Motswari Private Game Reserve by Newmark

Удивительные впечатления и прекрасный отель!

First visit to Motswari. Lodge and room was excellent. Breakfast buffet was very good as were all the meals.Lunch was accompanied by the local singers(staff) !! Evening meal was in the boma. Game drives were great with lots of lion sightings and a male leopard. We had lion tracks by reception one morning.We saw the big 5 over our 2 days but much more due to our excellent guiding team of Owen and George who gave us lots of information about the area and animals which makes all the difference. All the staff get 5 stars from us. We can recommend the book "the women of motswari " which is available to buy in reception. About an hours drive to the lodge from Timbavati gate but also animal sightings to keep your drive interesting.

I had read all of the reviews and had very high expectations. This was planned to be at the end of our Sth African adventure and for it to end on a high. I was not disappointed. We arrived mid-afternoon and they invited us to go on our first game drive. We were staying 3 nights so i was only expecting 2 on each of the full days, not when we arrived. They even offered a 6th game drive on the morning that we were leaving. We decline this last one as we wanted a sleep in before a journey home. Within a couple of hours into our first drive and we had ticked off 4 of the Big 5. The next morning, we completed the Big 5 plus seeing a Honey Badger in daylight. We had a great team on the jeep, and we all got on very well. The Driver, Josh and Tracker, David, were the A-team. We called our team the Honey Badgers. Josh threw us a challenge as we had ticked off our list of animals to see and we seemed to have a positive energy and a lot of luck. Josh said he wanted to track down a White Lion. At first i thought this was a myth. We headed out the next morning to an area where hardly anyone goes. We found the white lion and his brother. We stopped for 20 minutes or so just watching them watch us. I never thought that we would see such a thing. The staff at Motswari are amazing and nothing is too much trouble. Food is incredible and i never thought that i would like to eat Warthog but it is amazing. Take advantage of the midday walks with your guide, they are very informative and something different or you could simply sit in the meeting area with a cold beer watching elephants around the waterhole or warthogs coming in eating the grass with impala or springboks Motswari is not cheap when compared to other lodges, but you do get what you pay for. It is a long way to Sth Africa so you may as well make the most of it and do it right.