Thabamati Luxury Tented Camp

Everything. The quality of food was amazing. The staff, Mitch and Charlie were great. Charlie was an amazing driver for our games drive! The room perfect. It has been the best lodge of the entire trip.

I booked on booking the "all inclusive" option but, when I arrived, I discovered that drinks were not included. The manager, Miss Caroline, was not lovely at all, telling me that "all inclusive" means inclusive of meals only. So, I do not like to be treated as an idiot. If there is a problem with booking, they have to solve it between them but me, as customer, I cannot pay for their misunderstandings. It would have been appreciated if, at least at dinner time, they could have offered a glass of wine.

Stunning location in front of a large dam/pool populated by hippos, not a puddle of a waterhole like many lodges. The camp is simple, 2 tented rooms either side of an open main lodge building leading onto a terrace with small swimming pool and overlooking the water. But what else do you need ? Small, intimate, and stamped with understated luxury the camp is exclusive. As a family we occupied 3 of the rooms and had the lodge to ourselves for 3 of our 6 nights. The 4 tented rooms were a perfect size and beautifully decorated. The food was delicious, great attention was paid to portion sizes, presentation and all our dietary needs and requests carefully addressed (peanut allergy) The staff are lovely, approachable, always on hand and very attentive. Charlie and Mish, the managing couple along with Courtney make you feel as though you this is your home. The guiding experience was probably my best ever, and thats after 25 years of safari, we had started going on courses as we had heard it all so many times before, but Charlies breadth of knowlege is astounding, he is a master of timing, keeps you engaged and doesn't overload you, I was learning information that I had never heard before. Needless to say the sightings were amazing; leopard, lion, wild dog, many birds and some fascinating small stuff as well. The traversing rights mean that there are very few vehicles in your area and some drives we didn't see any other vehicles at all. The game viewer seats 8. The middle seat is converted for storage so no one ever has to sit in the middle. We absolutely loved it and will return.

Nothing.

The camp is stunning, stylish & comfortable. Rooms are gorgeous! All the staff are so friendly & helpful. The food & hospitality is incredible too. The view over the huge watering hole gives amazing animal spotting: hippos and elephants galore! The game drives were THE BEST. We saw a leopard close-up every day, a pride of lions playing. Incredible! This is a luxury safari without the luxury price.

Being woken by the noisy hippos at 4.30am every morning before our 5am actual alarm for our morning game drive 😂. But, hey, that's nature!!! It made us laugh every time.

Stunning tents with tasteful interior and spectacular view right at the waterhole watching the hippos and wildlife. Delicious healthy food and a huge variety of drinks to choose from. Great courteous friendly staff and service. Incredible game drives with highly qualified Rangers.

I would prefer a package including softdrinks next time

the feeling and experience you want and the staff where very welcoming

no airconditioning

We had a wonderful vacation. The Thabamati team looked after all of our needs and we could not have asked for more. The location is beautiful and the nature fantastic!