{"id":2277,"date":"2012-02-27T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2023-10-30T15:51:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:51:27","slug":"the-top-rated-5-safari-lodges-by-travel-butlers-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/27\/the-top-rated-5-safari-lodges-by-travel-butlers-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top Rated 5* Safari Lodges By Travel Butlers Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from our review of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/23\/the-top-rated-3-and-4-safari-lodges-by-travel-butlers-clients\/\">top-rated 3* and 4* safari lodges<\/a>, this time it&#8217;s the turn of the 5* properties.<\/p>\n<p>Our number monkey has again checked to make sure that we have not included any places that only have a handful of votes as this would skew the results, and the 5* safari lodges that our guests have rated most highly are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Pumba Water Lodge, Pumba Private Game Reserve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/Pumba_Water_Lodge\/\">Pumba Water Lodge<\/a> &#8211; 5.0\/5.0<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Long Lee Manor, Shamwari Game Reserve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/Long_Lee_Manor\/\">Long Lee Manor<\/a> &#8211; 5.0\/5.0<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Eagles Crag, Shamwari Game Reserve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/Eagles_Crag\/\">Eagles Crag<\/a> &#8211; 5.0\/5.0<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodge, Kwandwe Game Reserve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/Kwandwe_Great_Fish_River_Lodge\/\">Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodge<\/a> &#8211; 5.0\/5.0<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"River Lodge, Kariega Game Reserve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/River_Lodge\/\">Kariega River Lodge<\/a> &#8211; 5.0\/5.0<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Amakhala Safari Lodge, Amakhala Game Reserve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/Amakhala_Safari_Lodge\/\">Amakhala Safari Lodge<\/a> &#8211; 4.9\/5.0<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Impodimo Game Lodge, Madikwe Game Reserve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/Impodimo_Game_Lodge\/\">Impodimo Game Lodge<\/a> &#8211; 4.8\/5.0<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chitwa Chitwa Game Lodge, Sabi Sand Game Reserve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/Chitwa_Chitwa_Game_Lodge\/\">Chitwa Chitwa Game Lodge<\/a> &#8211; 4.8\/5.0<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bayethe Lodge, Shamwari Game Reserve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/Bayethe_Lodge\/\">Bayethe Lodge<\/a> &#8211; 4.7\/5.0<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bush Lodge, Amakhala Game Reserve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/Bush_Lodge\/\">Amakhala Bush Lodge<\/a> &#8211; 4.6\/5.0<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ngala Safari Lodge, Timbavati Game Reserve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/Ngala_Safari_Lodge\/\">Ngala Safari Lodge<\/a> &#8211; 4.6\/5.0<\/li>\n<li title=\"Kapama River Lodge, Kapama Game Reserve\"><a title=\"Gorah Elephant Camp, Addo Elephant National Park\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/property\/Gorah_Elephant_Camp\/\">Gorah Elephant Camp<\/a> &#8211; 4.5\/5.0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Again, we are sorry to say there are no statues or physical awards (although this does mean no speeches&#8230;), however our heartfelt thanks and congratulations go to the places named above as they have all given outstanding service and safari experiences to our guests over the recent months and years.<\/p>\n<p>To all the other excellent 5* lodges that have also looked after our clients so wonderfully, do not lose heart:&nbsp; out of&nbsp; hundreds of ratings for 5* lodges, we only had a couple of scores under 4\/5, and the overall average for 5* lodges was a whopping 4.7\/5!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/shamwari-game-reserve.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2308\" title=\"shamwari-game-reserve\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/shamwari-game-reserve.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/shamwari-game-reserve.jpg 558w, https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/shamwari-game-reserve-350x130.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/shamwari-game-reserve-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from our review of the top-rated 3* and 4* safari lodges, this time it&#8217;s the turn of the 5* properties. 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