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Reviews of Thanda Safari

4 out of 5
Thanda Safari
D242 Off The N2, Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 34 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 34 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 34 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 34 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 34 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

HENRY, BOCA RATON

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mahomed

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Reservations and Yield Manager on 4 May 2023
Thank you for your wonderful score.We hope to welcome you back soon!

10/10 Excellent

Bryan

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Reservations and Yield Manager on 4 May 2023
Thank you for your wonderful score.We hope to welcome you back soon!

8/10 Good

Birgit

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great game drives with knowledgeable driver and tracker. The Food was excellent. The tents were adventurous and different in a good way. The bathroom was tired and need some upgrading. Very comfortable beds.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021
Response from Reservations on 21 Oct 2021
Thank you very much for your wonderful feedback which we will share with all staff. We look forward to welcoming you back in the near future!

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Safari Heaven
The hospitality of this establishment was absolutely incredible. The staff go out of their way to assist you and they are genuinely interested in ensuring that you have the best stay ever. The tented camp has all the luxuries one would need and the food is amazing. The rate is full board including game drives. Bheki and Sabelo really went out of their way to ensure that your safari is one to remember. Their knowledge of the bush is fantastic and they have a great rapport with each other... chatting about every animal and bird they come across as we move through the bush. Joe is a gem at the bar and dinner and makes sure that you are well taken care of. Wish I could stay a bit longer but I will definitely be back!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Reservations on 5 Oct 2020
Thank you for your wonderful review Ian! We look forward to welcoming you back soon.

8/10 Good

Tara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Reservations on 26 Aug 2019
Thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property, amazing game drives, wonderful staff! We will definitely be back for another stay in the future.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from LaraS on 5 Jun 2019
Thank you for your wonderful feedback! We hope you will visit us again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The poperty is in a beautiful area and is very well cared for
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from LaraS on 5 Jun 2019
Thank you very much for this feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from LaraS on 21 Jun 2019
Thank you very much! We hope you will visit Thanda safari again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Gorgeous property and exceptional service at every level. Many little added touches to really enhance the experience. Great value for the money. Food is high quality and well-prepared with local choices available. The facilities are 5 star, the safari experiences personalized and excellent. You cannot go wrong choosing this safari! There is no wi-fi in the tents, only at the main lodge, that was my only negative feedback.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from LaraS on 29 May 2019
Thank you for your feedback and we are delighted that you had a good time at Thanda Tented Camp. We have noted your comment on the Wi-Fi not being available in our Tents. Because our Tented Camp is our experience property and runs off solar power, we have only made the Wi-Fi available in our public areas to keep it as close to a bush experience as possible. Thank you and we hope you will visit us again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Alwin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well worth it!!
This was one of the most amazing experiences we have had - top class service & accommodation. Game viewing was excellent & staff incredible!!!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019
Response from LaraS on 29 May 2019
Thank you for this wonderful feedback and we hope you will visit us again soon!

8/10 Good

revivit

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing place needs a revamp.
we stayed there expecting a high standard (based on the cost) and a large room (75sm) with wifi (based on the hotels.com site description), and we were disappointed with both the size of the room as well as lack of wifi, and the poor state of the bathroom. All staff were very nice and the location and the game drives were amazing. Food; breakfast great dinner just ok.
Response from Reservations on 4 Apr 2018
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear that the Tented Camp did not meet your expected standards. We will review all information on the hotels.com website to ensure that our details are correct. Thank you for the feedback on the bathroom which we will look into as well as the standards of food. We hope you will visit us again. Thank you.

8/10 Good

Pat, Umhlanga KZN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great style and comfort but not fine dining
A fantastic venue with great style, everyone was very pleasant and attentive unfortunately dinner was very disappointing.

10/10 Excellent

Darren, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Safari break
This was an amazing hotel, the staff were so friendly and made the experience really special. The food was great and the Safari trips were amazing. Highly recommend.

10/10 Excellent

CJ Strydom , Cape Town

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful African Bush Experience
We had a wonderful weekend at Thanda Tented Camp. They went all out to make it a really special weekend for us and memorable experience. Could not fault them in any way! 10/10

8/10 Good

Lesley, Norfolk England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good game viewing and friendly staff.
This is the third game reserve we have visited. We enjoyed out tented experience but would probably not repeat in the African summer as lack of air con made life a bit sticky. Evening meal not 5 star but game drives excellent.

10/10 Excellent

peter, Great Bowden

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thanda Review
Fantastic, as good as the website describes. Great service, accommodation, staff.

8/10 Good

david, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great game viewing
The herd of 23 Elephants turned up on que at the waterhole for their evening sundowner. The 5 cheetahs were easily found. The rooms were pleasant, the dining staff very friendly and the hotel was easily located off the main highway.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Un Lodge à l’ancienne où chacun est à sa place. La qualité de service est là mais il manque l’accueil chaleureux qu’on peut trouver dans certains Lodge.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Reservations on 20 Aug 2019
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you did not receive the warm welcome that Thanda Safari is well known for! We will address this concern with our staff. Thank you and we hope you will visit again!

10/10 Excellent

SUSUMU

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from LaraS on 18 Aug 2019
Thank you very much! We hope you will visit again soon.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Reservations on 24 Jul 2019
Thank you for your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

dominique

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent sejour
Excellent séjour, avons vu de nombreux animaux pendant les 2 safaris, super brunch au retour u safari du matin. Tente très confortable
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from LaraS on 24 Apr 2019
Thank you very much for your wonderful feedback! We hope you will visit us again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from LaraS on 24 Apr 2019
Thank you for this wonderful score!

10/10 Excellent

Björn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing stay with fantastic game drives.
Beautiful green vegetation and landscape. It was a pleasure to attend the game drives with lot of animals.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Reservations on 19 Jan 2019
We are delighted to hear that you had a wonderful time and we hope you will visit again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Marcel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Einmalige Erlebnisse mit Top Service und Herz
Super schöne Anlage mit top Zelten mit allem Komfort ausser Strom was nicht gestört hat. Tolle Game Drives mit schwerpunkt big 5. Wir hatten sehr viel Glück und haben bleibende Erinnerungen mit den Löwen, Gepard, Elefanten, Nashorn und Wasserbüffel welche wir aus kürzester Distanz von weniger als 5 Metern gesehen und erlebt haben. Und wir haben uns im offenen Land Rover jederzeit sicher gefühlt. 100% Wiederholungsfaktor!!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Mats

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastisk safaricamp
Fantastisk safariupplevelse, utmärkt bonde och mycket god mat och dryck.

10/10 Excellent

daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excelente
O quarto eh espetacular assim como o servico. Nao tenho nenhuma observacao negativa a fazer.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Safari
Gute Safari-Erfahrung, aber Zeltcamp entspricht nicht einer 5-Sterne-Kategorie eines Leading Hotels of the World. Extrem harte Plastik-Liegen, Speiseraum recht einfach, Essen meist als Buffet zwar umfangreich und von guter Qualität, aber nicht auf hohem Niveau. An der Bar kein Kaffee/Tee möglich. Thanda selbst erweckt in seinen Beschreibungen die Erwartung, dass das Zeltcamp zwar rustikaler, kleiner und günstiger ist, aber dem Niveau der Lodge entspricht. Wir fanden es eher enttäuschend, haben die Lodge aber nicht kennengelernt.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Zulugastfreundschaft und African Style
Alles in allem ein herrlicher Aufenthalt: Leute, Tiere, Essen und Unterkunft empfehlenswert.

10/10 Excellent

HUBERT, France

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Excellent à tous points de vue très bon accueil les Rangers le pisteurs surdoué bd avons vu tous les big five les repas excellent nos retournerons à thanda Honey and moôn