Inverdoorn Game Reserve Lodge

Absolutely terrible. Do not waste your money here. They deleted my last review and offered us a refund in return to take the review down and said it’s been processed yet still no refund! Not clean at all. We had food sent to the room which was covered in flies trapped in the glass lid. This is a zoo, and needs a lot of work and money spending on it to become a 5*. I would say this is a 1 or 2 star game reserve. Don’t bother wasting your money, you’ll be extremely disappointed..

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.

Super leuk resort voor een game drive. Het ontbijt en lunch is goed. Echter de dinner is slecht. Veel bakken zijn leeg en wordt laat aangevuld.veders is het personeel vriendelijke en zijn de game drive super om te doen dit doe je 2x per dag echt een aanrader

This was a very good value Safari experience relatively close to Cape Town. I was concerned about the two recent poor reviews, but having returned yesterday from an overnight stay I can say they are not balanced or representative. Obviously this doesn’t have the wow factor of private game reserves that are well over twice the price, but why would you expect that? It’s great value, the staff do care and you see plenty of animals with very knowledgeable guides. The food is good enough and plentiful, and the accommodation clean and comfortable. If you are near Cape Town and are not jaded safari veterans or have unrealistic expectations then go, it’s a great trip !!

Overall our experience at Inverdoorn was a posative one, the staff were friendly and accommodating, the game drives were brilliant and our guide Fanwell was very knowledgable and attentive, however before our game drive at 6:30am we were unable to have a shower as there was no hot water, when checking out and paying for extras we were presented with an invoice with numerous drinks and bottles of wine we did not order, upon disputing the extras we were told to contact their head office which we did and still have had no response.

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.