Tshukudu Game Lodge

A recepção foi desagradável e mal treinada e como principal ponto de contato, nossa estadia foi de mal a pior. A comida era nada assombrosa. O quarto e o banheiro eram antigos e precisavam de uma atualização. Nunca recebi um serviço tão chocante antes em um hotel ou alojamento de caça. Tivemos 2 passeios de jogo agradáveis ​​e a massagem no Spa foi muito boa.

Nesta primavera fizemos nossa 7ª e última visita a esta pousada. Infelizmente, o clima daquela época, o sentimento familiar da família Sussens, desapareceu completamente. Tshukudu foi vendido a uma rede/investidores no final de 2021. Sim, há uma bela piscina nova, mas isso não compensa os safáris medíocres. Não tenho ideia do que está acontecendo de errado aqui, mas não foi investido tempo na manutenção do parque, as estradas eram ruins, muitos galhos pendentes e pouca caça. Onde no passado você podia desfrutar de rinocerontes por horas, eles não aparecem mais. Dirigimos por horas sem ver nada. Tshukudu tinha vários recursos exclusivos, cada um dos quais foi removido um por um. Vergonha....

Cuidado ao reservar este alojamento, eles usam uma empresa chamada Landing Africa. Tenho tentado obter o reembolso do meu depósito desde que cancelei em Mach bem fora do prazo. Deveríamos viajar este mês. Todos os comentários no Facebook são ruins. Sinto que preciso alertar os viajantes sobre isso. Portanto, se você reservar, certifique-se de não precisar cancelar sua viagem. viagem. Tenho enviado e-mails para a empresa e não recebi nada além de mentiras.

Fiquei aqui como parte de um pacote Go Touchdown, e vindo direto de Humala, era uma vibração muito diferente e admito que não tinha certeza no início. Acabei adorando. O tempo funcionou para que fôssemos os únicos hóspedes durante a maior parte da nossa estadia, e acabou parecendo uma experiência pessoal para nós. Nosso guia era Tyler, que sabe muito e na primeira viagem nos apressou de volta ao alojamento para ter certeza de que poderíamos encontrar Floppy, a chita residente, que estava descansando do lado de fora do quarto dos meus amigos. Também pudemos fazer coisas como rastrear leões na caça e tomar drinques ao pôr do sol ao lado de hipopótamos, e eu me diverti muito. Um amigo também ficou doente uma noite, e a equipe estava muito preocupada e prestativa. Douglas até trouxe comida para ela porque ela iria perder o jantar, e todos, desde o gerente até a excelente equipe de garçons, perguntaram por ela e a receberam de volta quando ela estava se sentindo melhor.

Esta é uma das acomodações que você não deve avaliar para ter a chance de reservar na próxima vez.Esta foi uma das nossas acomodações mais baratas e ficamos mais do que agradavelmente surpresos. Sem excepção, os funcionários foram muito simpáticos e esforçaram-se; no geral, houve uma atmosfera muito agradável, muito tranquila e descontraída. Além de nós, havia um casal local e três jovens viajantes. Infelizmente, a piscina recentemente renovada não estava disponível devido a um defeito. A comida era muito boa, havia sempre uma escolha e o chef veio verificar se precisava de mais alguma coisa. Tínhamos o chalé, que era bastante antigo e simples. Você não deve ser um aracnófobo forte, caso contrário, ficará bem se se ajustar de acordo. Você tem paz e tranquilidade lá e muito espaço. O destaque absoluto, porém, fica por conta do guia Tyler!! Só por causa dele, reservaríamos Tshukudu novamente em um piscar de olhos. Ele coloca a fasquia muito alta para outros guias, o do Elephant Plains Lodge, por exemplo, não chegou nem perto. Às vezes havia convidados diurnos no safari, mas o jipe ​​​​nunca ficava lotado. É uma reserva Big5, embora com poucos leões e elefantes, avistamentos de leopardos provavelmente exijam extrema sorte. Tyler entendeu com maestria como tornar os safáris malsucedidos tão emocionantes e educativos, mesmo em relação aos leopardos, que não sentimos falta do leopardo no final do dia. Embora um leão e um elefante usassem coleiras de rádio, não parecia que estivessem em um zoológico. Para famílias com crianças pequenas ou pessoas que querem fazer algo por conta própria ou que precisam de mais entretenimento, não é realmente algo aqui por causa da atmosfera muito tranquila e localização remota com uma longa viagem por uma estrada arenosa. Foi perfeito para nós que procuravam paz e sossego.

My first experience at a Game Lodge in South Africa was pleasant. The rooms were in small villas with adjoining rooms if one chose. They are spacious, air conditioned and the king poster beds had all around netting. Bathrooms are very spacious. The porch like balcony comes in handy during sunset and sunrises, as you hear the beautiful sounds of the wild. The restaurant was decent and was open Aired facing the pool and several outdoor lounge areas. The spa provided great massages and was easily accessible. The nightly dining space was set around a bonfire and provided a buffet setting with a full bar.

Such an perfect and friendly place to visit in the Greater Kruger area. The staff is friendly. The animals are everywhere to be seen. Facilities are clean, up to date and offer more than surrounding lodges in area. Truly recommend this lodge to anyone.

We stayed 2 nights at tshukudu as part of our honeymoon. My parents had been there a few years previously and recommended it to us- we are s glad we went! We had a beautiful room right next to a semi- private pool which was only used by us. The main pool is gorgeous and sitting by there for sundown is really beautiful. The staff were absolutely excellent- so nice and laid back, nothing was an issue for them at all. They even did a special bed layout with petals and swans for our bedroom after they found out we were there for our honeymoon- a really thoughtful, lovely touch. We will absolutely be back again next time we are in South Africa. the game drives were also amazing and the guides are very friendly. The only slight negative I have (which isn't necessarily a negative, just something to be aware of) is that the cleaning staff do come fairly early in the morning, I think it was around 8am or so. This was fine by us as we were actually heading out at this time but, but I can imagine for people who like a lie in that this may be quite early to be disturbed. Having said that, the lodge was exceptionally clean and standard of cleanliness is clearly very high.

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