Jamin1978
30 tháng mười, 2022
My wife, myself, my 12 year old son and 7 year old daughter went to South Africa for 2 weeks. We went to Cape Town, Franschhoek (wine tasting), Grootbos (whale watching) and then onto Royal Madikwe for 3 days of safari. We should have stayed at least 5 days. We flew in on a private plane from Joburg and were met on the run way by Ernie, our private ranger for our stay. Ernie was amazing, very friendly and gave us a wonderful experience driving us around the reserve, working to our schedule and putting up with all our animal questions with a smile. We saw lions, rhinos, wild dogs, giraffes, elephants, hyenas, crocodiles, cheetah etc. The lodge is on a lake/watering hole so you have animals 50 metres from your villa and the main villa (all very safe though), where food and drink is served. We had elephants, rhinos and lots of other animals there almost continuously. Obviously the safari trips at 5.30am then at 4pm were amazing but Adam (co-owner, who lives there with his family) and all the team were amazing, treating us like royalty. We had our own private chef and unlimited food and drink on demand. In fact we were the only people staying at the time so had the whole team just for us!! We are a family with young kids and they did archery, bead making, painting t-shirts etc with the kids which was great. I know they have honeymooners and groups with no kids, including movie stars. The team there are like a big family and they made us very welcome, teaching us to play the drums, movie night with the kids etc. My kids LOVED IT, and are already asking when we can go back and find the elusive leopard (the only animal we couldn’t find!!). So I’d highly recommend Royal Madikwe for the highest level of luxury accommodation and customer service, food and drink and also for making the safari trips such a great experience (Ernie and Adam).
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