Tshukudu Game Lodge

Das ist eine der Unterkünfte, die man eigentlich nicht bewerten sollte, um beim nächsten Mal noch eine Chance auf eine Buchung zu haben.. Das war eine unserer günstigsten Unterkünfte und wir wurden mehr als positiv überrascht. Das Personal war ausnahmslos sehr freundlich und bemüht, es herrschte insgesamt eine sehr angenehme, sehr ruhige und entspannte Atmosphäre. Außer uns war ein einheimisches Paar und drei junge Traveller vor Ort. Leider war der neu renovierte Pool wg eines Defektes nicht verfügbar. Das Essen war sehr gut, es gab immer Auswahl und der Koch kam, um nachzusehen, ob man noch etwas benötigt. Wir hatten das Chalet, dass doch recht alt und einfach ist. Starker Arachnophobiker sollte man nicht sein, ansonsten geht es gut, wenn man sich entsprechend einstellt. Man hat dort seine Ruhe und sehr viel Platz. Das absolute Highlight ist jedoch der Guide Tyler!! Alleine wegen ihm würden wir Tshukudu sofort wieder buchen. Er legt die Latte für andere Guides sehr hoch, der aus der Elephant Plains Lodge kam zb nicht ansatzweise mit. Teilweise waren Tagesgäste beim Gamedrive dabei, es war aber nie beengt im Jeep. Es ist ein Big5 Reservat, wenn auch mit wenigen Löwen und Elephanten, Leopardsichtungen brauchen wohl extrem viel Glück. Tyler hat es meisterhaft verstanden, auch im Hinblick auf Leoparden erfolglose Gamedrives so erlebnis- und lehrreich zu machen, dass wir den Leoparden am Ende des Tages gar nicht vermisst haben. Obwohl ein Löwe und ein Elephant Funkhalsbänder tragen, kam man sich überhaupt nicht vor wie im Zoo. Für Familien mit kleinen Kindern oder Leute, die auch eigenständig etwas unternehmen wollen, oder die mehr Unterhaltung brauchen ist es hier wegen der sehr ruhigen Atmosphäre und abseitigen Lage mit längerer Anfahrt über Sandpiste eher nichts, für uns Ruhesuchende war es perfekt.

This is a tough one because the good was REALLY good and the rest was slightly harder to stomach. The positives: Upon arrival we were greeted with a drink and a cool towel. The receptionist was lovely, as were all the staff. Truly amazing. We drove to our apartment which was everything I expected and more. We had booked the most luxurious accommodation – the cottage. It was far more stunning than in the pictures – all brick, airco in the bedroom, best kitchen we had on our entire trip and the best pool too. Deep, long, perfect temperature, lovely. We were told upon check in that the main pool was out of service and that other guests would be using our private pool, but that there were only 2 other guests at the time. People did use it and they were lovely and all was well. Dinner was also lovely. In short, our first night was amazing. The next day. I was sunbathing when the manageress came up to me and said she had just checked in a group of 15 and they wanted to come to the pool. The pool is literally 1 metre from both our windows, pretty intimate. I understood fully that the other pool was broken, but the lodge didn’t tell us that a big group was arriving the next day, nor offer us another room in light of this. Nor did they offer us anything in the way of compensation (free drink at the bar etc.) Also really odd is that this is the only game park I have ever been to where you cannot self-drive. There are NO signs saying you cannot self-drive and we were not told upon checking in and were afterwards told that it is on page 3 of our welcome pack item number 7. Not making this crystal clear to guests, both before they stay and during is a mistake that management should redress. Our pool had no chlorine in it after the first day and there were insects swimming half way down in it. Someone came every day to remove debris, but no chlorine was added meaning It was too much of a risk to swim in there sadly. Also, the Wi-Fi was horrible and there is no mobile phone reception to make a hotspot. I understand we are in the bush, but people want to advertise this and post pictures of themselves on social media in this lovely place. This should be redressed. On our last morning we went on a game drive. It was the oddest game drive I have ever done. The guide was driving quite fast and not speaking very clearly. Also, I got scratched by brambles and bushes several times. I would recommend to management doing some bush maintenance. It was also crazily full. We would have like to have known in advance when busy days would have been, so we could have done our drive earlier. Also, upon check-in, we were told it was included in the price. They ended up trying to charge us for it (the took it off the bill eventually though.) The staff were lovely but terrible Wi-Fi, unclean pool, lack of compensation for having a group descending on our privacy, game drive as if we were in a computer game and lack of information regarding non-self driving made this a dif

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Thank you Steven Sussens for ensuring that our 23 Worldschool guests, parents and children, had the most wonderful morning experiencing Tshukudu on an early morning bush walk and learning more about your rehabilitation efforts. Indeed most valuable and necessary even though we advocate against certain types of animal interaction, we appreciate all you do for those habituated species alike.

Personeel is geweldig. Zo vriendelijk! Kamers zijn prima, maar zeker toe aan wat onderhoud. Vooral de badkamer. Goede bedden en een leuke gamedrive gehad

Gostei , o quarto é simples , banheiro simples, atendimento muito bom , Safari é muito bom , tem bastante animais na reserva sendo possível ver o big 5 em apenas 2 games, indico guia jhonsson. Restaurante é bom e atendimento também. Jantar é em um restaurante anexo com cultura local. Animais soltos pelo pátio , como “pumbas”, jabutis e impalas traz uma energia boa. As cheetas domesticadas que aparecem nos comentários não estão mais no Hotel. Me atraiu esse ponto , porém ao chegar lá já avisaram que não estão mais. Fiquei satisfeito e pelo custo benefício voltaria.