Name: Elandela Private Game Reserve & Luxury Lodge
Address: Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 1451, South Africa, ZA
Telephone: +27 82 492 1776

Elandela Private Game Reserve & Luxury Lodge is a lodging, located at Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 1451, South Africa. They can be contacted via phone at +27 82 492 1776, visit their website www.elandelalodge.co.za for more detailed information.

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Limpopo, Hoedspruit, 1451

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Daniella Gioia

18 February 2018

Wonderful weekend away!!! #simplythebest
Adrian Georgescu

03 January 2018

What do you want to make out of your African vacation? Really, ask yourself this. If you want to get a proper safari you better book Elandela otherwise you might go back home without seeing much. We traveled all the way from Europe in order to see the big five and we initially booked ourself a budget lodge around Sabie River. We then paid extra for the Kruger Park safaris. Our disappointment came quickly - we did not see any big cats or predators 4 days into our holiday. We didn't know cars are not allowed to go off-road to find the animals. On our last day we saw a lion hundred meters away in the bushes and when we got close there was a traffic jam that made things worse. That's when we decided to book Elandela Private Reserve. We were very very lucky to find a free room during NYE time(it was cancelled last minute).
Elandela Private Game Reserve shifted our previous experience. Completely. The lodge is located within Greater Kruger Area and spans over thousands of hectars. It is huge. An so is the variety of the animals, birds, plants, trees and insects within it. We were mesmerized by everything. Beside the wildlife we were thankful for the the staff. The patient guides - thank you Morne for answering our questions and staying overtime, curious just like us to find the god damn cats. Incredible Front Office- thank you Thembie for the smiles, Yvonne&Rocco - for the hospitality - that free upgrade made us smile all the time, for the food, for the good SA wine. JUST EVERYTHING. We have no words for this. I highly recommend to Book Elandela even if the price might seem high at the beginning - everything is included in the price - you get the safaris drives(on point!) and a full board stay. In the public reserves this is not included and the food is pretty terrible. Book Elandela and you don't need to stress over everything else. The place is beautiful -our room was cleaned twice a day and was facing the lake where the hypos swam. At night, monkeys were playing on the roof and zebras sometimes crossed our path. Lovely view to wake up to. PS: the owners are passionate about what they do and they opened a Rhino Saving Trust. With every donation we are closer to saving the rhino species that is soon to be extinct because of the poachers. Thank you Yvonne, Thank you Rocco! We'll be back :)
Beppe Banchini

02 January 2018

Overall a good resort for a nice safari experience. Rooms are luxurious, much better lake view vs river view. Great breakfast, average food at lunch an dinner.
Very good service. New Year’s Eve party was unforgettable.
Safari: good variety and quantity of animals, including white lions and a lot of “babies”
Justin Melis

20 December 2017

My time at Elandela was nothing short of amazing. Between the grounds, safaris and staff, the entire experience was virtually perfect.
Zarvann Patel

17 November 2017

it is an amazing place
and there is excellent service
Nicky Spencer

05 October 2017

This place is like heaven.. the suite is luxurious and very comfortable all the staff are so friendly and obliging the food is excellent experienced an amazing traditional African feast last night with singing and dancing and lastly the animals they are simply amazingthis is a life long dream come true.. I cannot rate this lodge high enough.. I would recommend Elandela to anyone wanting the holiday of a life time
Ger Kersten

15 August 2017

Excellent lodging, the game drives on the reserve were exciting.
Abdullah Madhi

08 August 2017

THERE NO RESPECT TO CUSTOMERS AND THERE IS BLACK SPIDERS IN THE BEDROOM THERE WAS AWFUL TRY THERE NO PRIVACY IN THE WC And the shower place is open I say that because I'm here and see the lizard 🦎 come out from the shower and from the jacoze that's my opinion about this awful place 0/10
Darren Storr

17 September 2016

We loved this game lodge. We went for the start of our honeymoon and our first joint safari together.
It is a private game reserve covering a vast area. In Africa they go about the 'Big 5' (Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard and Rhino) and at Elandela they have 4 of the 5. It turns out that Elephants are hugely destructive and not good neighbours for other animals.
Elandela lodge is amazing. Immediately outside the rooms and main lodge is a small lake which had many wild animals around it including Zebra, Baboon, Giraffe, Wilderbeast several types of antelope and even had some Hippos in the water.
The game drives run twice a day for around 3 hours each at 6am and 6pm. What we saw will stay with us forever: Elandela have white Lions! Yes, white Lions. They had had Zebra kill the day before we saw them and they were all chewing on various Zebra body parts when we caught up with them. We were a lot closer than I could ever have imagined and the four cubs were amazing.
You will see all the other animals on the Big 5 list expiry the Elephants.
We did have an excursion to Moholoholo, an animal rehabilitation centre which was a real eye opener and we had direct contact with a Cheetah and baby Rhino. Loads of other animals and experiences too.
Our only other excursion was to the Kruger National Park. We felt this trip was somewhat disappointing. It was an hours drive to the park but you only really get to drive on the main tarmac through road and the animals tended to steer clear of roads with vehicles. In our opinion, the Elandela game drives were far better for seeing animals. Plus the rangers really know their animals.
Another reason why we were disappointed with Kruger was seeing lots of evidence of widespread damage caused by Elephants. This results is major problems for many other species and makes the countryside look like the aftermath of a nuclear explosion!
Whilst Elandela gets five stars for the lodge, food, location, game drives, service etc; the real stars of the whole trip was the staff - absolutely amazing!
No if's or but's the staff were truly out of this world. Everyone of them put you first and we're real characters. Names we will never forget and people who made us both feel like friend and not just guests.
6 stars to Elandela, you deserve it. Thank you.
D&Lxx