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

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4.3723 / 5 4.4 /5
4.5652 / 5 4.3913 / 5 4.2222 / 5 4.1471 / 5

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Male avatar icon Mike United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Oct 28, 2023

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

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Amazing experience but the toilets and ablutions at the entry gates were horrendous.

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Been to this reserve a number of times but I must say my experience today left me disappointed. No pos machine at the main gate to pay by card . No pos machine in the Hilltop restaurant and the food was mediocre . Limited wine available as their liquor license had expired. The gardens at hilltop have also deteriorated since my last visit and I can see attention to detail is missing .

Female avatar icon Brenda South Africa flag ZA       Visited: May 2021 Reviewed: May 27, 2021

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

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Game is wonderful, the accommodation very much below par. Staff not much better

Male avatar icon PyLb29 France flag FR       Visited: January 2017 Reviewed: Sep 25, 2017

Email PyLb29  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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3 / 5 3 /5
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Combined with a cruise on the Pongola River, it was especially a relaxing moment to enjoy the scenery rather than a discovery of species. The visit of the animals in the encampments, zebras for example, remains a pleasant moment.

Female avatar icon Raffaella Italy flag IT       Visited: August 2016 Reviewed: Nov 28, 2016

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

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3 / 5 3 /5
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we didn'see very much, maybe we where unlucky

Male avatar icon Michael Potts Netherlands flag NL       Visited: October 2015 Reviewed: Dec 29, 2015

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

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3 / 5 3 /5
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Lots of invasive plants makes view difficult

Avatar icon ianh3000 United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: November 2015 Reviewed: Dec 13, 2015

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3 / 5 3 /5
4 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 3 / 5

Only had an afternoon here - so difficult to review as didn't travel that far within the park.

Male avatar icon piazzi1969 Germany flag DE       Visited: November 2015 Reviewed: Dec 5, 2015

Email piazzi1969  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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3 / 5 3 /5
3 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 5 3 / 5

This was the final park visited. Overall very similar to the other destinations mentioned above and below, but staff in the park seemed less friendly.
Less animals and birds seen here and during one of the drives our car was packed with 10 people although other cars were almost empty. The weather was dry.
We stayed at the Rhino Ridge Safari Lodge. Very nice rooms, good food, less friendly staff although our guide was very friendly and knowledgable, and overall less wildlife sums up the two nights w stayed here.

Avatar icon Onesmo Novath Visited: March 2015 Reviewed: Jun 27, 2015

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3 / 5 3 /5

It is very old park in South Africa which we visited last year. I like the natural bird sanctuary that available all type of birds of the world. http://bayangotours.com

Male avatar icon WanderingEarl33 Visited: December 2011 Reviewed: Jun 9, 2012

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

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3 / 5 3 /5
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This is a smaller reserve and while it does include a beautiful stretch of beach, it just wasn't as beautiful as Phinda. But there was plenty of wildlife to be seen.

Female avatar icon Trudi Netherlands flag NL       Visited: October 2011 Reviewed: Nov 15, 2011

Email Trudi  |  50-65 years of age

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We did not see very much animals, but the park with the GeleKoortsbomen, was wonderfull