Tangala Safari Camp

Thornybush Reserve is outstanding for wildlife sightings....and Tangala is a great value, small tented camp. Staff went out of their way to celebrate a special birthday.

The food was delicious. The tend and the beds were very comfortable. Staff was very friendly and helpfull.The Game Drives with Witeness and Bennie were awesome.

The room, meals, staff, and daily drives were outstanding. I highly recommend!

Very poor value for money, should be rated as 1 star, I feel sorry for the staff as they must do miracles to keep cliets happy.All rooms are below avarage and the first room allocated to us had a large amount of mould in the shower(chalet no2)/ come on Booking . com send a representative to this lodge and see for yourselves, This place will never see me again and i will let all my aquantices know about this lodge,

All my scences where taken for a ride Smell- Rooms smell of ceacrete (wood treatment) and Taste-Food was on average found in a school hostel Sight- Rained a lot and sand everywhere in chalet roomd in bed in shower in toilet, change the walkways to stone or tiling/ the mosquito net dirty and threadbare(chalet 1) Sound- had the generator running from 8 pm to midnight and again from 4:30 am Beds are steel army beds in single only???? On our game drive started raining and given a dirty rain poncho that has not been rainproof for about 2 years, The most cold and misrable i have been in my whole life, glad the trip is over, again i state not the staff's fault but very p oor reinvestment by management, should be removed from your site and others to force owner/management to spend/invest. The quality of the game drive vehicles are very poor, For the price we paid Wi Fi should be a given but no we had to pay to get this, also water we had to pay for, only receive 250ml per person per day, come on i know when we are been screwed. Close this lodge, disgusting is all i can say, The staff is the only good thing at this lodge

Everything. Not only the rooms, but also the food was far below standard. We were greatly dissapointed and had a terrible experience. Booked and paid for 3 nights however only managed to stay for 1 night, Tangala did not offer a refund of any sort. The game drive was unorganised and when we stoped for sundowner drinks they forgot to pack more than half of the guests requested drink. Our ranger, Robert, dissapered into the bush with one of the guests and did not return until we were suppose to leave. Rooms are outdated, which would have been acceptable (to a certain extent) but we found a mop hair in the room and found the rest of the room extremely dirty. Even had to shower with flip-flops. Checked out the next morning at 5o’clock, and definitely won’t ever be cheking in again. Would also reccomend prospective guests to steer clear and book other accomodation.

- saw all the big 5 - lovely surroundings and the water hole is amazing - lovely authentic African feel to it - decorated the room for our anniversary -very kind and helpful staff (bar man was great and the tracker) -beautiful place surrounded by animals

- you had to pay for Wi-Fi should be included - would be nice to have a drinks package included

Waterhole in front of lodge was continuously visited. Staff were amazing and the game drives excellent. Food was full of flavour and generous servings.

Tents had no view but the waterhole in front of the main lodge made up for it.

i can prove everything i said below with videos and i will add them as soon as i have better wifi. i can not recommend you to book this place, only if you like noise, thats your place i would say.

so, i don t even know where to start. -they were chasing an old rhino bull 25 min off road - they did not have enough food for all the people when they brai - they overprice completly and even charge you for a bottle of water, where it is included in most other places. - they had extremly noisy other guests - i got harassed by a "Sabine" from germany for doing animal conservation - the guide does not really speak any english - the game drives are not worth it - i checked out 1 night earlier then planned cause i got harassed, only noise, no refund. - you had to sit in a circle like in school to introduce yourself to the other guests - you had to sit and answer thier questions - the owner tired to manipulate me, gaslight me, and send me manipulative messages in whats app. i will add them to the review - i did travel south africa for 5 weeks and this place was the worst - rooms had a bad smell, everything was broken - all thi is 1000 $ for 3 nights. i want a refund for the last night

The game viewing and tracker/guide were great. Also the food was very good and all the staff very nice. Chris and Janet were great hosts/managers and even kind enough to provide a lift back into the town of Hoedspruit after I checked out. All around- a wonderful experience.

It would have been nice to have some reading materials about the wildlife in the common areas for in between game drives otherwise definitely bring your own books/maps in case the Wi-Fi goes out.

Loved the location and the cozy environment