Safari Holidays to South Africa and Namibia for independent travellers.

Below are a selection of comments from guests of Travel Butlers who specifically mentioned River Lodge in their feedback to us at the end of their trip.

To see what guests thought about other places you can either look for the "guest comments" link on the main page for a given property, or see a selection of recent comments here.

Please keep in mind that these are the opinions of individual guests rather than Travel Butlers Ltd, although we do make every effort to ensure that the comments published here are factually correct!

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Guest Comments for River Lodge

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"I would like to just say a huge THANK YOU for recommending Madikwe River Lodge as we had the most fantastic holiday ever!!! Sun City was great and the accommodation was lovely.

The game drives were spectacular - so many lions, impala, giraffe.......the list goes on. We saw 4 out of the Big 5, with the leopard being the shyest. I didn't expect to see it so I wasn't disappointed - the giraffe more than made up for it.

Anyway, thanks once again for all your help in organising our trip of a lifetime - I just wish that we could go again real soon."

M BELLINGER, France - July 2008

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"We had an absolutely spectacular time in South Africa and cannot help you enough for helping us book our accommodation.

We wanted to note in particular Timamoon, which was so romantic and beautiful and Lion Sands River Lodge, which was really really nice and had great rangers and game viewing.

Will definitely be in touch with respect to future vacations in SA."

G MESSIKA, United States of America - June 2008

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"Just wanted to let you know we had a fantastic holiday & thank you for your help arranging the safari and accommodation.

The safari in particular was superb & I would definitely recommend the Madikwe River Lodge to anyone. It was excellent in every way - rooms, food, staff and game drives. We were so well looked after and they were very accommodating with the children who all had a ball."

S WATSON, United Kingdom - October 2007

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"Visit to Bushmans River Lodge was amazing and all arrangements went like clockwork. Thank you for your part in it."

P PARROTT, United Kingdom - October 2007

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"Everything at River Lodge was outstanding! There is nothing I can fault. The manager (Lex) and our ranger (Alan) plus all the staff were fantastic, friendly but not in your face at all, the accomodation was luxury, the food both quantity and quality was outstanding. As you can tell, I thouroughly enjoyed the whole experience and am already recommending it to others.

My only niggle is that we didn't spend an extra day there just chilling out, the whole place is tastefully decorated and very relaxing.

Thanks very much for recommending this lodge to me and finding us accomodation at such short notice. I'm sure to be using Travel Butlers again."

S LUMBARD, UK - February 2007

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"Apologies for not getting back sooner - wedding and work seem to have taken over my life for last two weeks.

We had a really brilliant holiday, and in no small part due to Travel Butlers' knowledge and advice.

The Bay Hotel in Camps Bay was a great recommendation. I don't think we would have liked the hotels around the waterfront - and we even had a whale in the bay on our last day there. One of the best designed hotel rooms I've been in, but not over impressed by the restaurant in the hotel, despite it's apparent high standing. Blues Restaurant, 50 yds away was much better.

Hermanus was really good, and Abalone Guest House a real treat. Relaxed and informal, great views, with provision of binoculars for close-ups of the whales.

The Phantom Forest was phantastic, and the food here was the best we had throughout the holiday. 6 course meals for £25 per head. Maybe we had a discount as residents , but even so, we would be paying 3 times that amount for similar quality in London. The rooms and the views at Phantom were spectacular.

Kruger was all we hoped for and more. The lodge (Exeter River Lodge) was fine, guides and trackers very good, food excellent, and an all-round brilliant 3 days.

Stanley Safari was another excellent recommendation. We were certainly better there than in Mauritius, which was my original plan. Stanley Safari Lodge was an excellent spot. Quiet - no phones, no TV, no newspapers, not even a connection to the main building. Service there was excellent, and all meals well prepared and served, including light lunch and evening meals.

As luck would have it, when we went to Livingstone Island to sit on the edge of the falls, we were accompanied by 73 year old great grand-daughter of David Livingstone, along with her daughter. A great finish to a wonderful trip.

All in all, a great trip."

R STACEY, UK - October 2006

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"We had a marvellous time in S. Africa ...  Thank you for all your assistance.  We especially appreciate your helping us get Orlande as our guide at Lion Sands -she is an outstanding guide.  This was certainly beyond the call."

J MICHAEL, USA - September 2006

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"I just wanted to drop you a note for helping me to organise my trip to the River Lodge. We had a fantastic time and the place was wonderful.  I would recommend it highly to anyone else."

C ONSLOW, UK - September 2006

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"Just got back from our trip to South Africa. Had a fantastic time. The safari at Shamwari was great - the Bushman's River Lodge and the staff all excellent. Many thanks for your help earlier in planning this holiday.

Thinking of going to America next year the Grand Canyon area or Yellow Stone Park.

Can I contact you re this nearer the time?"

P GAYDON, UK - September 2005

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