My lovely wife and I spent 4 nights at Madikwe Safari Lodge, very well situated in the upper Eastern section of Madikwe on the side on a hill with great views over the grasslands.

The lodge staff were very friendly and helpful, and always on hand to see to your every need.

The common areas of the lodge are wonderful. There are many areas where you can dine and the variety was great. All food was plated from a reasonable size menu - now available as a QR coded website which allowed us to peruse the menu well before mealtimes. The servings are generous and we could not do three meals every day, so alternated between skipping either breakfast or lunch. Hard to do given how good the food was!

The suites are very spacious with a large central fireplace. Each suite has a deck overlooking the plains with a plunge pool and outside shower. There is both a fan and an air-conditioner. The beds are super comfortable and we slept really well.

There is a reasonable sized communal pool which was well used. An added advantage is that the lodge's waterhole is best viewed from the pool area! There was a near constant stream of animals passing by and using the waterhole. We even skipped an afternoon drive and sat photographing the wildlife from there - naturally with a bottle of champagne on hand.

Our guide for our stay was Mitchell, who was super professional and very knowledgeable. We really enjoyed our drives.

We had a wonderful stay and highly recommend this lodge.

Our ranger became our one-on-one hospitality throughout the trip from game drives, special requests to being there to chat with us during dinner. Wonderful kids care was a benefit as well giving them a daily kids game drive.

This is probably the one thing everyone must do in their life time. This trip was amazing and it was all due to the staff here at the Madikwe Safari Lodge and our ranger JP. Hats off to all of them for making this trip an exciting one to remember This was our first ever safari trip and we are glad to have spent it here.