10/10 Exceptional
Phenomenal property and staff and game drives. Food and rooms were excellent.
SANDEV
SANDEV, 3-night trip
Simbavati River Lodge
All-inclusive tentalow with spa and safari
Bring the kids when you stay at Simbavati River Lodge, and they can enjoy the free kids' club. Guests can grab a bite to eat at the restaurant and visit the spa to be pampered with massages, body wraps, or body scrubs. Other highlights at this all-inclusive tentalow include an outdoor pool, a free airport shuttle, and a bar/lounge.
Exceptional
Popular amenities
- Pool
- Free breakfast
- Spa
- Airport transfer
- Free parking
- Free WiFi
Main amenities (12)
- Daily housekeeping
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Full-service spa
- Outdoor pool
- Free children's club
- Free airport shuttle
- Fitness center
- Babysitting
- Terrace
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Air conditioning
- Self-serve laundry
Feel at home (6)
- Babysitting (surcharge)
- Children's club (free)
- Private bathroom
- Terrace
- Daily housekeeping
- Laundry facilities
Why we love this property
Riverside rejuvenation
Savor daily spa treatments in couples rooms at this riverside tentalow. Body scrubs, wraps, massages, and more await. Fitness room adds active options.
Foodie paradise
Indulge in the restaurant, bar, and locally-sourced cuisine. Couples can enjoy private dining while everyone gets free full breakfast.
Comfort under canvas
Wrapped in plush bathrobes, guests savor turndown service on premium beds. Each tentalow boasts a minibar, deck, and individually curated decor.
Room options
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Luxury Tent
Highlights
Deck/patio
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Air conditioning
Heating
Premium bedding
Hair dryer
Designer toiletries
- River view
- 409 sq ft
- Sleeps 2
- 1 Twin Bed
Family Chalet
Highlights
Deck/patio
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Air conditioning
Heating
Premium bedding
2 bedrooms
Separate bathtub and shower
- River view
- 538 sq ft
- 2 bedrooms
- Sleeps 4
- 1 Double Bed OR 1 Twin Bed
Family Chalet, 2 Bedrooms
Highlights
Deck/patio
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Air conditioning
Heating
Premium bedding
2 bedrooms
Separate bathtub and shower
- River view
- 538 sq ft
- 2 bedrooms
- Sleeps 5
- 5 Twin Beds
Deluxe Tent
Exceptional
Highlights
Deck/patio
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Private plunge pool
Air conditioning
Heating
Premium bedding
Bathrobes
- 409 sq ft
- Sleeps 2
- 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed
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About the neighborhood
Timbavati Private Game Reserve, Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, 1380
About this property
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Property amenities
Room amenities
Special features
Spa
The onsite spa has 2 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include body wraps, body scrubs, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures.
The spa is open daily. Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision. Guests under 12 years old are not allowed in the spa.
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Simbavati River Lodge Reviews
Exceptional
9.8
Cleanliness
10
Location
9.8
Staff & service
9.4
Property conditions & facilities
10/10 Exceptional
Yes
Marion
Marion, 3-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Great place. If you like elephants you will see many here. Overall a great place, from the people working there, to the food and amazing game drives.
Jody
Jody, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Simbavati River Lodge encompasses a combination of luxury and Safari adventure。 While being papered with an amazing room with 5 star accommodations, you are submerged within the best Safari viewing experience one can imagine. Staff is professional friendly and extremely happy and hospitable. They go way beyond what was expected in all aspects leaving you with an experience that may be lived in very few places in this type of vacation. The food served is phenomenal with all sorts of choices for every breakfast lunch dinner and drinks. Our Field Guide, Tracker provided us with knowledge and viewings of all sorts of species while always providing a safe environment with upbeat and fun momments to be remembered. The rest of the staff including our Butler were all on opoint. We dream on returning soon.
Julian
Julian, 3-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
What we like the best is the people in this property! They are warm and welcoming! Every staff there are giving their best services to us! They are working hard to make sure the customers happy! Our guide named Happy was exceptional in terms of knowledge, competence, skills and his happy nature and disposition impressed us! He works extremely well with our ranger/ driver named Marte-lize, who has tremendous passion for her job and very good at her job! We are very blessed to have the best game drives every day! Our waitress Chrinah, was sweet, attentive and thoughtful. We are very grateful to have the wonderful unforgettable experiences! We cannot help but feel grateful for the memories we had made during our stay. It was a journey that awakened our sense, rejuvenate our spirit , and left us with a profound appreciation for the untamed the beauty of Africa wilderness! The memories of our Safari adventure will forever remain tattooed in our heart!
David
David, 3-night trip
8/10 Very good
Einzigartige Tierbeobachtungen möglich, direkt von der Lodge aus. Lage direkt an einem Fluss, auch in der Trockenzeit mit Wasserlöchern gefüllt. Essen sehr gut, Personal teilweise unpersönlich. Driver und Tracker für die Gamedrives hervorragend. Unterkunft wird in Teilen renovierungsbedürftig. Ob einem der sehr hohe Preis gerechtfertigt erscheint, muss jeder selbst entscheiden.
Achim
Achim, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
La tente de luxe était superbe
Les games drive quelle aventure formidable, un merci tout spécial à Dennis
Le personnel était à l’écoute de nos moindres besoins
Jacques
Jacques, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
The lodge is well positioned with great facilities and comfortable accommodation. The guides and trackers and knowledgeable and friendly making for the best game drives.
Donald
Donald, 4-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Excellente
Chambre confortable. Chaque lodge est a l’écart des autres ce qui donne un sentiment d’être seul.
Les prestations sont excellentes. Le personnel au petit soin.
Les games drive au top avec le chauffeur et pisteur qui vous accompagne pendant le séjour. Beaucoup d’animaux dont les big 5.
Je retournerai dans cet hôtel avec grand plaisir.
David
David, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Simbavati sensation
5 star accommodation, food and wildlife experience.
Dean
Dean, 3-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Amazing wild dogs sighting
Very nice lodge located on a river bank in the Timbavati Game Reserve with good food and with excellent and talented staff. They could not do anymore to make us feel comfortable and welcome. From the front desk ladies to the waiters and cooks they are all so nice and attentive.
The guide (Nichole) and the tracker (Thabo) tried everything to show us some amazing animal sights.
The game drives can vary depending on your luck, but the guide and tracker did everything they could to show us some quality sightings such as leopards and hyenas with kill and the high light for me, a pack of more than 30 wild dogs which Nichole chased off road for more than 15min.
The information and explanations from the guide were just enough to keep us interested and to let us enjoy the moment. I also liked the fact that the guides use a hear piece to maintain radio contact with the other vehicles.
In other lodges you have to be submitted to listen to the constant radio talk. This was a far, far better experience.
We definitely recommend this lodge for a fantastic stay and a truly bush experience.
Thank you to all and well done for your dedication
Paulo
Paulo, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
The guide and tracker and butker qere excellent. So kind and helpful. The drives were FANTASTIC. Included the Big 5 as well as nuanced things like birds, vegetation, insects and reptiles. Just excellent. ,
Bonnie
Bonnie, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Wunderschöner Platz mit vielen vielen Tieren direkt beim Frühstück und an den lodges, tolles Essen und klasse Personal, alles wie eine Familie, spitzen Safaris mit Leopard, Nashorn, Löwen Elefanten.....
Verified traveler
3-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Nothing better than being greeted by a herd of elephants and impala as we sat on the veranda sipping a drink and sailing up the sun
Peter
Peter, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
60th Birthday celebrations
What a 60th Birthday bucket list adventure
Family from around the globe joined together and we were super spoilt by team at Simbavati
Alana
Alana, 3-night trip
6/10 Good
Leider war das Lucyszelt In der River Lodge nicht wie auf den Bildern am Fluss , kein Blick . Bei Hitze ueber 40 Grad funktionierte die Klimaanlage nur unzureichend . Außer 2 Ganes drives keinerlei andere Aktivitaeten moeglich . Gebiet um die Lodge bzgl Tieren ziemlich leergefegt , morgens in 3 Stunden 2 x nur 2 Tiersorte gesehen .
Zu teuer fuer die Leistung , schade .
Verified traveler
3-night trip
6/10 Good
Decepcionados
Buscávamos um safári de alto nível e não tivemos isso. A qualidade dos safáris foi mediana. Fizemos outros em outro lodge e foi imensamente superior (mas o dobro do preço). A ranger era inexperiente e o tracker apático. Na maior parte das vezes, se restringiram a rodar pela reserva e encontrar os animais na sorte. No outro lodge, eles foram totalmente envolvidos e ativos na busca, e os safáris foram emocionantes. Não voltaremos e não recomendamos. A parte isso, o lodge é lindo e a reserva tem uma natureza belíssima. Os animais que vivem por lá são especiais. Vimos os 5 grandes. Também fomos presenteados por uma manada de elefantes que atravessou o rio, bem em frente ao lodge, enquanto tomávamos café da manhã.
Janaina
Janaina, 4-night trip
8/10 Very good
O hotel é muito bom, a equipe é MUITO educada, prestativa são ótimos. Achei só que na hora do safari não conseguimos ver os big 5 e faltou um pouco de foco, senti que rodávamos sempre os mesmos perímetros e não explorávamos muito.
carol
carol , 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Traveller from Toronto
Great with African cuisine dinner, thank you so much to Nicholas, Stefan, Kyle for the game drive. it was a great experience in my life.
Nice to try kadu, buffalo meat for dinner.
3 meal plus 4 snack time per day.
kevin
kevin, 3-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Truly Loved It
We stayed in what are called "tents" but are actually much nicer including a complete bathroom, minibar, a/c, overhead fan, etc. The staff was wonderful, nice small pool, food good. Oh, the animals -- unbelievable.
We stayed 4 nights at roughly $515/night, worth every penny, and had a great time on all the drives. Didn't get bored for a second.
Dave
8/10 Very good
Great for safaris
A great location beside a river bed, that sadly only carries water during heavy rain. Never the less we still saw many animals walk along the river bed and drink from the water hole in front of the lodge. Internet is intermittent, due to the isolation of the area, but we found that all the lodges we visited had the same problems. Comfortable and very friendly staff.
Emma
10/10 Exceptional
Fantastico
Muy buena experiencia,
Maximino
10/10 Exceptional
Nice hotel with great staff
The staff is always caring. The morning and evening drives were excellent. We've seen all the big fives. The waterhole in front of the property is popular with animals. You can see them during meals and mid-day breaks. Our children love the property and activities. Highly recommended.
FelixSnow
10/10 Exceptional
Fantastisch
Simbavati river lodge is een fantastische om te verblijven op een super mooie locatie in het timbavati reserve. De service is echt uitstekend en alles wordt voor je geregeld. Door de locatie komen er geregeld dieren bij de lodge langs of drinken wat het nog leuker maakt. Echt een top verblijf
Verified traveler
10/10 Exceptional
Amazing! Truly unforgettable
Matthew