This was the first safari stop on a small group of friends that I escorted around the Kruger Park in September 2024. Just a short drive from Hoedspruit (under an hour) we were greeted with a welcome drink then checked in by the lovely manageress and shown to our rooms.

The rooms are rondavels with outside showers, delightfully African and very comfortable. They are quite rustic but have everything you need. There is a swimming pool, where towels are provided and it's also quire large by safari lodge standards. It was also pleasantly warm and we were kept well-stocked with drinks by the lovely barman.

The food is excellent, served buy wonderful, cheerful staff. We had two birthdays on the 8th of September and all the staff came out to sing to us - there was not a dry eye in the house!

As we were a party of 11 we split into two jeeps - our ranger was Lucky and the other group had Hamilton and they were both fantastic. The Kruger was as dry as a tinderbox but the game was plentiful - we saw all the Big 5 in one day and the only other place where I have seen more elephants was on the Chobe River in Botswana. Not too many leopards and we were luck enough to have an excellent tracker in James, who directed us off road through fairly thick bush to bring us out on a ridge directly above where the leopard was laid up under a bush.

We were here for three nights and I would say it was probable the best game experience of the 12 night trip. OK, so some of the accommodation was more luxurious but we went for the game viewing and I would definitely go back to Mohlabetsi.