Shammah lodge Mabalingwe Nature Reserve

Als... ons het elke oomblik geniet vandat ons daar gestop het reg deur. Dit was met n swaar hart om Sondag te pak en huis toe te kom. Die donker kamers en lekker bed het ons so lekker laat rus die leeus wat ons wakker brul in die oggende en weer nag sê in die aande... Ally se vriendlikheid en hulp Lize jy is so dierbare mens... Ons het als van jul en jul lodge geniet baie baie dankie

Daar was regtig niks wat ons nie vam gehou het nie.

Stunning views and setting. House is well equipped.

Beds had bed bugs - so many that my kids and another couple could not sleep in their beds. They had to sleep on the floor and on the couches. There is no vacuum in the house to allow the cleaner to vacuum the beds regularly. Very disgusting. When we complained to the cleaner, and asked her to change the sheets / wash them, she said yes should would, but then did not. The place had been double booked and we had to entertain and sort out the other group of people for over 2 hours. It was a massive inconvenience to us and we had to supply our own alcohol to that group in order to calm the situation down. The host did not bother calling us to advise us once things had been resolved with booking.com nor did she call to apologize. That was just absolutely RUDE. The land rover game vehicle is in need of replacement. The vehicle is SO difficult to drive and there is definitely something mechanically wrong with it. It was a waste of time renting the vehicle as well because there was hardly any game to view in this reserve. we definitely saw NO elephant, no lions and no leopards in sight. Feels like false advertising.

Views and the house can comfortable accommodate 8-10 people

Issues with power tripping, broken AC in one room. That said when we contacted the maintenance manager the issues were addressed timely. Property and its facilities (eg the game viewing vehicle) is very old and dated for the price you pay. Took a game drive and didn’t see much game.

The accommodation is very clean and spacious. They have all the cooking utensils we required for cooking. We really enjoyed our stay.

The gravel road to the accommodation was not comfortable.