Gondwana Game Reserve

The special experience, the environmental facilities are ok, and I am especially satisfied with the meals. Disadvantage 1- The front desk can't figure out what I paid before leaving 2- Additional environmental protection fee like 800rants 3- Facilities and hotels are still incomparable

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Restaurant: Very attentive and friendly staff, excellent food. Sunset Ridge Villa: Beautiful location, good facilities, lots of food, the drive to the lodge is always an adventure. Game drives: Our guide Anja gave us great memories! Thank you

Extensive and beautiful reservoir. On the safari you could think you were at a party. Everyone is loud, the guide was the loudest and wanted to create a good atmosphere. In my opinion he did not keep the necessary distance and show the animals respect. Beautiful bungalows. Food: very small portions, if you order something extra you have to pay for it. Wouldn't go there a second time.

We have spent 2 impressive days in Gondwana. We had booked a Kwena Lodge and were very impressed by this cozy round building with tasteful, high-quality furnishings, a spacious bathroom area, a refrigerator and a tea and coffee making station. There is a terrace with seating and lounging options. It was very clean and in the evening there was a turndown service with fresh water by the bed and a sweet on the pillow. It was very quiet and we had a wonderful view of the grounds with a waterhole. There is a pool level with different lounging options. The individual lodges are integrated into a beautifully landscaped garden. The booked package included full board and several game drives. The culinary offerings are more likely to be rated 4 than 5 points. It would be nice if you could choose from a smaller menu that was updated daily. The food itself was not outstanding, but very solid. For us, the animal encounters and nature experiences were the main focus; We did not find particularly fine cuisine, which we otherwise appreciate, to be so important here. We were assigned Anja as our guide for the game drives and the tours with her were a real highlight and she was a real asset as a person. She told us a lot of interesting things about the animals and the Gondwana program. With her attentiveness she also discovered the smaller animals; it doesn't always have to be the Big Five. We were always out with her for at least 3 hours. The lions, which we were able to see in the evening still hungry and anxious to hunt, we were able to observe the next day with freshly caught prey - a truly remarkable experience. We were able to see elephants, antelopes, giraffes, rhinos, hippos, buffalo, zebras and many other animals. The animals are certainly used to us tourists to a certain extent, but there were always limits set by the animals to set limits for us humans too. Anja's good and sensitive assessment of the animals was important here. A small picnic was always held on the game drives; Anyone who complains about packed biscuits and dried meat and is expecting caviar, salmon canapés and champagne should perhaps change their travel plans. We really enjoyed these snack breaks in impressive surroundings (the giraffes walked on the horizon in the sunset) and our "fellow travelers" in the vehicle felt the same. Yes, Gondwana is a tourist facility, but in my opinion it cannot be described as mass tourism as suggested in other reviews. The animals are not fed here, as is often done in other private reserves, and the limited number of beds means that the number of guests is manageable.