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User Reviews of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve (94 Reviews)

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Male avatar icon Jaco Beukman | www.go-nipper.com South Africa flag ZA       Visited: December 2010 Reviewed: May 25, 2015

Email Jaco Beukman | www.go-nipper.com  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

4 / 5 4 /5
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An challenging place to practice your wildlife photography

Avatar icon Massai_1 (Carsten M.) Visited: November 2014 Reviewed: May 25, 2015

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Lots of rhinos, really bad roads. Not as crowded as the Kruger area, better "bush experience".

Female avatar icon U. Adophis South Africa flag ZA       Visited: April 2015 Reviewed: Apr 29, 2015

20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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Great park, but lots of private vehicles everywhere and our ranger decided to harp on about her positive views about hunting for an hour -- so ironically I wished I was in a private vehicle! We saw fantastic rhino, but sadly KZN has a significant drought at the moment which was very noticeable and meant pretty poor game viewing in areas.

Male avatar icon Rothdigga United States flag US       Visited: October 2014 Reviewed: Apr 20, 2015

Email Rothdigga  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Excellent wildlife viewing at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi...elephants galore!

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I've been to Hluhluwe-Imfolozi 2 years in a row while staying at a lodge nearby. It's a fantastic park with lots and lots of roads to explore. The traffic isn't light, but it's not super crowded, there's definitely places where you can find animals/birds on your own and feel like you're completely isolated.
I was able to watch the large herd of elephants moving through the park one morning for 30-45 minutes. I saw maybe 200+ elephants all together.

Avatar icon Andy Visited: December 2014 Reviewed: Apr 20, 2015

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This is a great reserve to see Rhino. The roads aren't great but worth the effort as the scenery is beautiful.

Male avatar icon Stefano Italy flag IT       Visited: November 2014 Reviewed: Apr 16, 2015

50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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Very nice park with plenty of wildlife, rhinos in particular. As there are not so many roads, and vegetation is often thick, spotting animals is not so easy, but this increase the taste for searching and tracking.

Female avatar icon Rapster United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: October 2010 Reviewed: Aug 8, 2012

20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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We saw many more big game animals there, which was particularly exciting for us as we often travel to spectacular / beautiful parts of the world but don't often see big game!

Avatar icon quilttyme United States flag US       Visited: February 2011 Reviewed: Jul 30, 2012

50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Hluhluwe-Umfolozi is a very beautiful, hilly reserve. There are many animals and they are pretty easy to see.

As a reserve it is open to everyone and you can actually drive your car though on your own. This can tend to make it seem a little crowded.

Be sure to include lunch at the Hilltop Lodge which has fantastic panoramic views of the bushvelt (Afrikaans for bush country).

Male avatar icon muchas641 Germany flag DE       Visited: April 2012 Reviewed: Jul 29, 2012

50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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Wildlife - very great!

Male avatar icon Tommy United States flag US       Visited: August 2011 Reviewed: May 22, 2012

under20 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Great park for seeing rhinos but not so much for any more of the big 5. I would recommend it for photographers as the views are amazing.