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Kwandwe Ecca Lodge
Kwandwe Ecca Lodge
Kwandwe Ecca Lodge
Kwandwe Ecca Lodge
Kwandwe Ecca Lodge
Kwandwe Ecca Lodge
Kwandwe Ecca Lodge
Kwandwe Ecca Lodge

Reviews of Ecca Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

26 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

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Oct-2018, 6 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Ecca Lodge.
Lion

100% success

Leopard

33% success

Cheetah

100% success

Buffalo

100% success

Eland

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

White Rhino

100% success

Wildebeest

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Black Rhino

83% success

Elephant

83% success

Hippo

83% success

Oryx

83% success

Aardvark

25% success

Brown Hyena

20% success

Meerkat

17% success

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Duration
Arrival date
Mrs H
London

"Kwandwe Ecca Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 28 Dec 2023
"Ecca Lodge is simply a dream! Extremely well organised, beautiful decor thoughtfully blending into the environment, fantastic food & service and very kind to the children.

Views and setting are amazing, in fact it's impossible to find something not to like! Beds are super comfortable, bathroom large with huge shower and deep bath. The days are very structured with drives leaving at approx 5:30am and 4:30pm (Dec times) although our ranger was quite relaxed so if we'd wanted to change something I'm sure he would have worked around it. We did find the schedule exhausting for the children because dinner ended up being quite late and so you do have to snooze during the day to be fit to enjoy the trips out!

Ranger and tracker were brilliant - so interesting and motivated to show us the best sightings possible....and they didn't let us down....we saw all of the Big 5 with lots of close up views and had wonderful views of the reserve along the way. As a first proper safari I can't recommend it enough because of the high probability of seeing lots of different animals and when not out on a drive then the Lodge is a beautiful place to hang out and relax. It also felt completely safe.

Finally, although Kwandwe was fully booked when we went it didn't feel too busy because the rangers worked carefully to ensure we were never too near more than 1 other jeep.

If you also want a sense of African vastness Kwandwe is a good choice. So pleased we chose Kwandwe!" See all these reviews: 8n 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

1 sighting

Cheetah

3 sightings

Eland

3 sightings

Elephant

6 sightings

Giraffe

7 sightings

Hippo

1 sighting

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

3 sightings

Oryx

3 sightings

White Rhino

3 sightings

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

3 sightings

Mr and Mrs A
UK

"Kwandwe Ecca Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 1 Aug 2023
"Absolutely fantastic! The safari was incredible and all the staff were great.

We couldn’t recommend Kwandwe more for families." See all these reviews: 12n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Black Rhino

6 sightings

Buffalo

10 sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

1 sighting

Lion

8 sightings

White Rhino

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Dr C & Mr P
BC

"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 + kids
NL

"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
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