Vuyani Safari Lodge

We visited Vuyani for our second time & had a perfect trip! Thank you to Faith, Kate & the management team for looking after us from the moment we arrived (with big ‘family welcome’ hugs), to ensuring our rooms were set up exactly as we wanted! Lovely Witness the night warden kept us safe at night, walking us between our cabin & the restaurant/reception & always had good banter with us! Uway & Chris, our safari driver & tracker, were incredible. They both had a wealth of knowledge to offer & taught us everything we wanted to know. We were lucky enough to see the big 5 & the ugly 5 this time which made our trip even more special. These guys were fantastic & have incredible skills which make safari so much fun! The facilities were great & exactly as we remembered from our last visit. The pool was very cold in July, so we didn’t use it this time, but the endless flow of drinks kept us warm! Food was fantastic & there were always 2x meat options + a veggie option for dinner with lactose intolerant modifications made for us. We also did the Kruger trip through Vuyani which is well worth doing - although it is a very early start & you miss 2 game drives. Kruger is essentially a 12 hour drive in Kruger national park & we had fantastic luck seeing lots of different animals. There is no off-roading here, unlike the reserve, but it’s truly exciting to see the animals living properly in the wild & the suspense of not knowing what’s coming up is so exciting! There were plenty of toilet stops & our fantastic driver & tracker, Goodman & Wisdom, cooked us a proper fry-up breakfast at one of our morning stops making sure we were properly fuelled for the day!

Where do I start?! We loved every second of our magical week here. The staff were amazing, our games drives driver and guide Solly and Chris were so knowledgeable and not afraid to drive off-road to find animals. We saw all we wanted to see and more! The food was delicious, BBQs some nights and A La Carte where you choose your main for dinner during lunchtime on other evenings. Be careful of the monkeys at lunch, one stole my bread! They seem to love bread and cake! My husband’s 40th birthday was while we were there and they organised a huge cake at the BBQ and also a dinner just us two. Felt so welcome. The communal atmosphere of eating together made us friends we’ve kept in touch with. The pool area is beautiful. We stayed inside the actual hotel building in a room called Lux, lovely room. It was cold in the mornings (May is the start of their autumn/winter) luckily had a beanie hat but wished I’d brought a good fleece and coat and also gloves. The Safari cars do have blankets.

This is my fourth stay at Vuyani Safari Lodge and it it never disappoints. The rooms are all comfortable and well appointed. The food and drink are great with nice choices. The game drives are amazing and all the staff are very welcoming and friendly. If you need anything or any help they will be there in an instant. Don't book anywhere else - this place is brilliant.