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Wild Olive Tree Camp

2.5 star property
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Restaurant
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Property grounds

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Restaurant
    Restaurant

Explore the area

Map
Orpen Road, Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga
  • Greater Kruger National Park
    1 min walk
  • Timbavati Private Nature Reserve
    17 min walk
  • Orpen Gate
    3 min drive
  • Hoedspruit (HDS)
    60 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Standard Tent, 1 Bedroom (Luxury Cottage Tent)

Bed sheets

Standard Tent, 1 Bedroom (Luxury Cottage Tent)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Bed sheets

Standard Tent, 1 Bedroom

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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The price is NZ$576
for 1 night
includes taxes & fees
6 Dec - 7 Dec
The Orpen Kruger

About the area

Manyeleti Game Reserve

With a stay at Wild Olive Tree Camp in Manyeleti Game Reserve, you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Kruger National Park and Greater Kruger National Park. .This tentalow is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Orpen Gate and 0.9 mi (1.4 km) from Timbavati Private Nature Reserve.
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What's nearby

  • Greater Kruger National Park - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Orpen Gate - 3 min drive - 1.3 km
  • Andover Nature Reserve - 18 min drive - 16.5 km
  • Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate - 61 min drive - 61.6 km
  • Londolozi Game Reserve - 116 min drive - 52.0 km

Getting around

  • Hoedspruit (HDS) - 60 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Surprise Breakfast in the Ngala Bush - ‬29 min drive
  • ‪Gin And Tonic bar & Beyond - ‬27 min drive

About this property

Wild Olive Tree Camp

Tentalow with free breakfast, near Kruger National Park
Wild Olive Tree Camp offers 12 accommodations. Bathrooms include showers.
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. Services include massages and manicures and pedicures.
Make yourself at home in one of the 12 guestrooms. Bathrooms with showers are provided.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages or take in the view from a terrace. This tentalow also features complimentary wireless internet access and barbecue grills.
At Wild Olive Tree Camp, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is included.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Wild Olive Tree Camp has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge) from 11 AM to 3 PM
  • Airport shuttle at scheduled times, on request

Food and drink

  • Free breakfast available
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Game/wildlife viewing
  • Spa services

Guest services

  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • No housekeeping

Business services

  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massages

More

  • Mosquito nets
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 5:30 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 5:30 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 1500 per person (one-way)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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

Property is also known as

Wild Olive Tree Camp Safari/Tentalow Kruger National Park
Wild Olive Tree Camp Safari/Tentalow
Wild Olive Tree Camp Kruger National Park
Wild Olive Tree Camp SafariTe
Wild Olive Tree Camp Bushbuckridge
Wild Olive Tree Camp Safari/Tentalow
Wild Olive Tree Camp Safari/Tentalow Bushbuckridge

Wild Olive Tree Camp Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 20 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 37 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jutta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Want to experience Africa? Here it is! Wonderful Bushcamp with tented accommodation and super comfortable beds, solar swimming pool and great meals and cooking, very welcoming and warm staff. At the Kruger Orpen gate. We want to come again! Thank you.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

It was very rustic - like. There wasn't to do - didn't like.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nathan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent value for money - the dinner and breakfast that were included were great and we enjoyed the family style dinner with other guests. The accommodations are basic and a little rustic but for the price you pay we were very satisfied.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a special place! One cool newer addition is an observation platform so you can watch the sun set and scan for leopards! The camp is so peaceful and comfortable and meals were exceptional! Speaking of meal, our first few moments of a morning game drive we found a leopard in a tree eating breakfast with hyena underneath waiting for scraps. Everything about this place and the people who work here was wonderful!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Johanna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rustic & welcoming
Well designed tents with very comfortable beds. Showers worked fine, solar powered lighting was just lovely. We were there in August - very cold at night (need wholly hats & gloves, especially for the early morning safari). Surrounded by the bush, just on the other side of the fence from the reserve. Staff very friendly. Patrick the safari guide was great - very knowledgable and professional. Highly recommended.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff here all go out of their ways to please. The food is decent, and the luxury tent gives you a nice experience of roughing it in Africa — combined with appreciated basic amenities that you wouldn’t get if you were actually roughing it! The game safari ride they offer (for an additional fee) showed us lions, leopards, buffalo, elephants, Impalas, giraffes, and more! Very good value for the money.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome experience
It is so much better than amazing, it's the real deal. Rustic, but if you want a real African Safari this is the place. We took the evening Safari and it was an awesome experience. Don't let the affordable price scare you away...it was priceless.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jenny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great overnight stay, close to Kruger, heard lions crunching on a kill during the night next to the fence.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Pleasant Experience
Good experience but my fault for not realizing it would be hot in the tent with no air movement. Check in was smooth. Greeted nicely Dinner was good nothing special. We left at 5am for Kruger and had arranged for a packed breakfast to go which we picked up from the security guard. All in all a nice visit but like other reviews stated it is not for everyone. I think it would be better in cooler weather.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Nikolaos

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Authentic tented-camp experience.
Very good experience for tented-camp, with as much comfort as needed for a city family to make it through a couple of days in the wilderness.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great great great!
Olga, patrick and the kitchen team were fantastic!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Jill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Incredible stay at The Wild Olive Tree
I'll start by saying that the Wild Olive Tree would not be to everyone's taste. It's a bit rustic but that was the charm for us. We struggled to find accommodation that wasn't super posh and overly priced in Kruger and Wild Olive Tree totally suited our style and expectations. From the moment we arrived everyone who worked there was super kind. The food was quite nice - though at breakfast some pesky monkeys stole the yogurt from the common table! Dinner was served at communal tables and it was nice to get to speak to other travelers. The best part of our stay, however, was our safaris we had booked with Wild Olive Tree. We did an evening safari and a morning safari and both were incredible. Patrick, our guide, took us through Manyeleti Reserve which shares an unfenced border with Kruger. So as Patrick said, "if you can see the animals in Kruger you can see them here". And, wow, what amazing animals we saw. I would highly recommend you stay at the Wild Olive Tree if you want a low key local experience. And you must book the safaris! One last note, the only down side was the hot water was too hot in the shower for me to use. It seemed to be either hot or cold but that was a small inconvenience in an otherwise great stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Hal, Kent, UK.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location, location, location.
This is a campsite, don't come if you want a hotel or electricity. Come for safaris as you cannot get closer to the park. The Manyeleti has everything for you to see. The camp is an eco camp run by the tribespeople for the tribe. Great idea and it will slowly develop. One hopes it stays true to it's principles. There is a nice pool. Food is good and tasty. Staff are lovely. Sit around the camp fife after dinner with a glass of wine discussing that day's safaris, bliss!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

4/10 Poor

Wolf, Germany and South Africa

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Simple. Nice staff. And far too expensive!
We have rented tents with shower and toilets inside the tent at various occasions and we are familiar with considerable differences between tent camps. This one was very simple, but clean, and the staff was very friendly. However, given that we (2 adults and 1 child 8yo) had rented a house before at Marloth Park with much more comfort (and 15 min away from a Kruger Park gate) at the price of 780 Rand per night (which corresponds to 52 Euro per night), the price of 120.68 Euro per night for a simple tent (5 min away from a Kruger Park gate) was far too high!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Sebastian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice basic tents in a wonderful environment, run by friendly local people.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good value for money, great game drives, friendly staff, best location between two gates
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sehr gutes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, ruhige Lage im Busch und direkte Lage am Manyeleti Gate
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Die Better sind komfortabel. Der Hauswein süffig. Das Essen sehr schmackhaft.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
La struttura è molto wild per gli amanti della natura. È caratteristico e originale per il suo essere in piena sintonia con l’ansia natura! Questo pregiudica le comodità.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Campo tendato situato in una posizione strategica a pochi chilometri sia dall'Orpen Gate del Parco Kruger che dal Manyeleti. Si possono organizzare Safari sia alla mattina (6 AM) che nel pomeriggio (4 PM) a un presso di circa 40 €. Hoedspruit (e aeroporto) sono raggiungibili in un'oretta di auto (80 km).
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Luiza

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Grande Experiência
Gostamos muito do lugar, pessoas amaveis, comida boa e uma experiência incrivel
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Es handelt sich um einfachsten Minimalstandart wenn überhaupt. Von eigenem Bad kann keine Rede sein. Stockdunkel dort. Duschboden wackelt und Toilette läuft unten aus. Moskitonetz zu klein und voller Löcher. Zum Dessert gibts Dosenfrüchte...
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Massimiliano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Esperienza molto positiva!
L'arrivo è stato dopo il tramonto con un buio pesto ma la sicurezza all'entrata del Kruger è stata di una gentilezza incredibile a spiegarci la strada verso il campo che... non è proprio semplice arrivarci con il buio. Il campo è molto locale assolutamente non occidentale, per noi è stata un esperienza unica. La manager è carina e disponibile, ci siamo sentiti subito a casa. Aperitivo intorno al fuoco, cena tipica tutti assieme, un sereno riposo con il barrito degli elefanti. Semplicemente una bellissima esperienza!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Damien, paris

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Bffff
No hot weather for a shower!! Some of them were nice and some not. But the worst is my room was paid before and they keep telling me that I have to pay again 50% of the room even I have the prove but for not spending more than already one hour. U did paid again and I will resolve this with hotel.com..I will not come back again
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018