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User Reviews of Timbavati Nature Reserve (31 Reviews)

Timbavati Safaris South Africa
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4.7419 / 5 4.7 /5
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Male avatar icon Fernando Arbach Argentina flag AR       Visited: June 2024 Reviewed: Jul 6, 2024

Email Fernando Arbach  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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It was a dry season for us, so the bush was very interesting and little flowered, this made it possible for us to see the big 7!

Male avatar icon Dominic United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: August 2023 Reviewed: Aug 30, 2023

Email Dominic  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Winter safari, so the bush is dry and water levels are low. The bush is not beautiful but the animals and the setting is brilliant. Being a private game reserve means fewer vehicles who can go off track so you get a better safari experience. We saw pretty much everything on our wish list and so much more besides, combined with a brilliant guide and tracker in fantastic bush accommodation

Male avatar icon Atle Fossmark Norway flag NO       Visited: November 2022 Reviewed: Dec 25, 2022

Email Atle Fossmark  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Exceptional !!

Male avatar icon David Gryzick United States flag US       Visited: September 2022 Reviewed: Oct 9, 2022

Email David Gryzick  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Timbavati strength was it had a lot of lion prides and it had rhinos with horns. It had an incredible amount of elephants and giraffes. It's weakness was it lacked hippos.

Female avatar icon Michele United States flag US       Visited: May 2019 Reviewed: Jun 12, 2019

Email Michele  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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This area is a little dry so the landscape is more sparse than Sabi Sand. Loved our accommodations at Kings Camp, amazing service, trackers and guides. Saw all the big 5.

Female avatar icon Leslie Kuhlmann United States flag US       Visited: November 2018 Reviewed: Nov 29, 2018

Email Leslie Kuhlmann  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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We saw a lot of animals at Timbavati - all of the Big Five. Our guide and tracker worked well together to get us the best viewing opportunities.

Female avatar icon Ashley Canada flag CA       Visited: April 2018 Reviewed: May 6, 2018

Email Ashley  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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We stayed at Simbavati River Lodge (part of Timbavati) and were blown away by the luxury of our rooms, the amazing service (they catered to our every need), the food (we are vegan, and they totally accommodated!) and the knowledge of our guide (Mbongene) and tracker - who took risks for himself by tracking on foot a pride of lions, just so we could see them up close. I highly recommend Simbavati to anyone, and would love to return with our son for more safari!

Avatar icon stan mcghee United States flag US       Visited: February 2017 Reviewed: Feb 12, 2018

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Breath taking

Avatar icon JoshBakerPhotography Australia flag AU       Visited: April 2016 Reviewed: Sep 24, 2016

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A great opportunity to get close to some incredible animals. There is loads to see here, and some great off road tracks to see it on. The staff were really welcoming and knowledgable about the animals and area. Definitely worth a visit.

Avatar icon pixpeeper France flag FR       Visited: April 2016 Reviewed: Aug 18, 2016

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We got to see the "Big Five" on our first drive, in less than 2 hours! It doesn't get much better than this...