received. Many thanks & Kind regards Reservations

10/10 Excellent

M p

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great outdoor experience
overall stay was great. accommodation very comfortable. surroundings was clean and pleasing. game drives were superb; saw 4 of the big 5 which was just amazing. the spa was good although the time allocated was not given as there were few staff. the food was good as well with a lot of variety to choose from. quad biking was very exciting. wifi was very poor which is very disappointing
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Caroline on Sep 10, 2019
Dear M, Thank you very much for staying with us and for your valuable feedback, it has been noted and we look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
An amazing stay. Tristan our guide helped us see all the animals including lion and cheetah. One of the best ever places we have stayed. Food was amazing. All of the staff were very friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend. Thank you for a life changing experience and stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Caroline on Jul 29, 2019
Good day, Thank you very much for staying with us and for your valuable feedback, we look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Roberto, Toronto

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice pool and dining area. Felt very comfortable and the ambiance was very appropriate for a Safari lodge.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Caroline on Apr 25, 2019
Dear Roberto, Thank you very much for staying with us and for your valuable feedback, we look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

chris, London, UK

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A nice lodge and experience! I took my 9yr old daughter here for two days. We had a lovely time and stay. The game drives were good and we saw everything there was to see except Leopard/cheetah. Some amazing experiences and sightings. The lodge is clean and tidy and staff generally friendly and helpful. It was luckily fairly quiet At the start of our stay there, so the usual buffet was not catered, meaning that breakfast and supper was generally a la carte instead of the buffet. A la carte was good. The second day was busier and the buffet re-started. The buffet itself is good, but not exquisite. As buffets go it was nice and a good selection of different types of food and ingredients. Good selection of salads and desserts. The highlight was the made-to-order hotplate: one day was stir-fry and the next fajitas. You choose the ingredients you want in a bowl and the sauce you’d like and the chef cooks it up on a tepanyaki style hot plate. Both times this was delicious! Game drivers were friendly and attentive and knowledgable! Very determined to try and see lots of things including both the elephants and lions (in different areas). We also took the horse-back safari. Was 1.5hrs on a horse. We ended up 7m/20ft from a family of 3 rhinos. Is safe as the rhinos see you as horse, not a person. What an amazing highlight being so close to these amazing creatures! A shame the alcoholic beverage on the afternoon drive is charged to room afterwards and not included!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Caroline on Apr 12, 2019
Dear Chris, Thank you very much for staying with us and for your valuable feedback, we look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

8/10 Good

Charmaine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice weekend away with family. Game Drives excellent, food and room was good. Very friendly staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Caroline on Jan 28, 2019
Dear Charmaine, Thank you very much for staying with us and for your valuable feedback. We look forward to welcoming you back soon.

10/10 Excellent

graeme

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxed get away
Went for a relaxing weekend away and got exactly that. Would have liked some chairs to use out side the unit to soak up the sun and the relaxed surroundings
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Lethu Magagula on Jul 11, 2018
Good Day, Thank you for your response we appreciate . Looking forward to welcoming you back again Regards Reservations

8/10 Good

I C

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
My Mabula stay
Stay was good. Room was not up to standard
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Response from Carmen Brits on Jan 19, 2018
Thank you for valued feedback. Can you please send more information on your request for the rooms that was not up to standard?

10/10 Excellent

Hendrik

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great trip
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Carmen Brits on Jan 10, 2018
Thank you for your feedback we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us. We are looking forward to hosting your stay in future.

8/10 Good

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Carmen Brits on Jan 8, 2018
Thank you for your feedback

8/10 Good

Maria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mabula stay
We had an amazing time at Mabula. Enjoyed the game drives around the reserve. Will definitely be back.
Response from Carmen Brits on Jan 8, 2018
Thank you for you valued feedback. It was a pleasure hosting your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Pierre

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great family vacation
What an amazing time, the food,the service and the game drives were just top of class. Before coming to Mabula we were in Botswana and I can honestly say that you are a world class facility with outstanding food and service. We will be back....
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect bush getaway
Phenomenal game viewing experience - the baby rhinos were a particular highlight! Lovely restaurant and pool area, and the spa is a bonus.

10/10 Excellent

Edith, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice getaway
The staff was very helpful and friendly, they made our stay there feel like home. We enjoyed all the food and there was plenty of food. I will go back again for sure.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service

6/10 Okay

NICHOLAS RALPH, Johannesburg

The location is amazing. However, we found the place a bit tired and need of a makeover. It's not a suitable venue for couples...it's very family friendly.

8/10 Good

HERVE, Johannesburg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic buffets with ever changing dishes

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Saw 4 of big 5 in one outing!
Great stay, lots of animals, nice pool area and bar! Would recommend!

8/10 Good

Garth, Pretoria

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mabula
Mabula was awesome. Especially Juan, our game ranger. Staff at reception were average though.

10/10 Excellent

Justin, Johannesburg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Weekend at Mabula
A great stay! Reception was very helpful, our game ranger was great. Sundowners in the bush was a nice touch as well. Food is good, but could be a little better

8/10 Good

Cheryl, Pretoria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Delightful Game Lodge
We booked for just 1 night and arrived mid morning . We were told we were booked into the tented accommodation and the lodge was fully booked This was not an option for us and we had proof of our booking for the lodge so after some waiting a room was found. The reception manager was at all times polite and friendly and managed to resolve the situation Everything about the stay was very good the room was lovely, the game drives excellent we watched elephants playing in the water. The food was very good we enjoyed the Indian corner Would highly recommend the lodge

8/10 Good

Somewhat dissapointed, Pretoria

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Personnel
The bathroom floor was dissapointingly dirty. The king size bed was great and very comfy. The food was unfortuntely limited in choice and mostly tasteless and red meat at dinner to tough to eat. The restaurant staff unfortunately disorganised at breakfast and unable to cope with demand of many guests all returning at once after the morning game drive. At the rate you are paying one would expect better quality of the food The staff at reception was extremely efficient and very friendly and made a huge impression. The game ranger "Tallon " was the highlight of our visit. He is very well informed on the wildlife in the reserve as well as the plants and trees. He made the game drives great fun with his interactive way of transferring his knowledge to guests.

10/10 Excellent

vabhatia, New Delhi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel + nice game safaris
Stayed here for only 1 night. Should have stayed longer. At least 2 nights recommended. Safaris were great. Driver who took for safaris was also super. Made all the efforts to help us watch big 5 as close as possible. However they don't provide the best rates for airport transfers at first go. You have to bargain with them.

8/10 Good

Henrik, Europe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great game drives
I enjoyed our stay at Mabula very much. We got a lovely room, clean and had everything we needed. Location of the lodge was okay, separate and quite. We loved loved the gamedrives and really appreciated that we had the same ranger for all three days we stayed, he made sure we got to see all the animals and was very social. Thank you S! The only disappointment was that the pool area had way to few chairs, ppl ran there after breakfast just to get a chair, and if you like us arrived around 10 am it was full, that is the few chairs that is offered. Mabula need to do something about this ASAP!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

10/10 Excellent

Ewa

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Chantelle on Jan 15, 2020
Good Day Many thanks for your email and valued feedback received. Many thanks & Kind regards Reservations

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gut organisiertes Safari-Resort
Gut organisiertes Resort mit vielfältigem Essensangebot. Safaris inklusive. Gutes Preis-Leistungesverhältnis. Angesichts der Größe allerdings auch größere Anzahl von Gästen, die z.T. mit Bus anreisen.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Caroline on Jan 31, 2019
Thank you very much for staying with us and for your valuable feedback, we look forward to welcoming you back soon.

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ha sido una Estupenda experiencia .
Nos ha gustado mucho el hotel y el entorno . Hemos podido ver los big five . La gente del hotel muy amable . Los guías el safari , muy profesionales y amables . La comida muy buena .Nos ha gustado mucho
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Caroline on Jan 22, 2019
Dear Barbara, Thank you very much for staying with us and for your valuable feedback. We look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

giuseppe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Soggiorno eccezionale sotto tutti i punti di vista. I safari offerti gratuitamente dalla struttura sono molto coinvolgenti.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Caroline on Oct 18, 2018
Thank you very much for the great review, we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us.

8/10 Good

Nathalie

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Cadre absolument magnifique et très soigné
Du confort au milieu d une immense reserve enorme. Établissement parfaitement organisé très bien décoré et évolué , repas très copieux avec beaucoup de choix avec buffets à tous les repas. Les bémols : pas de wifi dans la chambre et de toute façon wifi payant c est un peu mesquin compte tenu du prix de la nuit. De même obtenir une couverture supplémentaire pour ne pas avoir froid paraissait un vrai souci!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018
Response from Lethu Magagula on May 30, 2018
Good Day, Thank you for the mail received upon making a reservation for your next stay we will request extra blankets Looking forward to seeing you again

8/10 Good

Renata

Liked: Staff & service
Safari top!!!!
Instalações e refeições ok. O que faz a diferença desse hotel é a qualidade dos profissionais nos Safaris é porque a reserva tem os Big 5. Incrível!!!

10/10 Excellent

Daniel Chang

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

8/10 Good

Jacqueline, Johannesburg, Zuid-Afrika

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Gezellig familiehotel, prima gamedrives
Goed hotel, in afrikaanse stijl ingericht, prima gamedrives o.l.v. Ervaren gids