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Kariega Game Reserve - Main Lodge

4.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
Exterior
Lounge
Desk
Terrace/patio

Reviews

9.4 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Gym
    Gym
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Laundry
    Laundry

Explore the area

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Kenton-On-Sea, Kenton on Sea, Eastern Cape, 6191
  • Kariega Game Reserve Eastern Cape
    4 min drive
  • Kenton on Sea Beach
    38 min drive
  • Rhodes University
    40 min drive

Room options

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Main Lodge 1 Bedroom Chalet

Main Lodge 1 Bedroom Chalet

  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Desk

Main Lodge Multi-Bedroom Chalet

  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Double Beds

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The price is NZ$1,630
for 1 night
includes taxes & fees
6 Dec - 7 Dec
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About the area

Kenton on Sea

Located in Kenton on Sea, Kariega Game Reserve - Main Lodge is in a rural location, within a 15-minute drive of Kariega Game Reserve Eastern Cape and Kariega Centre. .This family-friendly lodge is 8.5 mi (13.6 km) from Kenton Marina and 8.6 mi (13.9 km) from Kariega Heights.
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What's nearby

  • Kariega Game Reserve Eastern Cape - 4 min drive - 4.1 km
  • Kenton Marina - 14 min drive - 13.7 km
  • Kenton on Sea Beach - 38 min drive - 15.0 km
  • Rhodes University - 40 min drive - 43.8 km
  • African Pride Pumba Private Game Reserve - 45 min drive - 43.5 km

Getting around

  • Port Elizabeth (PLZ) - 126 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Stanley's Restaurant - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Horn's Up - ‬25 min drive
  • ‪Dorothy Long - ‬11 min drive

About this property

Kariega Game Reserve - Main Lodge

Family-friendly lodge with free breakfast and a fitness center
Kariega Game Reserve - Main Lodge offers 24 air-conditioned accommodations with hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Guests can experience the thrill of a safari, and take advantage of an outdoor pool. In addition to a children's pool, other recreational amenities include a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. There are 2 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, facials, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
Make yourself at home in one of the 24 air-conditioned guestrooms. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Private bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and electric kettles.
Relax and unwind with massages, body treatments, and facials. Encounter the local wildlife with a safari, then enjoy recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Additional amenities at this lodge include complimentary wireless internet access, babysitting (surcharge), and an arcade/game room.
At Kariega Game Reserve - Main Lodge, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, multilingual staff, and laundry facilities. Planning an event in Kenton on Sea? This lodge has 2152 square feet (200 square meters) of space consisting of a conference center and a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
Guests are offered a complimentary full breakfast each morning.
Kariega Game Reserve - Main Lodge has a restaurant on site.

Languages

Afrikaans, English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Motorhome/coach/lorry parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Things to do

  • Arcade/games room
  • Boat tours
  • Canoeing
  • Children's pool
  • Ecotours
  • Fishing
  • Fitness centre
  • Game/wildlife drives
  • Game/wildlife viewing
  • Hiking/biking trails
  • Motor-boating
  • Outdoor pool
  • Safari
  • Spa services

Family friendly

  • Arcade/games room
  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • Free children's club
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe
  • Gift shop/newsstand

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Multilingual staff
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Conference centre (2152 square feet of space)
  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Spa

  • 2 treatment rooms
  • Aromatherapy
  • Body scrubs
  • Body treatments
  • Couples treatment room(s)
  • Facials
  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massage - deep-tissue
  • Massage - hot stone
  • Massage/treatment rooms

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Designated smoking areas
  • Fireplace in reception

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8:30 AM - 5 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 3 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Destination fee: ZAR 170 per person, per night. This fee does not apply to children under 3 years of age.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

National rating

Quality Graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) – South Africa's official quality assurance organization.

Property is also known as

Kariega Game Reserve Main Kenton On Sea
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Kariega Game Reserve - Main Lodge Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 21 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 21 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 21 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 21 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 21 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Life experience
One of the most incredible experiences of my life. Exceptional tour guide that found us all the animals close up.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Trond

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

rh , Cape Town

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent weekend escape!
Had the best time on a weekend away with family. Our guide was fantastic - great wildlife and wonderful experience. Definitely recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Beth, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
absolutely amazing experience
The welcome at the entrance gate, through the reception check in, the staff in the bar and the restaurant, not to mention our experienced tour guide Matt (Jacques) were all fabulous and went out of their way to make you feel welcome. The food options were plentiful and tasty and the themed accommodation was more spacious and comfortable than I had hoped. The drives through the park had us so very close to the animals and each drive outdid the previous. I had high expectations of a South African safari and Kariega over delivered! A must for anyone.. utterly amazing!

10/10 Excellent

gene, Toronto, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful location to see wildlife in the eastern
Just returned from 2 wonderful nights at Kariega. Location, food, service and wildlife were all exemplary. A special thank you to our ranger Matt who is truly a cut above. I recommend you request him. He is outstanding!

10/10 Excellent

Noa, Israel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing experience
Spent two nights at the main lodge. Had amazing four drives with unbelievable Rudi - our reserve guide. Rudi made the experience so much better, he had so much knowledge and info about the bush, he took care of every little detail, and was the nicest. We saw lions, elephants, rhinos, impalas, ghanoo, zebras, girraffes and many more. The reserve is so green and powerfull, you definatly can feel the wild. The schedule is comfortable, food was nice, and the chalet was huge but still cousy. Go to Kariega and ask for Rudi! One little note to Kariega staff: we almost missed the first drive on 1530. Maybe you should send an email day or two before to let the guests know that first drives is on 1530 so that guests will check in on time.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exceeded all expectations
Wish we could have stayed longer. What an awesome experience. The highlight being our exceptional guide (Bongani) whose knowledge of African wildlife was amazing.

10/10 Excellent

R, Chichester

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable lodge chalet and stunning wildlife
The Main Lodge chalet had 2 bedrooms, (1 bathroom and 1 ensuite) with a central living room with wood burner, kitchen, and outdoor viewing patio deck. Comfortable beds and showers, all warm in showery weather and very clean. Breakfast,lunch and varied dinner buffets were scheduled around the 3 hour game drives with a ranger twice a day. There was a pool which we did not have time to see/use. Fantastic viewing of animals/birds/insects/plants with knowledgeable, friendly ranger.

10/10 Excellent

Helene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Otroligt välorganiserat, god mat och otroliga safariturer!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sascha

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super Hotel. Der Park ist ein wunderbares Erlebnis
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Durchschnittliche Gamelodge + Fahrerabhängig
Unser Fahrer respektive Tourguide hatte keine Ahnung von Kundendienst und hatte uns leider im Stich gelassen. Wir wollten eigentlich noch eine Flusstour auf dem Kariega machen aber als ich ihn gefragt habe hatte er nicht darauf reagiert. Am Abreisetag hatt er mir dann noch gesagt, dass er die Schlüssel fürs Schiff bereit hatte für den Vortag. Aber uns richtig informiert hatte er nicht. Er fuhr sehr ruppig und kannte keine Hindernisse. Sogar einen Termitenhügel überfuhr er einfach und den Elefanten fuhr er einfach in den Weg. Darum würde ich diese Lodge sicher nicht weiterempfehlen oder nochmals hinfahren.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Die Unterkunft ist einfach nur atemberaubend. Man kriegt sein eigenes riesiges Chalet mit eigenem Pool und Parkplatz davor. Super freundliches Personal. Sehr gutes Essen. Und die Safari-Touren sind unbeschreiblich toll.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Personale gentile e location stupenda. La nostra guida Trust e' stato super disponibile e ci ha spiegato tantissime cose sugli animali che abbiamo visto durante le nostre uscite.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mariano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
espectacular todo
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Janaina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Boa experiência de Safári (reserva privada) na GR
O hotel tem tratamento diferenciado, com acompanhamento do Ranger determinado para o seu grupo desde o início até o fim da estadia. Restaurante bom. O Safári também proporciona um ótimo contato com os animais em se tratando de uma reserva privada. O chalé é lindo, rústico e confortável.

10/10 Excellent

Piero

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ganz tolle Erfahrung in einem Private Game Reserve
Es war eine interessante Erfahrung, in diesem sehr gut geführten Private Game Reserve auf Safari zu gehen. Das Zimmer (die Suite), das gesamte Personal mit dem Ranger, alles war toll. Natürlich hatte dieses Erlebnis auch seinen Preis. Aber wir wollten uns das einmal gönnen. Unbedingt zu empfehlen.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Lena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastisk safari och ett mycket bra boende!
Fantastisk safari och ett mycket bra boende i ett eget stort hus som var vackert beläget och hade stor terass. Ett extra plus för en egen liten pool !

10/10 Excellent

Christer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bästa safarit med toppenguide
Underbar safariupplevelse med toppen guide

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Safaris sind super
Wunderschöne Bungalows mit Blick von der Terrasse in den Kariega -NP. Das Gelände ist sehr weitläufig, wir hatten 15 Minuten Fußweg bis zur Main Lodge zum Essen. Man kann sich aber ggfs. vom persönlichen Ranger abholen lassen.

6/10 Okay

Johan, Stockholm

Bra safari
Kariega är ett vackert naturområde. Utmärkt safari, vi fick se noshörningar, lejon, elefanter, giraffer, flodhästar, zebror mm. De hade jätteduktiga guider, bra service och god mat. Stugorna på main lodge var enkla. Skulle behöva renoveras.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
Kariega
Vi tillbringade två dagar på Kariega med två spännande safaris.