The Elephant Plains Game Lodge was an amazing, forever memorable experience. The daily morning and evening game drives were great, as was our ranger Louis. You stay with the same ranger throughout your stay which was great for getting to know the ranger and fellow guests. The rondavels were very quaint and comfy with super large bathrooms that came with a bathtub. Service was great and the food decent. I would definitely consider returning as a guest! Bravo!More
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We were so delighted with our stay at Elephant Plains. Everything about it was terrific - staff, accommodations, food, activities and of course sightings of animals. The drives were great fun and we enjoyed our morning walks into the bush. We would recommend the experience to anyone interested in a wonderful adventure hosted by friendly and knowledgeable people in comfortable, up to date facilities. And, the food was delicious!! Check Elephant Plains out before you book your next safari. You won't be disappointed.
We stayed at Elephant Plains for 4 nights in January and loved our visit. Maybe not the best time of year to visit as the bush was very thick so animals hard to spot, but we still had a good range of large and small animals, birds etc. Highlight must be the leopards. Wow!
Everything was good - food, staff, all excellent. Loved eating in the boma at night, we had rondavel 5 which we had been recemmended to ask for and the view was one of the best.
Highly recommend this lodge which came up much cheaper than many others, mainly we guess because drinks were not included in the price quoted, but that's not a problem.
Hi there! This is just a quick note to thank you for the kind review of Elephant Plains that you posted on Tripadvisor. We are glad that you enjoyed your stay with us and would love to welcome you back again some day. Regards, Marlet Swart
Elephant Plains was everything we had hoped for and more. Every moment of our 4-day stay here was a joy.
Our rondavel accommodation was spacious and well-equipped, with a lovely bathroom that included huge glass-sided shower, large, new bath and twin basins.
Wayne, the head ranger, led us on our eight thrilling game drives in which we saw something different every time, with many, many sightings of the big 5. We even saw leopards mating, which is an exceptionally rare thing to see. Lions mating? Well, that’s just par for the course.
There are two swimming pools with decks overlooking the bush, and game can often be seen from here. The public areas – dining room, lounge, bar, etc are all very inviting and of a very high standard.
I had a massage at the lovely spa, which has huge glass walls also overlooking the bush and I would highly recommend the experience.
The lodge has a very relaxed atmosphere and was pretty full most of the time and we met an interesting mix of people from all over the world – no one nationality predominated.
If there was anything at all I could criticise it would be the evening meals (which I see others have mentioned, too). Breakfasts are good, and the buffet-style lunches are different and delicious every day, but on three of our four days I found the dinners all but inedible. Still, they are jolly affairs, eaten round the boma in good weather, and it seems picky to complain at all when everything else about Elephant Plains deserves six stars.
Thank you for your kind review of the lodge. We are glad that you enjoyed your stay and would love to welcome you back to EP one day! I'm sorry that you say that dinner was not very good, if we knew abot your problem while you were here, we might have been able to sort it out. Apologies for that! Regards, Marlet Swart
Just back from two nights here as part of a family South Africa trip. I cannot recommend this lodge highly enough. When you see what other lodges charge it is difficult to see why this one is such great value. The luxury rooms were very nice and had everything one might need. Staff were very friendly and helpful. The game drives were excellent with ranger Richard and tracker Clement getting us up close the to Big 5 many times. We even got to see a baby Zebra being born, a lion killing a bufalo and much more. The food was reasonable - breakfast was good, lunch and dinner were set dishes but were satisfying. We drove here from KMIA airport - it is a 3 hour drive with the last hour on poor road surface. I would highly recommend but might consider flying to Hoedspruit or the lodges own private airstrip. However a one way road transfer does give you a good insight into the local life.
Thank you for your kind review. We are glad that you enjoyed your stay with us! Please visit EP again one day! Regards, Marlet Swart
We had a very warm welcome and every member of the staff was very friendly during our stay. The personal approach from every member of staff really made a difference.
The surroundings were fantastic and our room "Zebra" was huge with our own sun deck - amazing view.
We had some fantastic game drives with our ranger Wayne, he's a great story teller and we got really close to the animals.
Don´t miss one of the spa treatments. Having a massage while enjoying the view of the plains and waterhole is just impossible to describe. A definite must do.
If one thing did not live up to our expectations, it has to be dinner. The surroundings were fantastic, but dinner fell a bit short of everything else that was just fantastic.
Lunch and breakfast were excellent.
We would love to visit Elephant Plains again some time and would recommend it to anyone.
