Mkhuze Reviews

Mkhuze Reserve lacks nothing as far as game is concerned, except perhaps lion. But the buck and other animals make up for this. The vegetation is very thick at this time and visibility is limited, but enough animals come onto the road, or are visible from the hides to make this a very enjoyable venue. Birds are prolific and varied, from raptors to water birds, to lbj's. Rhino, wild dogs, hippo, snakes.... the list is endless and we saw it all in one week.
Elephant need to be approached with extreme caution as we and the maintenance staff were charged on separate occasions.

The bungalows, albeit somewhat in need of an upgrade, are well appointed with TV's and all necessary kitchen amenities, including a microwave. Mosquito nets are supplied, but mosquitoes are a problem both inside and outside. Fortunately at this time of the year malaria is not prevalent, but they are pesty.

The tented camp looks lovely and tents are tucked away in the bush a little further away from the boundary fence which probably gives one more of a bush experience without the noise of the neighbouring farms.

There is also a large pool available to the guests, which is refreshing on a hot day and with few people in the camp ( outside of school holidays), most areas, including the picnic spots, are underutilised.

The shop has very limited supplies so most food stuff needs to be brought in. One can buy beer and colddrinks and only one variety of red wine. The better option for food is Rhino-Dine-O, the take away shop which supplies delicious food inexpensively.

All in all we had a delightful stay and will definitely return.

The 2-bed chalets are rather cramped, especially considering the price one pays.

Very impressed with the new hides which are excellent for viewing. Obviously a lot of work has been done in this area.

Food at the Rhino-dino was well-prepared and tasty

The birding was the best,the stay was great but reception staff need customer service training, they do not know how to speak to customers, whent on day walk and night drive that was the best a must do for night birds,the bird hides are really great.
Will return

We visited your reserve and found the road to the Reserve in terrible condition with not very clear roadsighns. Roads in the reserve was reasonable, but we found lots of roadworks in the reserve frustrating as we drive around for gameviewing and found more people on the roads than game. The recommended viewing points were all under construction and not open to the public. We were very happy to see rhinocerus on our way out of the reserve on our last day.

Our stay in the tented camp site was comfortable and most enjoayble. Peacefully quite and enjoyed having a few Nyala wondering in our camp site. Saturday was extremely hot and we enjoyed being able to relax under the fan and have a cold shower to cool off. We were greeted by friendly staff. A good weekend celebrating our 29 th wedding anniversary.

It was fantastic, our cottage was lovely and the staff were great. You will see us again next year.....birds amazing