Pumba Private Game Reserve

Beautiful lodges, two game drives a day with incredible sightings, lovely staff and amazing food. A very special experience

Loved it all.

Nothing

Everything.

Excellent service, food and facilities.

A bit dated rooms and furniture

Very big rooms. 2 Game Drives per day. Good food.

nothing

It was a beautiful setting and had fantastic food. Staff were so lovely and the games drives very dramatic and amazing!

Nothing - just suggest booking for longer than one night - our stay was too short!

The staff, the accommodation and Denise our ranger were all great

Very disappointed with the dinner which was not very good. The lamb chops were uncutable.

Great facilities and excellent rangers. We got to see all the animals we wanted to and would definitely go back

Amazing location , amazing staff , amazing food & service.

Nothing to fault

The Bush Lodge (2 nights) is in a nice location and is peaceful. Staff were generally very helpful. The rooms themselves were stunning, very large with lots of nice touches. From the terrace you could watch animals. The safari trips were well organised and I liked that you stayed with the same ranger/group for your whole visit, meaning viewings were well organised. I appreciated that staff/management did their very best to try and resolve the disappointment with our room, although ultimately it could not be changed. The Water Lodge (1 night) was stunning, overlooks a large lake with hippos and rooms were brighter and the whole lodge just felt more luxurious. Overall rating reflects the combined experience of both lodges, would have been higher if we had just stayed at the water lodge!

At Bush Lodge we were allocated a room with a view of the 'bush' - it was dark, dreary and offered no chance of viewing game. Plunge pool was dirty and uninviting. This is unacceptable when all rooms (view/no view) have the same pricing. There was nothing not to like at Water Lodge! At both lodges food was disappointing compared to other places with visited, just not very high quality. Breakfast at Bush Lodge was better than Water Lodge.