Hotels near Olifants West Game Reserve, Balule Game Reserve

Great location, surpassed only by the friendly staff, whose positive and enthusiastic service made our stay unique and highly memorable! Naledi stands out due to the attention to small details, style, and personalized attention. Thank you!!

I had a really beautiful stay at the lodge. As a solo traveller, Milima did an excellent job to make sure I had everything I needed and could access all opportunities. Thomas, one of the rangers, was incredible. He's super knowledgable and just a delightful human. I hope to return again!

We loved our stay at rukiya camp! All of the staff was so genuinely friendly and helpful and our guides (Dris and Conright) were the absolute best safari guides we met during our SA trip! their knowledge was unbelievable and they explained everything to us, it was just perfect! As the reserve the camp is on does not have the big 5 itself, you drive to a different reserve for the morning drive, which was a bit „annoying“ but is absolutely worth it!

Everything was perfect. We got a personalized stay. Janus, help us to book 2 big 5 safaris and we were lucky to see all the animals. As well, we got a driver, Given, very good guy who always keep the car clean and a smile on his face. The food was amazing, we got one Ostrich carpaccio, amazing taste. The room was more than perfect. I can not express what a memorable experience we got. PERFECT!

The property was very good, had great facilities such as a nice pool area and the honesty bar. The staff were amazing and really made us feel like family. We even went out for a meal with them on our final evening. Bianca the chef was amazing, all her meals were so good and diverse. Selby our game driver was the best we could’ve asked for, he was amazing at spotting all the animals and taught us so much, was a genuinely nice guy aswell. We already want to come back and will miss all of the staff. Would highly recommend to anyone wanting to do a safari. We had a perfect experience. The hospitality was amazing aswell, they really do all the little details that made our trip so good.

Our stay at Greenfire was over all expectations. We loved it!! Carol, Rose and Given, and all other staff were super lovely. Given was our tour guide and driver during the whole stay. He is the best. Very knowledgeable, so kind and guest friendly. Within 24h we had seen the big five - in very close view. We have learned so much about animals, trees/plants, birds and the life of SA. Our daughter said she learned more these days than in school. The whole setup was super nice. Wake up at 5am. First game play begin at 5.30. Back around 9-ish. Breakfast. Cold dishes buffet style, and eggs any style served a la carte. You are free to relax and rest between breakfast and lunch. We hang out by the pool and we also sat on the terrace and watched "bush tv". Lunch is served 2.30pm. Buffet style, delicious and very generous. Second game play is at 4pm. And it finishes at 7-8pm. Then the dinner is served. Every dinner was 3 course meal with an extra sorbet. Really really good! After dinner we went to sleep, and we slept so deep. Bar prices were so affordable, if not even cheap. After the first safari and night, our 12 years old daughter went from reluctant to even travel to SA, to she wanted to come back and stay at Greenfire. We're telling all our friends to go and stay in Greenfiire, it's a fantastic experience. And their location is great too. Just in front of a river bed. You are seeing a lot of elephants and buffaloes, hyenas walking past the room. Our next trip will be to Greenfires other lodge in Namibia desert. And during New Year's eve and day we were served a lot of bubbly. Amazing and big-hearted.