A South Africa Safari to nThambo Tree Camp in Kruger, Majeka House in the Winelands and the Whale Route
Our guest feedback is a fantastic way for us to keep in touch with our travelled guests and to be informed about how their safari experience was enjoyed. We always hope our guests are lucky with game sightings, and we like to know that we have matched their accommodation requirements. Lately, Natasha booked her guests, Gill and Andrew, at a few places for their South Africa Safari, and here we have their feedback. Thanks – we are thrilled you had such a wonderful time, and we hope to see you back here for a bit more of Cape Town!
Gill and Andrew stayed at Hermanus Beach Villa where they did some whale watching; Majeka House on the Stellenbosch wine route; and nThambo Tree Camp for their Big 5 Kruger safari.
Hi,
Apologies for taking so long to reply. We’re back at work now & wishing we were still in nThambo (or Hermanus or Cape Town or Stellenbosch…)
In short, we had the most incredible time and loved every minute of it. Unfortunately we didn’t get to Robben Island as all the tickets had gone on the day we wanted to go, but we took a short boat trip from the Waterfront anyway, and we had the boat to ourselves! We couldn’t go up Table Mountain as the cable car was closed for winter maintenance, but we enjoyed Cape Town all the same. The restaurants – Fork & Beluga & the curry night in the Hilton were all superb, as was lunch at the Greek Fisherman on the Waterfront.
Hermanus was amazing, and the B&B was very nice. Excellent hospitality and the Southern Right Charter trip was unbelievable. The Ilios driver kindly drove us to Stellenbosch via Franschhoek, which would have been even better if the weather had been better, but we had a pleasant journey anyway. Tabi the wine guide ( she was from Ilios too, I think) did a fantastic job. We had a brilliant day – she was such a lovely lady!
And then nThambo! What a time we had there! We got on very well with the other guests who were there & the staff – Isaac & Luan, plus Lily back in camp, were brilliant.
On our 1st afternoon game drive we saw elephants (including calves) and a white rhino; not bad for starters!
Next morning elephants again – different ones – and in the afternoon 2 adult male lions.
The following morning we saw our first buffalo – 4 of them, so only leopards left of the Big 5!
So in the afternoon, shortly after another rhino encounter, not 1 but 2 leopards within 100 metres of each other.
And if you include everything else – the birds of course, flowers and small mammals etc, etc, etc then it’s fair to say the visit exceeded our expectations by a long way. We were very lucky, of course, but your recommendation of nThambo played a big part in all this, for which we sincerely thank you.
The road trip to Jo’burg was interesting for a couple of hours, but then got a little tedious. We would probably fly from Hoedspruit to Jo’burg if we are ever lucky enough to return.
We took over 1200 photos & a host of video clips which I’m very pleased with, so we have some great reminders of our fantastic trip. I’ve attached a couple so you see what I mean.
Thanks again for sorting it all out for us.
Kind regards,
Andrew & Gill
