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Sandibe Safari Lodge
Sandibe Safari Lodge
Sandibe Safari Lodge
Sandibe Safari Lodge
Sandibe Safari Lodge
Sandibe Safari Lodge
Sandibe Safari Lodge
Sandibe Safari Lodge
Sandibe Safari Lodge
Sandibe Safari Lodge

Sandibe Safari Lodge


19°27’11.0"S 23°18’8.0"E

Reviews of Sandibe Safari Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

76 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Sandibe Safari Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in May-2018, 10 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Sandibe Safari Lodge.
Lion

100% success

Leopard

90% success

Cheetah

50% success

Wild dog

78% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Spotted Hyena

100% success

Wildebeest

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Buffalo

89% success

Eland

50% success

Roan antelope

13% success

Aardvark

0% success

Black Rhino

0% success

Hippo

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

White Rhino

0% success

Showing 1-10 of 76
Duration
Arrival date
Mr D.
Chelmsford

"Sandibe Safari Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 5 Nov 2022
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Cheetah

7 sightings

Eland

7 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Leopard

3 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

5 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Steve & Joan
Crowboro

"Sandibe Safari Lodge review"

4 nights Arrived 18 Sep 2022
"This is certainly the most luxurious lodge with excellent rooms, food and service.

The guide and spotter on the game drive were the most proficient and really looked after us well." See all these reviews: 12n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

10 sightings

Cheetah

3 sightings

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Leopard

7 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Wild dog

3 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs B
Epsom

"Sandibe Safari Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 15 Sep 2022
"An amazing design for a lodge. Great viewings with an outstanding guide and tracker.

Beautiful location and great room. Some delightful extras such as a bottle of champagne in the bush at sundown to celebrate our anniversary.

Our only reservation was that the GM (white South African) seemed to be out of touch with guests-did he feel we were there for his benefit?" See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 4n in Mozambique
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

10 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Leopard

5 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

3 sightings

Wild dog

5 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mrs C.
Wem

"Sandibe Safari Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 10 May 2022
"Another excellent lodge with great staff, fantastic wildlife, lovely food." See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 4n in Mozambique; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr J.
Makati

"Sandibe Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 2 May 2022
"Helpful staff and chef when my wife had stomach problems. Lovely villa with plunge pool!

Shame that there were no animals to be seen from villa or expansive veranda." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 4n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

1 sighting

Mr & Mrs H
Prestbury

"Sandibe Safari Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 11 Apr 2022
"Sandibe was the most outstanding of all the camps, but also the most expensive by twice. The facility itself is something to behold; sort of Sidney Opera House of the bush. The main building replicates a Pangolin and is truly amazining inside and out. There are very large areas for lounging as well a big bar area and two dining areas. The staff were plentiful; you have your own didicated 'butler' and there isn't anything they wouldn't do to make you visit as enjoyable and easy as possible. The meals are restaurant style with an extensive menu and high quality ingredients and cooking served almost anytime you would like. The individual chalets are all that you could wish for with pool, large deck, sitting area, etc and an individually tailor bar in your room.

Equally surprising to us was the amount and variety of wildlife in the area. Packs of Hyaena, Wild Dogs, Lions, Lepoards, Antelop, Elephants, Waterbuck, Buffalo, etc. The only one we missed out on was the Cheetah (but was seen the day we left). The guiding was excellent.

Our experience at Sandibe was truly outstanding and the best of all camps, but it was also the most expensive (however value for money in our view)." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 6n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Roan antelope

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Family A
Scarborough

"Sandibe Safari Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 24 Sep 2018
"Fab and groovy. Cannot fault it.

Our guide, KK was brilliant. Our drives along the border with Moremi were magical with animal life at every distance from near to far.

Wonderful braai in the middle of a salt pan. Murray, the Exec Chef was great and the food excellent.

Saw two honey badgers, porcupine and civet. And leopard!

The camp has a really good atmosphere. Very laid back but really comfortable." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia; 9n in Botswana; 3n in Zimbabwe; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

4 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

5 sightings

Spotted Hyena

6 sightings

Wildebeest

5 sightings

Zebra

7 sightings

Mr & Mrs
Carshalton

"Sandibe Safari Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 19 Sep 2018
"Wonderful camp, amazing structure of your room and restaurant/lounge area.
Made to feel an individual and spoilt rotten.
Food of very high quality and lots of it.
Great to have a tracker as well as a guide and once again we were extremely lucky to have th ejeep to ourselves as we were able to learn a lot from our tracker and guide, this made so muchof a difference to our stay having one to one time with our guide/tracker and got to know them very well.
Nice little touches when we had sun downers in different parts of the park in fantastic locations.
Also, Nice to have different experience to be out when it is dark .
Definitely recommend staying here." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 4n in South Africa; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Cheetah

1 sighting

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Miss B
Marple

"Sandibe Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 11 Sep 2018
"This lodge is outstanding in every way, but with a price tag to match.

Game viewing is incredible and a significant step up on the other two lodges we stayed at (Xaranna and Savute under Canvas) with larger herds and many more elephants -- and hence predators to match.

Breakfast and lunch were excellent, but sometimes the dinner was over fancy without the culinary skills to pull it off." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

10 sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Lion

4 sightings

Spotted Hyena

4 sightings

Wild dog

2 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Ian & Vivienne
UK

"Sandibe Safari Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 18 May 2018
"Perfect lodge with modern amenities.

the new design is impressive and the accommodation units are spaced well apart for privacy. the rooms were smaller than at Mombo or Vumbura but were well furnished and the decor was very in keeping with local designs and styles.

there is a good walk to the rooms placed furthest from the reception area and you can only walk this alone in the daylight. Baboons and elephants do frequent the camp area and walkways." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

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76 reviews of Sandibe Safari Lodge by travellers since August 2007
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