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Jan V

Thakadu River Camp

5.0 of 5 bubblesReviewed 17 Oct 2024
What an experience of a lifetime, every staff member made sure we enjoyed our stay, the food was very good, good variety every day, game drives very good, saw lions and rhinos nearly every day, had close encounters with lions while they were eating - what an experience
Date of stay: October 2024
5.0 of 5 bubblesValue
4.0 of 5 bubblesRooms
5.0 of 5 bubblesLocation
5.0 of 5 bubblesCleanliness
5.0 of 5 bubblesService
5.0 of 5 bubblesSleep Quality
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Patience Matlapeng, General Manager at Thakadu River Camp, responded to this review
Responded 29 Oct 2024
Hi Jan

thank you for an awesome feedback and choosing Thakadu River Camp. We are glad to hear you are happy with our customer service We constantly strive to improve our services and your feedback is a way of telling us that we are on track. We couldn't create a this product without customers like you. Thank you for choosing us and the entire team cannot wait to serve you again in the near future.

Regards
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Reviewed 14 October 2024 via mobile

10/10 from start to finish. Lovely staff who could not be more helpful. Delicious food. Amazing driver who went out of his way to ensure we saw everything. Loved the coffee and muffins in the morning drive but the G&T at sundown was the cherry on the cake. Really recommend booking this camp.

Date of stay: October 2024
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Patience Matlapeng, General Manager at Thakadu River Camp, responded to this reviewResponded 29 October 2024

Hi Fiona

thank you for taking time to giving us this excellent review. We are so glad to hear that you were satisfied with our customer services. Our team is committed to delivering high-quality service, and your feedback is a great encouragement to us . We look forward to serving you again.

Regards

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Reviewed 5 October 2024

Absolutely superb camp to stay, we enjoyed a 2nd trip here because the service, staff & food are truly wonderful, rangers (thanks again Vincent ) are brilliant and really try getting you the animals you mainly want to see along with tons others, restaurant staff are so friendly and helpful along with serving very tasty well presented food and the cleaners are the best, turning your beds down every night along with leaving a little treat, personally wouldn’t book any other place to go on safari Thakadu river camp gives you the best to making you feel you really are on safari.

Room tip: Pool is cold but definitely worth a dip even just to get a pic watching the animals walk by
Date of stay: September 2024
  • Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Patience Matlapeng, General Manager at Thakadu River Camp, responded to this reviewResponded 12 October 2024

Hi Kimm and Tina

Thank you for an awesome feedback and for being loyal customers. your feedback motivates us to keep raising the bar and sets the standard for excellence in everything we do. We will continue working hard to make every interaction with our customer care exceptional and memorable.

We cannot wait to host you again at Thakadu RIver Camp.

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Reviewed 18 September 2024

An amazing experience, the staff were amazing from the backroom staff, catering, front of house & the rangers. The food was superb and could not fault the quality. The Rangers were fantastic and knowledgeable , we managed to see the big 5 which was amazing and the rangers also took the time to teach you about the animals and the environment of the park.
We are so glad to have chosen this lodge
Thank you Andy & Moira

Room tip: If driving the park is not well signposted and sat nav can take you different routes
Date of stay: September 2024
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Patience Matlapeng, General Manager at Thakadu River Camp, responded to this reviewResponded 30 September 2024

Hi Andy and Moira
Thank you for leaving us a 5 star review. We have passed your review to our team so they can enjoy the vibes too. Comments like yours make our work worthwhile . We love that you enjoyed our safari champions and information shared and the nature and fauna i the reserve. We cannot wait to welcome you back in the near future.

Regards

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Reviewed 7 September 2024

My wife, daughter and I have just had an amazing stay at Thakadu. The luxury tents were great, the staff very helpful and friendly and the game drives were brilliant. I highly recommend Thakadu for anyone wanting to visit Madikwe reserve.

Date of stay: August 2024
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Patience Matlapeng, General Manager at Thakadu River Camp, responded to this reviewResponded 30 September 2024

HI Dadd

Thankyou for your excellent review. It makes our day hearing about how much you and your family loved your safari experience with us
and the the great customer service from our team. We have shared our review with the team and we cannot wait to see you again.

Regards

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Reviewed 26 August 2024

In the course of four game drives wa had lots of animal sightings, including lions and rhinos. The way to the outer tents can be long, but that is acceptable. Do not miss the sight of bathing Elephants in the thakadu river.

Date of stay: August 2024
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Patience Matlapeng, General Manager at Thakadu River Camp, responded to this reviewResponded 30 August 2024

Hi Herrmann

Thank you for taking time to leave us feedback. We always aim to delight our customers with our customer service and we grateful to see that we have delivered that to you. We look forward to delivering another excellent service to you next time when you visit us at Thakadu River Camp.

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