Buhala Lodge

A very pleasant holiday. Amazing staff especially Ali. We would highly recommend Buhala for a family luxury safari holiday. Located 10 min from Malelane gate and 40 min from Crocodile river gate. Only a straight 4 hrs drive from Johannesburg.

outstanding location with a very smooth atmosphere, excellent service and a georgious view towards Crocodile River and Kruger National

Amazingly situated and equipped small family-owned hotel, with an amazing patio looking over Krueger & the crocodile river. You can spot buffalos, rhinos, crocodiles, elephants and all kinds of antelopes and zebras straight from the lodge. Food and service are excellent, and so is the collaboration with Leopard Creek to play a round of golf.

Thank you all at Buhala lodge for giving us an absolutely fantastic experience. The lodge itself had a really welcoming atmosphere and the rooms with a view towards Crocodile river was just fantastic. The friendly and personal service given to us was really appreciated and a big thank you to Connor, our professional and knowledgable ranger that gave us so much new insights of the wild life and letting us see all big five plus so much more. We now have a completely different view of wild dogs. We couldn’t wish for more than this. We are two couples that spent three weeks travelling around in South Africa but the four nights at Buhala lodge (24-28 January) was absolutely our best stay. Be sure that we will come back again one day.

Booked to stay in the Elephant suite for a few nights, as we had been a number of times and enjoyed ourselves so much. This time round it was so disappointing, service and experience has dropped down. Looks like the owners have stepped back, leaving things untidy and slow in running. It picked up when they turned up one morning for breakfast, although the downside was all of the staff running around them and serving us cold food instead. I wish I hadn’t booked for such a special event now, and hope that the special place it used to be returns. Dirty showers, full of previous residents hair and soap was just one of the many issues.

Our family had the most amazing holiday at Buhala! The staff was friendly, helpful and attentive. The rooms were large, beautiful and the views were stunning. The meals were fabulous. We could not have asked for a better experience at the lodge and on our safari! Our guide was very knowledgeable and made our days fun. Our children can't stop talking about all they learned and seeing the Big 5. This was everything we could have hoped for in this once in a lifetime experience for our family. We did not want this time to end and hope we can one day return.