Sibuya Game Reserve and Lodge

We cannot say enough about this reserve. We stayed in Bush Lodge and had the most amazing experience. Our ranger Caylem was amazing and went out of his way to show us and tell us about everything. The lodge was beautiful with a private swimming pool and the staff could not do more for us. Our coordinator Tyler took such good care of us. If you only go on one safari in your life, this is the one to do.

The most magical trip of a lifetime witnessing nature at its most finest. We stayed at Bush Lodge, and were treated like royalty by the small, personal, friendly team, who really couldn’t do more to make our holiday absolute perfection…and it was! Have to commend our ranger, Calem, who knew every species of bird (there’s 800), by sight and song, every species of plant and animal, or really is mind blowing. We are coming home with a camera roll jam packed with photos, and hearts full of memories that’ll last a lifetime, I absolutely can’t recommend Sibuya enough!

Incredible stay at Sibuya! Every aspect of this trip was phenomenal. From the beautiful rooms and lodge with stunning view of the river. The lovely helpful hostess team with friendly faces, who created unique welcome drinks every night after the afternoon game drive. The food was so good, many options at each meal and local South African cuisine included was so special! However the best part of the trip was the game ranger Nicolas, extremely knowledgeable and so passionate about what he does. We couldn’t have asked for a better stay! Thank you!

We spent 2 nights in the tented forest area, and it was absolutely wonderful. All the staff were lovely friendly and knowledgeable. We had Brian and JP on our drives and they went above and beyond to ensure we saw as much as possible and we did see the big 5. The team in the lodge does a great job of ensuring we are all fed and watered The tents are very comfortable with very good showers and decent beds. Overall I would very much recommend it and would love to go back someday

Very disappointed in this lodge. Booked last minute as needed to attend a funeral, nowhere on the ******* site did it mention that the only way to get to the lodge was via boat and latest at 15h30, we were landing from the UK after this. We also needed to be able to get to and from the lodge early saturday back and forth to assist in preparing for the funeral and to attenn the funeral and this would not be possible if we have to get a boat. ******* are happy to refund if the lodge agress but they have taken our money and refuse to refund. Even on the Sibuya website it not firstly clear that you need to get boat transfers either - not transparent at all.

I travelled to Sibuya solo and participated in their volunteer program and I can fully recommend it to everyone who is interested in learning about nature and animals, in having open discussion around various topics and broadening the horizon. Sibuya has a variety of wildlife in their game reserve and every day of the volunteer program was completely different. My personal highlight was definitely the Elephant monitoring and learning more about those amazing animals. I stayed there for 3 weeks and my friends and family were really impressed by how much I learned during this short period of time (and so am I). I could have definitely stayed for more weeks also due to the very positive atmosphere at the Intaka lodge with other volunteers, students and of course the full team there! I can highly recommend Sibuya to everybody who is interested in a real wildlife experience which is respecting animals and nature!