Kwandwe Ecca Lodge

33°6’37.1"S 26°31’38.8"E

100% (24 reviews)

Reviews of Ecca Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

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

Starting in Oct-2018, 4 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Ecca Lodge.

Lion

100% success

Leopard

25% success

Cheetah

100% success

Buffalo

100% success

Eland

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Oryx

100% success

White Rhino

100% success

Wildebeest

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Black Rhino

75% success

Elephant

75% success

Hippo

75% success

Aardvark

33% success

Brown Hyena

33% success

Meerkat

25% success

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Duration

Arrival date

1 2 3

Dr C & Mr P

"Kwandwe Ecca Lodge review"

4 nights Arrived 25 Oct 2022

"room was totally amazing and the level of service was impeccable. Food was great.

Jason , our guide/driver was a font of knowledge and always happy and optimistic. Nosi, our tracker, was an eagle eye--we saw SO much simply from Nosi's expertise. We were only able to do one short late morning walk due to the wind (Jason explained that the dense shrubbery of Kwandwe could be treacherous during windy days--difficult to hear and smell game) But I still got a great video of a dung beetle on that walk so I was content.

I would have loved to have been able to stay for longer. Not the same game density as South Luongo park but still had great viewing." See all these reviews: 16n in South Africa

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Good

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Facilities:

Excellent

Sightings Report

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Cheetah

4 sightings

Eland

5 sightings

Elephant

3 sightings

Giraffe

7 sightings

Lion

9 sightings

Oryx

1 sighting

White Rhino

6 sightings

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

6 sightings

Mr & Mrs H

Middlesex

"Kwandwe Ecca Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 5 Apr 2022

"This was luxury in all aspects. The suite of rooms were large, comfortable and beautifully furnished, with absolutely everything on hand including drinks, babysitting and activities for our grandchildren, laundry, great views, lovely deck with plunge pool and well manicured paths.

The public areas were lovely and spacious and all the staff extremely professional, friendly and helpful. We liked the family friendly atmosphere of the lodge and our game guard Chris and tracker Siza were knowledgeable and completely committed to showing us all the wild life large and small. The food was excellent, and the staff responded to requests positively and flexibly. There was lots of lovely small touches which made us feel very special.

It was a truly memorable experience, from the barbeque, cakes for afternoon tea to cheetah sightings, pancakes by a river and evening drinks watching the hippos." See all these reviews: 13n in South Africa

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Facilities:

Excellent

Sightings Report

Black Rhino

2 sightings

Buffalo

10 sightings

Cheetah

3 sightings

Eland

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

5 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Meerkat

3 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

White Rhino

4 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs H

Maningtree

"Kwandwe Ecca Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 17 Apr 2019

"Outstanding all round.

Very family focused with two great ranger/trackers who were first class.

We felt we were all hunting for the wildlife rather than it being paraded past us." See all these reviews: 15n in South Africa

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Facilities:

Excellent

Sightings Report

Brown Hyena

1 sighting

Buffalo

1 sighting

Cheetah

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

1 sighting

Lion

1 sighting

Oryx

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs L.

Birmingham

"Amazing safari. Superb with kids. Just wow!"

3 nights Arrived 21 Feb 2019

"Amazing staff and brilliant with kids.

Just wow!" See all these reviews: 7n in South Africa

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Facilities:

Excellent

Mr D.T.R

Corby

"Safari and guides"

3 nights Arrived 24 Oct 2018

"Wonderful safari lodge for South Africa.

Guide, Raun and tracker Vusi exceptional and never had such an enthusiastic guide in our many safaris.

Great for the children and security no problem." See all these reviews: 8n in South Africa

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Good

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Facilities:

Good

Sightings Report

Aardvark

1 sighting

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Buffalo

1 sighting

Cheetah

1 sighting

Eland

3 sightings

Elephant

2 sightings

Giraffe

6 sightings

Hippo

1 sighting

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

2 sightings

Oryx

6 sightings

White Rhino

6 sightings

Wildebeest

2 sightings

Zebra

3 sightings

Mr & Mrs C

Romsey

"Fantastic safari and lodge. "

3 nights Arrived 3 Apr 2018

"Kwandwe Ecca lodge was fantastic. The welcome staff were very friendly and informative of how it would all work. The rooms were lovely and large and very clean. The beds were very comfortable and the showers were amazing! The all inclusive drinks included a nice selection. Kwandwe had a very good and organised set up in terms of meal times and game drives. The safari game drives were fantastic. We had two a day and we managed to see lots of animals - too many to list here! Our guide was excellent, we have been on safari before in Nambia and we learnt more than we ever did on any other safari, with our guide Ivan at Ecca. The special and surprise evening of candles in the room, with champagne and an outdoor meal was fantastic and a great night to end our holiday on." See all these reviews: 13n in South Africa

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Facilities:

Excellent

Mr M & family

Lincs

"Kwandwe Ecca Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 3 Apr 2018

"Saw a lot of animals with a good ranger who was informative and friendly.

The jeep we were in broke down once which meant we had a short game drive on our last day (reduced by at least 45mins)" See all these reviews: 13n in South Africa

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Good

Facilities:

Good

Mr W & Ms W

"Perfect finish at Kwandwe Ecca"

3 nights Arrived 22 Nov 2017

"We had an amazing time here. Everything from start to finish was perfect. The staff was very friendly, the food was great, the room was superb with it's private pool, and the gamedrives were done very professionally. Every day here was special.

In terms of game viewing this place still has something to offer even if you've been on quite a few safaris before. We expected it to be difficult to go on gamedrives with our small kids (2 & 3), but this actually went fine.

The ranger, Evan, and tracker, Sibo, were really great with them. Every day the kids looked forward to going in the safari truck with their friend Sibo." See all these reviews: 14n in South Africa

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Facilities:

Excellent

Mr&Mrs A & M

Malta

"Kwandwe Ecca Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 18 Sep 2017

"Loved it.

The lodge is stunning, plenty of delicious food.

Our ranger Ivan and Sibo our tracker where both very knowledgeable about the animals and both extremely nice and friendly." See all these reviews: 13n in South Africa

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food:

Excellent

Facilities:

Excellent

Mr T

Kew, London

"Five stars"

3 nights Arrived 3 Mar 2017

"The highlight of the entire holiday. Nothing but high praise for Ecco Lodge and its staff.

Wonderful setting, excellent spacious accommodation, great food, lovely staff, superb game drives with plenty of animals and birds in evidence.

Definitely worth the price." See all these reviews: 16n in South Africa

Experience Report

Overall Rating:

Excellent

Location:

Excellent

Service:

Excellent

Activities:

Excellent

Rooms:

Excellent

Food: