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

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Male avatar icon Craig Valentine United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: October 2014 Reviewed: Oct 31, 2014

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

Highly recommended park to visit. was well and truely satisified with the service provided.

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All of the above was excellent so much wildlife to see and beautiful scenery. Is one of the most popular parks to visit and to see the big 5 is possible to see due to lots of wildlife and the size of the park. On our safari we saw lots and was delighted with the day considering poor weather conditions on and off. It soon brightened up and the whole experience was rewarding.

Avatar icon matt Visited: September 2014 Reviewed: Apr 16, 2015

Too little time..

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Arrived straight from some of the magical spots in Kwazulu like Ithala and Cape Vidal so had high expectations. The park was great - very scenic and great accom at the Mpila? camp. Saw rhinos and lots of other stuff on a morning self drive. Only 'downside' was a pretty drunk honeymoon couple on a night drive but even that was entertaining in its own way...

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.

Avatar icon Elaine Visited: October 2014 Reviewed: Apr 17, 2015

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Loved the whole experience, great people, great animals sightings and not crammed with tons of people

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.

Female avatar icon Glenda Hall United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: September 2014 Reviewed: Apr 20, 2015

Email Glenda Hall  |  35-50 years of age

Unbelievable, breathtaking and experience of a lifetime

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We spent an afternoon at iMfolozi and it was so amazing... For September it was quite warm, but breezy in the landrovers. Our driver was excellent and stopped on call as soon as someone spotted movement and always gave us plenty of time to get photographs. I never imagined I'd be so so close up to a cape buffalo or so many white rhinos. The elephant crossing was superb. Lots of giraffes up close and also baboons. We saw zebras in the distance. Our driver got a radio call about lions, so he took us directly to the site. No male lions, but the females were there, also got to see the rare Nyala, male, female and a calf. A fantastic experience. There were plenty of birds to see as well, Marshall Eagles, Bateluers and Ibis. All in all, a highly recommended visit, and I saw more wildlife there than I did at Kruger the day before.

Male avatar icon Bryan Cockel United States flag US       Visited: September 2014 Reviewed: Apr 20, 2015

Email Bryan Cockel  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Best place to see black rhino.

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We spent four days at the Imfolozi reserve at Mpila camp, and it was great! Mpila is located on a hilltop with sweeping views of the Reserve from the bungalows. We saw both black and white rhino (whites every day), as well as elephant, lion, a dozen species of antelope (including nyala right outside our bungalow). The bungalows were nice, clean, and very reasonable cost-wise. Less crowded than Kruger, with the same excellent wildlife viewing. .. Birding was also great. We're from California and clocked about eighty species in the four days.

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.

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 moonnuthatch United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: March 2014 Reviewed: May 6, 2015

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Wildlife is superb but can be patchy. Bush is very thick in parts. Some superb scenery. Have no yet stayed in reserve camps.