Garden Route Safari Camp

The staff and the welcome from everyone and the leader's experience in the safari

I did not like the lack of Big 5 and not being allowed to cook inside the villa despite the availability of the kitchen

Beautiful scenery, amazing hosts and great rangers. We felt extremely welcome and taken care off. Sustainable concept and you feel the appreciation of nature and all animals. Only the restaurant and house keeping could be improved. We came there for the nature and game and in this regard it was perfect! Thank you very much for the experience!!!

Our 3 night stay at the Garden Route Safari was life affirming. From start to finish we had the most wonderful experience and we shall definitely be going back. Nanete, Abrim and all the staff made us feel so welcome it was like being part of the family. Our personal guide Sivi was so full of enthusiasm and knowledge about the animals, and kept us entertained for 3 hours on the jeep safari....our pocket guide to safari! ?The food was exceptional. The accommodation and attention to detail was beautiful.We did the horse riding safari and it was an amazing experience...standing just a couple of feet away from a giraffe on my trusty horse 'Handsome' is a life experience I shall never forget. Josh and Eon, our riding guides kept us safe and offered thrilling gallops or steady walks throughout the experience. You will not be dissapointed choosing this lodge for your safari experience. It has an intimate family feel yet so professionally managed. You feel in very safe, knowledgeable hands. Just book it !!

From start to finish a fantastic experience - the camp is focused on conservation and reuniting the animals with their home - which we felt throughout the safaris we did. Our guide, Seve, was so knowledgeable and friendly, making great conversation throughout. The food was fantastic, the staff were all very good and the pool was nice after a morning safari!

The breakfast was great. Cereals/yoghurt, eggs/toast, fruit juices, fruit platter. Plentiful. Lodge was stunning, spacious, had the most cosiest and warm dressing gown, slippers, bedtime turn down service.

Nothing. Everything was perfect

A truly magical place create by Annette and Abram. The staff are amazing from the moment you arrive you are made to feel like family. The luxury “tent” that we stayed in was perfect and the food was delicious. We did the 4pm safari and saw giraffes, rhinos , lions , hippos. Sevie our guide was so knowledgable and had such a wonderful was of communicating making the safari such fun. We loved every minute of our stay and only wished we had booked 2 nights not 1 !

It is a lovely place to be in the nature. The place is paying attention to many small details why one is feeling very welcome.The stuff was absolutely amazing!

We had some misunderstandings with the bookings, but in the end it was sorted out perfectly.

Beautiful property, very intimate vibe. Staff and guides are amazing and kind. Breakfast and Dinner menu are very thoughtful as is the service.

Clean, very friendly welcome and throughout our stay. Great game drives and wonderful breakfast and excellent dinners in a quiet and beautiful setting.

You should be aware that the road in is about 4-6 km of dirt track which for lower vehicles might not be easy to tackle, especially after it has rained.

My partner and I stayed at the safari camp for 2 nights in February. We had a wonderful time from start to finish. The welcome was warm and friendly and our accommodation was large and superb. It was a little way from the main building but we were always offered transport to and fro. We did a sunrise and sundowner safari and both were excellent. Our guide Elon was brilliant, informative and very passionate about his job and all the animals. Our highlight was hearing the lions roaring. Amazing!!

We stayed in the superb tented lodges that are beautifully appointed and extremely comfortable. The team have thought of everything. Abram and everyone at the lodge were super friendly and catered to our every need. The dinner and breakfast were delicious and beautifully presented. Finally, the game drive. Eon our guide was simply fantastic. The depth of knowledge he displays for his years is incredible. Every part of the drive was fascinating but the rhino and lion encounters we experienced will stay with us forever. Our second visit to the camp but this exceeded the high bar set previously and frankly far exceeded our expectations. I cannot recommend it high enough.

Not a thing.

Garden Route Safari Camp offers a fantastic story and purpose- restoring the original nature so the fantastic animals ( lions, giraffes, rhinos, hippos etc) once again can thrive in their natural environment. The staff and guides are just wonderful and they will do the outmost to make your stay at Garden Route Safari Camp special and personalised. We did the Sundowner and Early Bird game and it was worth doing them both as they offer different experiences. We will always remember to drink our hot chocolate with the grazing rhinos close by or have a wonderful GT while admiring the lions. Thank you to all the staff at Garden Route Safari Camp to make our stay so wonderful and meaningful..

That we couldn’t stay for more days

Fantastic stay at Garden Route Safari Camp. Location and accommodation was exceptional! Staff were lovely and so attentive, nothing was too much trouble! We felt so welcome and I cannot recommend it more! The safari excursions were brilliant and it was so obvious how much the guides loved what they do!

Very nice modern accommodation, friendly staff, knowledgable guides. Family-owned and their passion and care came across clearly!

Room was incredible, so luxurious and a real treat it was such an authentic place for safari.Food was incredible, some of the best we’ve ever hadAll of the staff so attentive and friendly, genuinely show so much care to every single person staying with themAnd finally Siviwe our safari guide. The safaris themselves were so much fun, we spent only 6 hours with him across 2 safaris but it felt like we’d been friends for life. A wonderful man and tour guide, so informative about the animals and plantlife, and so interested in us and our background.

Only challenge was trying to get into the camp! Very stony roads, we only had a small hire car so took us a bit of time to get there without risking a puncture!

Our stay at Garden Route Safari Camp was absolutely unforgettable! From the moment we arrived, the staff made us feel more than welcome – we felt instantly at home. Their warmth, friendliness, and attention to detail were truly exceptional.The food was very good, exceeding all our expectations with every meal. It’s clear they put a lot of thought and care into the dining experience.Our safari guide was amazing – knowledgeable, patient, and passionate about the wildlife. They took the time to explain everything in detail, making each drive an enriching and fascinating experience. It was heartwarming to see how well the animals are treated and respected here.We honestly could have stayed much longer. The camp is a gem, and we can’t wait to return for another adventure. We hope that when they will also start with Day visits, this experience will not change for the ones who stay over night!

This is a wonderful place. They go out of their way to make you feel extra special...lots of personalised touches. Room is amazing, balcony views wonderful, wildlife spectacular. And it feels good to support what is essentially a large rewilding project.

Very friendly staff, great facilities and awesome experiences with the game drives and hikes. For us this was a perfect weekend! Sleeping in the safari tent is so peaceful and convenient.

Our stay was amazing -we‘ve been to a number of safari lodges all over Southern Africa in the past but none of them provided the experience we got here. The staff were absolutely overwhelming and we felt welcome from the first until the very last minute. The tent accomodation is wonderful, spacious, great bathroom and terrace and numerous little things that just made us love it. The dinners were extremely good and the game drives and walks were a once-in-a-lifetime experience. As stated on the website the reserve does not currently have the big five but they have such an amazing vision about what they want to achieve and the wildlife they want to add in the next years! Great wildlife conservation story!! All the guides we absolutely exceptional both in their friendliness as well as in their knowledge and their willingness to share it with us - absolutely never experienced anything like this before! We loved every wildlife minute we got to share with our guide Ion - what a great young man with amazing social skills!! And this applies to the entire camp staff - they feel like one big family.. - we sure hope to be back some time to see how the camp and reserve develop - they have recently introduced hippos and are planning to add buffalos as well as elephants (which requires purchasing more land) in the short term. The work they are doing with their 3 lions which were rescued from bad treatment and are not yet free roaming is extremely interesting and I hope they will succeed with their efforts to release them into the reserve as planned! Overall, an exceptional experience which made us feel like being amongst family.

Nothing I can think of - loved every second of our stay

Everything was above my expectation.very quite place and very safe and all stuff are very kind and helpful