Simbavati River Lodge

“Phenomenal yet laidback safari - must do”

Simbavati was amazing! Great location, close to HDS airport, but secluded with a vast amount of wilderness surrounding you. So many great wildlife experiences, unreal sites, and INCREDIBLE staff. We go on many vacations and try to never go to the same place twice, but this may have to be an except… lisää

Simbavati was amazing! Great location, close to HDS airport, but secluded with a vast amount of wilderness surrounding you. So many great wildlife experiences, unreal sites, and INCREDIBLE staff. We go on many vacations and try to never go to the same place twice, but this may have to be an exception!

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“Another Fantastic Experience”

This was our fourth time at the lodge (stayed for 7 nights), and our trip was simply magnificent. We stayed in the Jacana suite, which sits on the waterhole, the suite was very luxurious, very clean and so comfortable. We especially loved sitting on the deck as it was so quiet and peaceful. The lod… lisää

This was our fourth time at the lodge (stayed for 7 nights), and our trip was simply magnificent. We stayed in the Jacana suite, which sits on the waterhole, the suite was very luxurious, very clean and so comfortable. We especially loved sitting on the deck as it was so quiet and peaceful. The lodge is well protected and is exceptionally safe. The drives were absolutely excellent, our ranger Sean and our tracker, Jeffery were exceptional, their knowledge of the wildlife and the Bush is phenomenal. The bush was unusually green and thick for June, but the the guys worked very hard to provide superb animal sightings, Leopard (4), Lion, (14), Elephant, Buffalo, lots of Rhino, all of the antelopes and even Genet, Jackal, Mongoose and A HONEY BADGER. The beauty and diversity of birdlife was most astounding. The highlight was an elephant carcass, which was covered by 20 plus Hyena and three species of vulture. Everything is done to an excellent level, all of the staff were very polite and professional, but is the little personal details that make the lodge such a fabulous place to visit. Pretty and Tabo, the Chefs, Richmond, our outstanding Butler, Molly and her wonderful staff. The food is very good, fresh, and simple, but magnificently prepared and presented. The waterside dinner on our last night was magical and very touching, it made us feel very special. Many thanks to Colin and his team, another memorable holiday for Sue and myself, I could have written pages, praising the lodge, the animals, the beautiful Bush and the wonderful people, but, the best compliment we can provide is booking a return for next year. Thank you so much for another super stay at Simbavati Waterside. Andrew and Sue Mullinder

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“Unforgettable safari experience - fantastic service and food”

Absolutely incredible experience from start to finish! Kevin, Julian, Rodney and the rest of the team were truly delightful, kind, knowledgeable and helped make our experience one to remember wonderful service. Such a stunning location, at the local watering hole for animals we saw Hippos while eat… lisää

Absolutely incredible experience from start to finish! Kevin, Julian, Rodney and the rest of the team were truly delightful, kind, knowledgeable and helped make our experience one to remember wonderful service. Such a stunning location, at the local watering hole for animals we saw Hippos while eating lunch! The food was absolutely incredible. I’m still dreaming about some of the meals. Drinks were perfectly made as well. Overall It was peaceful and our downtime was filled with the pool, games and the spa. Julian and Rodney did such a great job tracking the animals and helping us have an unforgettable experience. Will be back for sure!!!

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“More of a romantic holiday”

Beautiful lodge, friendly staff, stunning location, rooms were stunning, really comfy bed. Drives were good, didn’t see a huge amount of animals but as a first timer I loved it. My one moan is the food. Breakfast was very good, but lunch and dinner was average. I had a carbonara one day that you co… lisää

Beautiful lodge, friendly staff, stunning location, rooms were stunning, really comfy bed. Drives were good, didn’t see a huge amount of animals but as a first timer I loved it. My one moan is the food. Breakfast was very good, but lunch and dinner was average. I had a carbonara one day that you could slice like a cake, very stodgy with no sauce. Such a shame. Our ranger and look out were knowledgeable and quite good fun. Not a place for friends to visit together I would say, more a romantic place for couples. I did love it though. If you go, have a night in the lookout, absolutely brilliant. Again more for couples but my friend and I had a great time watching the elephants.

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