Inverdoorn Game Reserve Lodge

The staff is friendly and efficient, providing great service and food. Guests enjoyed the spacious chalet with a comfortable bed, creating a welcoming atmosphere.

Arrived with wife, daughter and grandson. Had lunch and checked in, given adjoining rooms where my daughter’s air on sounded like a jet engine. Made them aware and went on late afternoon drive. Driving along a dusty track our guide, protected by a windscreen, drove close enough to the vehicle in front to be eating dust. We arrived at the lion enclosure, two female and one male, and park up for 45 minutes looking at the front half of one female lion. We eventually moved on to the rhino enclosure, which was as equally exciting with our guide going on an on at why the rhinos horns were missing, he did seem distracted by the three ladies in the front row and continually flirted. We did eventually moved on to on again and saw a few giraffes. Back at our rooms nothing was done with the noisy air con unit, after several back and forth strips my daughter and grandson were relocated. Dinner less than average but the waiter was very pleasant. Early morning drive, we went and saw the same lion! Went on from there to the cheetah run! Yes a set up like a dog track that pulls a bit of bait on a cable and a cheetah saunters after it, he is rewarded with a chicken after. Our guide, ever cautious, eventually came across some elephants, we could hardly see them as we were positioned above them with the sun behind them. He cautioned against going closer despite the other guides being there. Not a good, memorable experience.

Trust the bad reviews! They ruined our honey moon. Paid for extras in the ambassador suite and we didn’t get any of them! Really really disappointed after paying £900 (20,000 rand) to get cold buffet food with flys sat in the food after paying for private dining and 3 course meal which we didn’t get. Needs a lot of money spending on it to become a 5* it’s definitely not 5*. The animals were poached and put there. Really really sad that these guys are in captivity. Don’t waste you time guys cause you won’t get a refund. Go to a real safari. Aquilla are the same don’t go there either it’s their sister company and share the same grounds.