Simbavati River Lodge

This was an amazing dream vacation and thanks to Chrina, Alison and Humphrey and T.J. For making it better than I could have ever imagined. The luxury tents were so comfortable and the food was so good. The game drives were spectacular. Can’t wait to come back.

Absolutely the best service my family and I have ever received. Everything from the transportation from the airport to the home cooked meals was a 10/10. We actually got to see so many animals just on the way from the airport to the lodge, and our driver allowed us to stop for pictures and gave us a lot of cool information. We did not know this when booking, but each room is assigned a butler who will cook, serve, and will educate you on the animals. Our butler was Bishop, and he was an absolute pleasure. He even made my mom a homemade birthday cake since her birthday was coming up. Food was amazing, you couldn’t go wrong with the choices. We didn’t get to use the pool because it was under construction during our stay. We stayed in one of the family huts (not one of the tents) and had all different animals coming up to our patio. One thing to note is that if you stay in one of the luxury tents, you are in a separate area that is not separated from the animals, so they can roam anywhere. If you have anxiety like me, this is probably not the best option as you never know what you’ll walk out to. If you stay in one of the family-style huts, you are fenced off from the animals, besides the patio which they don’t come onto anyway. I truly can’t stress enough how amazing our experience was at the River Lodge. Our game driver was very knowledgeable and taught us a lot. The only thing I would say to be prepared for is that you will get very close to the animals. I’m talking like less than an arms length. Personally that was not for me, but my parents loved it. Overall 12/10 experience.

Lodge is beautiful, food is excellent but the best are the staff!!!!They take care of you as part of a family, they are very kind and helpful and made us to have a great experience!!!Thanks to Ralph, Happy, Humprey, Simon and all the staff!!!We will return.

Excellent service from everyone on the Simbavati team, nothing is asked too much, they go the extra mile to make you feel at home. Rangers Julian and Herbert did an incredible drive to enable us to see the most beautiful one of the big five, the leopard. Thank you all for the great hospitality !

My friend and I stayed at the River Lodge for 5 days 4 nights and did 8 game drives in total. From the moment we were picked up to the airport to drop off for our departure flight, the staff at Simbavati took amazing care of us. Everyone there will learn your name and at the end felt like family to us! We went on our game drives twice a day with our guide, Dennis, and our tracker, Stewart where we had very close encounters with the big 5 and so many other animals! The property is lovely and the food was amazing as well! We can tell by our conversations that everyone really cares and respects the animals and don’t interfere with nature. We walked away with friends that we met there and we are always planning a visit to another Simbavati lodge! You will not regret coming here!

As a celebration we decided to we would go on Safari. We were recommended Simbavari River Lodge by our travel agent as being on of the best available. We were not disappointed! From our initial welcome to the lodge by the reception staff we knew we were in for a very special experience. The initial orientation was great. Our room was spacious and comfortable and only get marked down to very good due to an issue with the air conditioning - However, this was rectified exceptionally quickly so it could be considered harsh as a mark down. The highlight has to be the GAme drives, our guide Martin and the tracker Stiff were exceptional. Martins knowledge on a broad range of subject from geology, flora and fauna and broader topics such as the local customs gave us an incredibly rich experience. The ability of all the guides to locate and offer us close views of the animals was second to none. The other thing that really needs to be highlighted is the quality of the food and the attention to the smallest of details that all of the staff put in, it truly was impressive. The acid test to any holiday is whether or not you would consider going back and this is one of those few that are defiantly on the list of places we will go again. So overall there is no hesitation in thoroughly recommending Simabavati River Lodge.