Kwantu Private Game Reserve

Fantastic experience. Top-notch service. Delicious meals. Highly recommended. LOCATION: Just over an hour's drive from PE. Last 10km on a poor quality gravel road (especially during wet weather). Hotel offers private transfers at an exorbitant price. APPEARANCE: Great. Luxurious, yet fitting of the outdoor experience. Better quality finishing than many of it's competitors. ROOM (Stayed in a Superior Family Room at Pollards Inn): Decor: Quality on par with a 5-star city hotel despite being surrounded by nature. 2 Double beds. Sleeper couch. Large desk/work area. Lovely tranquil patio with a beautiful view. Size: Huge spacious room plus patio. Interleading options available as well. Decently sized bathroom. Amenities: Meets expectations. Bar fridge/snacks included. Full Dstv bouquet. Quality of sleep. Excellent. Comfortable beds. SERVICE: As good as I've experienced. From arrival to departure everyone was fantastic. Knowledgeable game drive and predator park guides. Those little extra touches did not go unnoticed - like washing your car prior to departure or gifting Kwantu caps to the kids playing outside. DINING: Excellent. Fully Halaal. All-inclusive. Decent variety. Excellent quality. Great staff. One of the highlights of the trip. ACTIVITIES/FACILITIES: Trip was unfortunately marred by wet weather so were unable to fully experience everything on offer. Personalised itinerary. Enjoyable game drives with close big 5 encounters. Predator park. Petting zoo. Lots of outdoor facilities. Clean well maintained Muslim prayer facility. The kids' play area could do with some improvement. MY BOOKING AGENT: Hotel website ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Despite being a group of 10, transfers are quoted on the website on a per person basis which would have amounted to a similar price to our flights from Johannesburg. Due to our early evening arrival and hesitancy to tackle the roadtrip on unfamiliar terrain in the dark, the hotel lost out on our party booking an extra night's accommodation as we chose to spend the night in PE and drive through the next day in 2 rental cars which costs significantly cheaper than Kwantu's own transfers. My feeling is that if you are located in an isolated location, accessibility/transfer options for guests making multi-room bookings for a few nights need to be more attractive. Will I recommend/stay there again? Yes definitely.

We had a reservation for the luxury bush resort. The receptionist and the staff misguided and frightened us. They wanted us to shift to pollards inn. They falsely said that the lodge witness a power cut from 9 to 11 every night.. and as the bush lodge is in the middle of the jungle we should not stay in the bush lodge.. highly misguiding and inappropriate hospitality.. HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED

We absolutely loved our stay at Kwantu, both as a couple in the honeymoon suites and returning again with family and kids !!! Incredible stay, beautiful surrounds, educational experiences and great hospitality.

Excellent experience! Service, food, amenities, accommodation etc excellent! Staff are friendly and obliging! Best game drive experience! Game Ranger Chris was excellent! Highly recommended stay! Will definitely return! Thank you

We recently stayed at Kwantu for 2 nights. While the game drives were excellent, the hotel is certainly not a 5 star experience. The finishing touches in the room were not up to a 5 star standard, the pool area and tennis courts were run down, the dining room was not well maintained In terms of food, the options provided were decent. However, the variety is quite small for a buffet and one has to ask for certain things (like cool drink, a warm cooked egg at breakfast). The staff were all very pleasant and tried to make our stay as easy as possible Once again, we had a lovely game drive experience but the hotel is certainly not 5 star

A wonderful few days which were magical . Thank you to all at Kwantu I can highly recommend a stay for the safari experience led by Innocent, who knew every inch of the reserve. The service and hospitality second to none. Loved the halal ambience and catering. A truly amazing reserve which caters for all :)