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Nwabu Lodge

27 reviews
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Review Summary

4.5 out of 5from 27 reviews for Nwabu Lodge
Cleanliness
4.6/5
Service
4.4/5
Location
4.1/5
Safety
4.6/5
Value for money
4.5/5
Duane M - May 2025
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
5/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Duane M
Family with teenagers

Wou nie huistoe gaan nie! Baie gerus!

Ons het dit verskriklik geniet! Nickis en sy span was uitstekend, rustig, lekker mense - mense plek!

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Didn't want to go home! Very relieved!

We had a great time! Nickis and his team were excellent, peaceful, nice people - people place!

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Petro D - Apr 2025
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
5/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Petro D
Family with teenagers

Lekker gebly en veilige omgewing, gasheer Nickus is uitstekend.

Ons het heerlik gebly.

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Nice stay and safe environment, host Nickus is excellent.

We had a wonderful stay.

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Craig P - Apr 2025
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
5/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Craig P
With partner

Amazing experience, clean and well kept with friendly staff. Location is perfect.

We absolutely loved our time at Nwabu Lodge. The camp is spotless and the staff are very friendly and helpful. The pool area is great, as well as the dining area. We had fun playing pool and darts. The location is perfect as well. Nicely placed between the beach and the town. The entertainment that was organised was also great, even though we couldn't attend all of it. We have some suggestions for improving the glamping part of the camp (where we stayed). These are not complaints, only suggestions: The shower: To prevent unnecessary maintenance to the bathroom, extend the shower floor from wall to wall to prevent splashing onto the wooden floor and tile the rest of the wall around the shower. This will prevent possible mould or rot from occurring and also prevent the floor from being slippery. Power: Install a multi-plug in the kitchenette where the fridge is plugged in and have cabling running from that power supply to the tent so that the guest has a power point to charge devices inside the tent instead of risking leaving them in the kitchen to charge. It can run around the back and through the same door that the fan's cable comes through. You can also have the cable be directly connected to the conduit. Remotes for lights: We found that only two of the remotes worked for the lights, and that the bathroom and sink light were on the same remote. Maybe label the remotes so that all know which remote controls which light. Even just a colour code would work. Chest of drawers: We suggest putting silica gel sachets or some other dehydrating solution inside the chest of drawers, as we noticed some damp forming inside them due to the humidity. This will prevent any mould from happening and causing possible illness to sensitive guests. The cleaning staff should also make sure the insides of the drawers are wiped down as well. Look into WiFi repeaters to boost the signal to the back of the camp as well, if possible. Highly recommend this lodge for some quiet time away from the busy city life.

Nwabu Lodge 's response

Thank you so much for the suggestions! We acknowledge your advice and will definitely implement all your ideas. Thank you for the great review! Please visit us again,

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Anonymous Guest - Mar 2025
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
5/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Anonymous Guest
With friends

I will not stay anywhere else in Sodwana than Nwabu lodge.

Wonderful! We were a large group and had a wonderful stay and visit.

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Tanya S - Mar 2025
Overall rating
Cleanliness
4/5
Service
5/5
Location
4/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Tanya S
Family with teenagers

Stayed for a week to swim and scuba dive with 4 teenagers. The lodge was great.

Nice location and plenty of space for our family. The staff and manager were very helpful and made our stay very enjoyable. We will be back!

Nwabu Lodge 's response

Thank you for your feedback, we would love to host you and your family again!

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Daniel N - Apr 2025
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
4/5
Safety
4/5
Value for money
4/5
Daniel N
Family with teenagers

Excellent.

The place is very clean. The staff is extremely helpful and friendly. They try to go out of their way to accommodate you. Well worth the money spent.

Jan K - Dec 2024
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
4/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Jan K
With partner

Excellent.

Excellent, staff very helpful and friendly.

Susan V - Dec 2024
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
4/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Susan V
Family with young children

Vakansie saam ons 10 & 12 jarige seuns.

Dit is 'n baie oulike plekkie en ons sal beslis weer bespreek. Die eienaars is vriendelik, die restaurant/kroeg mense is baie gasvry en gesellig. Hulle laat jou sommer welkom voel. Die chalet word elke dag mooi skoon gemaak en die res van die personeel is altyd gereed om te help op of aflaai. Sodwana is warm, bring nog 'n waaier saam.

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Vacation with our 10 & 12 year old boys.

This is a very nice place and we will definitely book again. The owners are friendly, the restaurant/bar people are very hospitable and sociable. They make you feel welcome. The chalet is cleaned every day and the rest of the staff are always ready to help with loading or unloading. Sodwana is hot, bring a fan with you.

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Anonymous Guest - Jun 2024
Overall rating
Cleanliness
4/5
Service
5/5
Location
3/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
3/5
Anonymous Guest
Family with teenagers

Comfortable and neat.

We had a nice stay. The rooms were neat and comfortable. We had some problems with the water.

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Elna O - Jan 2024
Overall rating
Cleanliness
4/5
Service
4/5
Location
4/5
Safety
3/5
Value for money
4/5
Elna O
With partner

Baie lekker.

Dit was lekker, dankie.

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Very nice.

It was nice, thanks.

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Vicky B - Apr 2023
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
5/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Vicky B
Family with teenagers

Alles en meer.

Ons het so lekker gebly by Nwabu. Die slaap-6 is groot binne en elke kamer slaap heerlik, daar is 'n groot swembad en elke plekkie het 'n braai-area. Dis mooi en skoon binne. Dit was ook net 7 km van die strand af. Baie dankie vir die goeie diens.

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Everything and more.

We had such a nice stay at Nwabu. The 6 bedrooms are large inside and each room sleeps well, there is a large swimming pool and each spot has a braai area. It's nice and clean inside. It was also only 7 km from the beach. Thank you very much for the good service.

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Baie dankie Vicky, dit was n groot plieiser om julle hier te he. Hoop ons sien julle gou weer.

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Line L - Apr 2023
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
4/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Line L
Large group

Fantasties

Dit was 'n bitter aangename bestuurder wat met alles gehelp het indien nodig. Plek was baie mooi. Swembad was altyd mooi skoon. Daar is 'n waaier in elke kamer. Daar is 'n generator vir loadshedding tyd. Daar is net 'n effense probleem met warm water gewees by van die storte. Maar overall n fantastiese, onvergeetlike vakansie met lekker verblyf.

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Fantastic

It was a very pleasant driver who helped with everything if needed. Place was very nice. Pool was always nice and clean. There is a fan in every room. There is a generator for loadshedding time. There was only a slight problem with hot water at some of the showers. But overall a fantastic, unforgettable holiday with nice accommodation.

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Nwabu Lodge 's response

Baie dankie julle, julle was n awsome groot familie en net n plisier om julle hier te he. Hoop ons sien julle gou weer.

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Marco D - Dec 2020
Overall rating
Cleanliness
4/5
Service
4/5
Location
4/5
Safety
4/5
Value for money
4/5
Marco D
Family with young children

Baie lekker.

Dame baie vriendelik en lekker gekuier.

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Very nice.

Lady very friendly and had a great time.

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Nwabu Lodge 's response

Baie dankie Marco, dit was 'n plesier om julle hier te hê en ons sien uit daarna om julle weer te sien.

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Yolande I - Jan 2020
Overall rating
Cleanliness
4/5
Service
3/5
Location
4/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
4/5
Yolande I
Family with young children

Ons het heerlik gebly, baie ruim en skoon. Die lugversorger het ongelukkig nie gewerk nie.

Ons het baie lekker gebly, kinders het die swembad ten volle benut. Dit was baie warm.

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We had a wonderful stay, very spacious and clean. Unfortunately, the air conditioner did not work.

We had a great time, children made full use of the pool. It was very hot.

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Johan D - Mar 2020
Overall rating
Cleanliness
4/5
Service
4/5
Location
3/5
Safety
4/5
Value for money
4/5
Johan D
With partner

Baie rustig tussen vriendelike mense.

Personeel baie vriendelik en gasvry. Sal hulle weer besoek.

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Very peaceful among friendly people.

Staff very friendly and hopsitable. Will go back.

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Chané O - Jul 2018
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
5/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Chané O
With friends

Verblyf daar is uitstekend met die wonderlikste mense wat in berheer is.

Die gasvryheid wat teenoor ons getoon was, was uitstekend met die vriendlikste mense. Die huis waarin ons gebly het was netjies en baie gemaklik. Sal definitief weer soontoe gaan en dit aanbeveel vir ander mense.

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Stay there is excellent with the most wonderful people in charge.

The hospitality shown to us was excellent with the friendliest people. The house we stayed in was neat and very comfortable. Will definitely go there again and recommend it to other people.

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Baie dankie Chane. Ons hoop om julle weer hier te ontvang.

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Joanene M - Jan 2018
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
4/5
Location
5/5
Safety
3/5
Value for money
5/5
Joanene M
Family with young children

Bekostigbare, netjiese rustige verblyf.

Die lodge het ‘n pragtige tuin en swembad met netjiese geriewe, geleë in ’n rustige area.

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Affordable, neat, peaceful accommodation.

The lodge has a beautiful garden and pool with safe facilities, and located in a beautiful area.

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Lazyja S - May 2018
Overall rating
Cleanliness
1/5
Service
1/5
Location
5/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
3/5
Lazyja S
Large group

Baie basies maar gerieflik. Met beter toesig oor perseel en personeel kan dit baie lekker plekkie wees. Maar ons sal nie weer teruggaan nie.

Ons het 4 6 bed chalets gebruik. Met ons aankoms moes hul die een yskas vervang want hy maak nie koud nie. Hy was toegepak onder die ys. Die water was letterlik in al vier woonstelle elke liewe dag 'n probleem. Ons klagtes het gevoel soos moeite. Die verskonings het geensins sin gemaak nie omrede dit gasgeysers is nie. Daar was letterlik nie warm water nie. In die een woonstel het hy na die 3de dag 'n battery kom vervang en van toe af het die woonstel ten minste warm water gehad. Die ander 3 nie. Die kinders kon nie pool speel of TV-kyk nie omrede die opsigter TV-kyk en vir hul sê om stil te bly en nie raas nie. Hy kyk TV waar die gaste se onthaalarea is. Die braailig by die swembad werk nie. Dis aangemeld die eerste aand. Dis nie vervang nie. Twee van die chalets se stowe was so vuil binne. Ons wou dit nie gebruik nie. Die een stoof is die skoonmakers ontbied om die maaiers te kom verwyder uit die oond. Twee woonstelle se beddegoed is so vuil en die handdoeke het so gestink. Die verduideliking wat ons gekry het is die water was vuil na die krag af was en die beddegoed was gewas in die modderwater. Maar dis 'skoon' genoeg vir gaste. Die probleem daar is dat alles oorgelaat word aan die personeel en die opsigters nie na alles kyk nie. Die voorlaaste dag het die tannie eers kom vra wat alles fout was omrede ons toe regtig begin ongelukkig geraak het. Ons was daar vir 4 aande.

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Very basic but comfortable. With better supervision of premises and staff it could be a very nice place. But we will not go back again.

We used 4 6 bed chalets. When we arrived they had to replace the one fridge because it doesn't get cold. He was covered under the ice. The water was literally a problem in all four apartments every single day. Our complaints felt like effort. The excuses didn't make any sense because they are gas geysers. There was literally no hot water. In one apartment he came to replace a battery after the 3rd day and from then on the apartment at least had hot water. The other 3 do not. The children could not play pool or watch TV because the caretaker was watching TV and told them to keep quiet and not make noise. He watches TV where the guests' reception area is. The braai light by the pool is not working. It was reported the first night. It's not replaced. Two of the chalets' stoves were so dirty inside. We didn't want to use it. One stove, the cleaners were called to come and remove the maggots from the oven. Two apartments' bedding is so dirty and the towels smelled so bad. The explanation we got was that the water was dirty after the power went out and the bedding was washed in the muddy water. But it's 'clean' enough for guests. The problem there is that everything is left to the staff and the caretakers don't look after everything. On the penultimate day, the aunt only came to ask what was wrong because then we really started to get unhappy. We were there for 4 nights.

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Nwabu Lodge 's response

We are very disappointed with this feedback and sincerely apologise for your bad experience. We have since appointed new management who have successfully brought about numerous positive changes to our establishment. We pride ourselves in being a child-friendly and customer orientated lodge. All facilities have undergone renovations and upgrades and we sincerely hope you will consider another visit. Please feel free to contact us as we would love the opportunity to make up for your past experience.

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Marie-lou E - May 2017
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
5/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Marie-lou E
With friends

Baie lekker en ontspanne.

Die skadunette is 'n groot wins. Baie gemaklik en goeie diens.

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Very nice and relaxing.

The shade nets are great. Very comfortable and good service.

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Chantel O - Dec 2017
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
4/5
Location
4/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Chantel O
Large group

Baie bly oor my keuse.

Ek is bly oor my keuse om daar te gebly het saam my familie. Ek sou verkies as daar beter beligting en sein rondom die huisies was, maar ek sal beslis weer in die toekoms daar bly.

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Very happy with my choice.

I am happy about my choice to stay there with my family. I would prefer if there was better lighting and signaling around the cottages, but I would definitely stay there again in the future.

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Nwabu Lodge 's response

Baie dankie, Chantel. Dit was heerlik om julle klompie hier te hê. Ek sien uit na die volgende kuier.

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Chris D - May 2017
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
2/5
Location
2/5
Safety
3/5
Value for money
3/5
Chris D
With partner

Mooi plek, maar slegte pad en dubbelbespreking.

Dit was mooi en netjies, maar ons chalet het ander mense in gehad die bord is verblyk, so sonder 'n GPS ry mens maklik verby en die pad na die lodge is maar in 'n toestand.

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Beautiful place but bad road and double booking.

It was beautiful and neat but our chalet had other people in. Die sign is faded so without a GPS you'll drive past it easily and the road to the lodge is in poor condition.

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Lorraine L - Apr 2016
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
5/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Lorraine L
Individual traveller

Het duie plek geniet. Ons sal weer gebruik maak van dit.

Wonderlike plek; netjies en skoon.

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Enjoyed the place. We will use it again.

Wonderful place; neat and clean.

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Danielle S - Feb 2016
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
5/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Danielle S
Family with young children

Baie lekker gebly! Enige tyd weer! Baie dankie.

Skoon en netjies! Was baie lekker om daar te bly. Ek sal nie sommer weer by 'n ander plek bespreek nie.

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Very nice stay! Any time again! Thank you very much.

Clean and tidy! Was very nice to stay there. I won't book anywhere else again.

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Natascha V - Nov 2016
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
3/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Natascha V
Family with young children

Mense was vriendelik.

Verblyf en perseel netjies.

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People were friendly.

Accommodation and premises were neat.

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Estie S - Dec 2016
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
2/5
Safety
4/5
Value for money
4/5
Estie S
With partner

Heerlik, skoon en netjies.

Nwabu Lodge self is heerlik, skoon, netjies en vriendelike gasvrou. Die 6 km strand toe is ook nie 'n probleem, wel die R45 per persoon en R55 per motor elke dag om in iSimangaliso in te gaan.

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Lovely, clean and tidy.

Nwabu Lodge itself is lovely, clean, tidy and friendly hostess. The 6 km to the beach is not a problem either, but the R45 per person and R55 per car every day to enter iSimangaliso.

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Marius C - Mar 2016
Overall rating
Cleanliness
4/5
Service
4/5
Location
3/5
Safety
4/5
Value for money
4/5
Marius C
With friends

Absoluut die verblyf waarna ek opsoek was.

Geen lugversorging in die slaapkamers nie.

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Absolutely the accommodation I was looking for.

No air conditioning in the bedrooms.

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Vanessa B - Dec 2015
Overall rating
Cleanliness
5/5
Service
5/5
Location
5/5
Safety
5/5
Value for money
5/5
Vanessa B
Family with teenagers

Wonderlike vriendelike mense met uitstekende waarde vir geld

Wonderlike vriendelike mense met uitstekende waarde vir geld. Ek sal Nwabu aanbeveel vir enige persoon wat in Sodwana wil gaan vakansie hou.

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Wonderful friendly people with excellent value for money

Wonderful friendly people with excellent value for money. I would recommend Nwabu to anyone looking to holiday in Sodwana.

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Baie dankie Vanessa. Ons hoop om julle gou weer te sien.

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