The area is beautiful with an eye on details.The staff is very friendly and the food was awesome. We had all over a great time.

Stayed in April 2024

Nothing ))

Beautiful stay in the bush, friendly staff, amazing breakfast - perfect location to access Addo or other game reserves.

Stayed in April 2024

Small thing, we enjoyed our dinner there but it would be nice to know the day before what is on the menu. Now we only knew it was gonna be meat. Our kids are picky eaters and didnt enjoy the pork ribs. If we knew in advance, we would look for a solution. Now we payed for something they didnt eat.

Very friendly staff What an outstanding location and view! Beautiful houses Delicious breakfast Exciting game room Nice pool

Stayed in April 2024

Beautifully appointed lodges in a wonderful setting. Food and drink sensibly priced and staff really lovely.

Stayed in April 2024

The lodge organized game drives in Addo & Schotia. They charged parents & children (below 10) the same price. We thought that was quite over-priced. We should have probably better organized that on our own. On the other side: Everything worked well, we did not have to care for everything.

You are far away - basically from everything! Well, WiFi is there but who would need that anyway while staying at this wonderful property in the middle of nowhere? The Chariandra game drive was the highlight - we were able to feed giraffes right within the area of the lodge. The pool and facilities are lovely, the bar is full of great beers, wines and other drinks. The lodges have enough space, are very clean and cosy. The food is 'home made' by 'Mama' - you cannot choose, but you don't have to anyway. All in all a wonderful experience. Would have stayed another night if we had the time.

Stayed in April 2024

Beautiful scenery

Stayed in April 2024

Nice place. Dinner was Great. The private Game Tour was special. Good Place to relax

Stayed in February 2024

The service at times was very slow Lunch was tiny portions especially for big lads!

Aidan is very welcoming and helpful. View is stunning. The pool is lovely to swim in and relax by. Breakfast was plentiful and lovely Very peaceful setting

Stayed in March 2024

10 out of 10 !!!! No words needed. ❤️

Stayed in March 2024

Nothing. We loved it all!

1. Location - The location of the lodge is incredible peaceful, being surrounded by the bush. A couple of herds of giraffes live on the reserve, and it's perfectly safe to walk around the reserve to find them. One of the giraffes visited the lodge one night, whilst we had dinner, to drink from the pool. 2. Staff - The staff at Charihandra - Andre, Aidan, the cooks and servers were so lovely and accommodating. Very responsive when we needed anything, even travel advice once we'd left to go to Port Elizabeth. We're incredibly grateful to all of them. 3. Room - Our room was clean, spacious and had provided everything we needed to enjoy our stay. Super comfortable bed. 4. Food - We had breakfast, lunch and dinner at the lodge. Dinner is a three course set menu. All dishes were simple, but very well prepared, a decent portion and flavours were wonderful. Well worth having and great value too!

Stayed in March 2024

The road towards the lodge if you drive a regular passenger vehicle (gravel, deep holes in the road for ~ 4 kms). We would recommend the owners to provide a map of the domain, including the location of water holes, since there are no dangerous animals, we really took long hikes, but we only saw very few animals. We had to navigate on Google Earth to ensure we did not get lost -worth while though!

Very quiet location in the middle of nowhere. The giraffe that comes into the domain like a pet is a real asset for everyone. Relaxed atmosphere, dinners on the patio of the main building, self-serve bar. We did a morning game drive (2 hours) which was very educational, excellent driver/guide. We fed the "pet giraffe".

Stayed in March 2024

We had a really nice stay there. The lodge was very nice and spacious, breakfast and dinner was delicious (dietary requirements were always taken into account) and the staff was really welcoming and friendly. You can observe various animals on the property (there are even giraffes). It is also not far from the Addo elephant park.

Stayed in February 2024

You have to travel to a really bad road until you get to the lodge- be aware of it. Lodges are huge and perfect, just a bit „old“ furniture.

Service was amazing. Can recommend to book a morning drive to feed the giraffes! The reserve and the lodges are beautiful. Dinner and breakfast was also really good.

Stayed in February 2024

Nothing

Great location with well equipped kitchen. Very relaxed atmosphere and delicious food. The game drive was very interesting and we saw a lot of animals including giraffes. It took us around 30 mins to get to the Addo park.

Stayed in February 2024

I can't remember anything i didn't like about the hotel.

It's one of the best hotels I've ever been in my life! Everything was perfect: our guest house was big with a lot of space, clean, comfortable bed, a nice swimming pool, and also big territory. Food exceeded all my expectations, the level was like in good restaurant. I also recommend to take a small 2 hour safari on the territory of the hotel. It was amazing. We fed the giraffe! There is an entertaining room with lots of books and billiards.

Stayed in February 2024

Tiny fact that could be complained about: TV very small and far away from bed.

We were in Chalet 3. Wonderful, huge chalets, block house style, comfortable, big double bed on ground floor, 2 single beds above, but without wall between them and ground floor. Air conditioning, great kitchen, everything extremely lovely and cosy. Bathroom separated by full wall from ground to ceiling. Good dinner and full breakfast. Very nice Pool area - a quiet place in a private game reserve, not more than 7 gravel road minutes from R335

Stayed in February 2024

Location is a bit far from Ado Elephant Park

The room. The staff. The surrounding with giraffes roaming.

Stayed in February 2024

In our lodge seemed to have been a bird or likewise that left its bird droppings on the sheets. We only came back late from our Safari so we couldnt fix the problem that night. Be aware youre in nature :-)

Great accommodation concept in a very remote area not too far away from Addo Elephant National Park. Great and super friendly staff, great food and drinks options, nice pool area and our lodge was amazing. You can book a private game drive throughout the reserve, which was a unique experience as we not only spotted Giraffes but also could feed them from super close

Stayed in February 2024

Lovely houses with fully equipped kitchen, wonderful pool, good food (breakfast, dinner). We booked a game drive on which we came very close to the giraffes. That was a great experience.

Stayed in January 2024

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Everything was just perfect. Book more than one night! Food is super delicious.

Stayed in December 2023

Rooms were a bit dated

Big, clean rooms; friendly and helpful staff; good proximity to Addo.

Stayed in December 2023

The only challenge we had was going up the stairs to the bedroom upstairs but it wasn't a train smash.

The breakfast was amazing and a lot. The location is exceptional, it was so peaceful. The rooms were neat and we had everything we needed;kitchen utensils, braai area and the pool. The poolside was definitely our favorite spot.

Stayed in December 2023

we had a bat in the room which of course can happen, but kept us away from sleeping the last night in Southafrica from 4 am before we went on our long distance flight home.

very beautiful in the wild! the family room was big. the staff was lovely. we had full board what ia needed due to the remote location.

Stayed in October 2023

Wow!!! Amazing place. Exceeded our expectations completely. Chalet was huge and exactly like the photos. Views over the bush were amazing. Kitchen had everything we needed. Breakfast and dinner was set meals but all were really good (steak, pork chop, chicken etc). They catered individually for my toddler and engaged with him lots. Swimming pool was lovely. We had a problem with our car and the manager helped us himself which would have been really stressful if he hadn't so we were very grateful. Although we stayed there mainly to visit nearby Addo elephant park.. we were SO glad we did the game drive around Charihandra itself. It was absolutely brilliant!

Stayed in November 2023