Guest reviews for Skukuza Restcamp

Skuzuza - the start out camp!

"Skukuza is a great place to start your trip into the Kruger Park, it has internet cafe, good restaurants, shop, post office, bank etc. Get all your stuff done and then head out further into the camp. I wouldn't stay here longer than one night."


- Sabi Lena Catz (Netherlands)

Skukuza Restcamp

"It was very nice and had a wonderful stay."


- Liaan (South African)

Skukuza Rest Camp - BG3E (Bungalow)

"For the basic accommodation you get in this particular bungalow I found it overpriced. If you want to charge that much, make sure that you have proper fridges in good working order (our fridge door did not close properly), and when you are looking at 30 degrees plus - you want your drinks to be cold. I found that it could have been a lot cleaner especially in the kitchen (stoep) area. The stoep table and chairs needs a good scrub, sanding down and re-varnish. The bed linen were very old and certainly would be not up to international standards. Shower and toilet area were clean enough. The kids also wanted to take a swim late afternoon and what a terrible state we found the swimming pool area in! No grass in sight (or very dry grass), no place to lounge, dustbins were overflowing with bottles and rubbish with loads of flies! I certainly did not want to ruin my towel by placing it on the red sand! It was very unpleasant! Other than that, we enjoyed the game drive early in the morning and we enjoyed the setting at Skukuza walking along the wooden boardwalk. We did not enjoy seeing the neglect of the gardens along the boardwalk and weeds growing everywhere. It was also not inviting to sit on one of the benches along the boardwalk to enjoy the view as loads of weeds growing underneath and benches were not clean and looked old. Overall the experience at Skukuza left us a bit sad and disappointed and we would love to see overall improvement at this specific camp."


- Marle Ormiston (South African)

Skukuza Restcamp

"Also very clean and well maintained.
Drove around a lot and saw all of the big five (yippeeee!).
Will again book in the future in this camp.
Total experience of the week - EXCELLENT - my thanks to Laticia who made two bookings for us - you did great!

THANX
The Odendaal family."


- Pieter Odendaal (SA)

Disapointed!

"Since the start of my experience in the Kruger I have enjoyed every moment and even introduced new people to the park. I have made a miscalculation with my planning and instead of arriving the 9th December I was under the impression it was the 19th. So I did not show but called the Saturday. As a valued client who really passionately enjoy the park I would expected the park to assist me in reorganizing my plans and provide a generous discount. Leaving for the park tomorrow . Just sharing my thoughts."


- Atholl (South African)

Skukuza Restcamp

"Camp is well situated and has good bird viewing."


- Mr J Campbell (British)

Skukuza Restcamp

"We had a fantastic time in Kruger as a whole. Marula camp was excellent! We will definitely be back there soon. We felt that Skukuza was a little built up for us, but that is only the type of people we are. My suggestion is that there are fridge or freezer facilities put in at Skukuza.... Thanks"


- Helen Pinder (South African)

Skukuza Restcamp

"We had a great time, the game drive we took was great, a sighting of Lion that is the best yet! The campsites are clean, neat and tidy, the ablutions are also very good. Thanks to all for a wonderful short stay."


- Lesley porter (SOUTH AFRICAN)

Stay in Kruger Park

"We stayed in Skukuza camp for 2 nights. We lived in a 3 bed bungalo, the only problem is that there was no basin and no stove. But we enjoyed our stay, it was clean and the park workers were very friendly. Will visit again shortly."


- Jacqueline (South African)

Skukuza Rest Camp

"The Safari tents are well kept and clean. Very enjoyable stay!! Was our first but definitely not our last."


- Tina Olivier (RSA)

No fan

"The stay in the Skukuza rest camp was ok, but it was very hot because there was no fan. The following day we complained about this and a fan should be delivered but it never did. I loved the Kruger Park experience, but the service in the Skukuza camp was disappointing."


- Lene Bakker (Dutch)

Skukuza

"Die kamp is te besig , en die verblyf was nie op standaard nie. Baie warm en die lugreelaar het nie behoorlik gewerk nie. Diere was skaars."


- PP Gouws (SA)

Restaurant KNP Skukuza

"When you stay at night and use the restaurant, the variety of food was in our period (end of November)minor.

Another item is when you stay at several camps they offer almost all the same but at Skukuza we had minor options, no buffet which is normally offered."


- Marlies Vermeesch-Holtmann (The Netherlands)

Skukuza - huge array of animals to be spotted

"Despite only staying in the park for 25 hours, we got to see the Big 5 (including 2 leopards) as well as some lesser seen animals such as a porcupine (in the camp!) and a large spotted genet on our night drive. Definitely check out the boards at reception to see where the animals are and try to get sightings off other drivers."


- Rachel Spencer (Australian)

What a great weekend!

"This was a weekend to remember, and will definitely do it again with my family, the safari tents was great, well equipped, with Hyenas running up and down the fence at night time. The only down fall was the swimming pools that was not clean, so we could not swim on the Friday when we got there and needed it so badly (VERY HOT), but it was cleaned on the Saturday and the rest of our weekend was GREAT. The staff was REALLY professional, and REALLY FRIENDLY. The ablution blocks was also something to experience, very very clean. Well done guys you gave us a weekend we will never forget, you will see us soon, as well as friend that already took your telephone number."


- Chantal (RSA)

Bush break away

"We had a wonderful time in Kruger. The staff in the park was very friendly & helpful.
We will be going back very soon."


- Christie (South African)

Disappointed

"Hi,

We arrived on Friday saw lots of animals an booked in at Skukuza. Couldn't have a better time. Saturday, nice not too hot day - saw leopard was so happy but was looking for lion and didn't see a lion the whole weekend. Booked in at Olifants, wasn't that nice but did not have any other choice.
1st disappointment: when we got there we needed to pay conservation fees (why isn't it included in the weekend stay?)
2nd disappointment: every camp we got, on the board it said that people saw lions near by, we didn't see any lion.
3rd disappointment: we stopped at a place to make some coffee and eat something and the baboon came and stole our food, only a small sign on bathroom say beware of baboon. Not even someone to chase them away.
4th disappointment: on the net it shows that Olifants camp has got a swimming pool when we got there no swimming pool :-(
5th disappointment: we didn't like Olifants that much so I phone Letaba and ask if they have space and if it is possible for us to move (we already paid) then the guy said to me yes. So we went to Letaba when we got there he said to me he didn't know that I booked at a agency and that he can't help me (why didn't the guy asked me on the phone with whom I booked?). So we needed to go back to Olifants to sleep. Our weekend wasn't fun anymore.
And then we needed to pay conservation fee again at Olifants.

I don't know if I will come there soon again or refer someone there.

Kind Regards
Louise"


- Louise (South Africa)

Experience

"We had an awesome weekend. We would like to give thumbs up for the Kruger park, with checking in, the systems were down, but the personnel behind the counter was still helpful, efficient and friendly, the shops were well stocked, the restrooms always clean. When checking out at Numbi gate we also had the same warm personnel helping us and thanked us for visiting the Park, we are already planning our next trip to the Kruger Park. THANX SO MUCH!"


- Flip de Beer (S/A)

Kruger National Park Experience

"We enjoyed our stay at Skukuza camp area and the people there are friendly. We were lucky to get the big five in the Skukuza area as time was against us to drive to far. We were never before so lucky to see a leopard in the park and were very happy to see one the day before we left. The weather was awesome as it was cloudy most of the time and not too hot."


- Henriette Bam (RSA)

Skukuza Restcamp

"Very beautiful lodge regrettably no candles and we had a long power cut, very clean"


- Miss Brigitte Fraipont (Belgium)

Thoroughly enjoyed seeing the animals

"My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the animals at Kruger, it was a new experience for us. During our stay we saw the Big 5 which made it very special. However, we were a bit disappointed about the accommodation. Our room was clean, but the bed linens were dingy and the towels smelled used. We had an ant problem, with ants falling from ceiling onto one of the beds in huge numbers.

We also would have liked to have been given a bungalow with a screened veranda…there were many empty bungalows so we don’t understand why the one we were given didn’t have a screened veranda.

The roads were well maintained, the directions and signs were excellent, and the personnel were friendly and cooperative.

Thank you for this opportunity to give some feedback,"


- Wanda Walker (American)

Nice Stay but the Cottage Needs Some Work

"This was a nice stay. We enjoyed the Cottage. It is one of the nicest spot in Skukuza. However the inside of the cottage is really needing some repair."


- Doug Black (Mozambique)

Skukuza restcamp

"Everything was clean BUT the fan was not working, there was no remote control for the TV in case you wanted to watch TV and the there was no ears on the cup to drink tea or coffee. The Kruger Park is excellent but for the amount you pay for the accommodation, you expect the basics like the fan to work."


- Anniel Lambrechts (RSA)

Kruger Park

"The stay at Kruger was disappointing. At the shops the service was poor and the variety of food available was shocking. At the camp itself it looked neglected at not well looked after. What was great is that the ablution blocks was neat and clean."


- Hanro (RSA)

Brilliant park, poor accommodation

"Just a few issues.
1) The fridges at the bungalows need latches to prevent monkeys from stealing food.
2) The safe in the cupboard is installed in such a way that you actually can't hang clothing up.
3)Our braai had an incomplete set of grids and we had to go and find the missing grid.
4) For the price that we paid, I expected a queen size bed with some clean linen. Our linen and towels looked really old and washed out and it had stains on it. (That was a bit gross.)
5) Service in shops, like the Wooden Banana, was not good at all. Many people were unhappy about waiting for food.

Overall we had a very nice weekend and we where very happy and lucky to see a range of animals."


- Celeste Tennant (South-African)