Tembe Elephant Park

We had a fantastic time at the Tembe Elephant Park. The local staff cares and works hard to make stays special. The terrain of the park is unique and the guides do an excellent job of tracking animals. We saw lions on every drive as well as a large variety of animals.

We stayed only two nights, but it was a great experience. We had the chance to see three lions from our car at sunset, followed by more than 30 elephants crossing our road 10 mintues later, and lots of buffalo, rhino, and of course nyala, kudu and impala. A welcome with a traditional Zulu song reminded us of the Tahitian welcome and the people serving us were really friendly and kind. A good place for animals, a bush experience with monkeys knocking at your tent in the morning, and jungle jokes delivered by the staff around the fire when darkness falls.

We stayed two nights at Tembe and had a true experience of living in the bush. We saw three of the big five and lots more animals and birds on our game drives. Having said that I'm sure you could also experience game drives and not see many animals at all as Tembe covers a vast area and of course the animals can go anywhere and not be seen. This happened on one of our drives - all we saw were a few Impala and Nyala but 'hey' they don't pop out in front of you to order. On our drives there were eight guests and we only met one other vehicle all the time we were there. It was lovely coming back after the afternoon game drive to the welcoming camp fire and the lovely meal prepared for us. We thoroughly recommend staying a couple of nights or more here and enjoy. Anne and Mark Lodziak. Cambridge, England

Very little game, but the great elephant experience made up for it!

I really apreciated this very cosy lodge and the very warm welcome of all the staff. I certainly recommend to spend some days at Tembe.