This place is drop dead gorgeous. The rooms are very comfortable and beautiful. the main lodge is stunning. Our main criticism was that there was not a warm, cozy feel to it. Of all the AndBeyond camps we visited, this one was run more like a hotel and less like a super friendly place to call home. We did not feel like family here as we did in other places. We never had dinner with our ranger. The first night he had dinner with the other 4 people in our jeep and we were not asked to join them. We thought that a bit strange since in all the other places we visited they made a point of getting the group together. The food was great, game drives good. They forgot to wake us the first morning we were there and we almost missed our game drive. So just little things that cause us to not give this 5 stars.

I have never had the experience my family had at Sandibe. We arrived to singing and dancing as the staff greeted us. Aaron and the other staff members were so gracious and accommodating. I cannot recall ever feeling so well taken care of. I have not even mentioned how absolutely beautiful this lodge is. It is by far a piece of heaven. I will return here as often as I can. I will hold the 3 nights we stayed close in my heart. I know this sounds silly, but this place truly touched my soul.

As far as the game drives... again we had a wonderful experiences. SK was our ranger and he accommodated all of our wishes and was able to locate many different animals from Leopards to Hippos outside of the water. We were surprised with a beautiful lunch along a river bank were we spent time lounging and eating and watching hippos. Amazing!!!

We also had elephants come through the camp on 2 occasions... very fun.

Every wish we had was granted and Again I cannot tell you how at home we felt!!

Of all the &Beyond camps we visited, this was the largest. The room was the most comfortable with wifi available all over. The food was not consistently good - first night awesome and the second night just average. The guides were a little timid at first but after some encouragement from us, they were bolder in their pursuit of game. As this is a private reserve, we could go off-road which made the sightings more exciting. We could do an all day drive and a night drive - which yielded some spectacular results including following a lioness for over two hours to see her infant Cubs at the den (the eagle eyed guides recognized that her nipples indicated she was feeding). On the night drive we were surrounded by 3 lions in the dark and then heard them warn off a 4th lion (who we then saw consume a baboon) who had wandered into their territory. The staff organized a fabulous 'breakfast in the bush' on our last day before we took our flight out and we were treated to a cheetah sighting just before we left.