Wild Ivory Eco Lodge

We stayed at Wild Ivory Eco Lodge from 13th to 16th June 2021. It was a fantastic experience and we found the staff to be most humble and willing. I could not help but see the negative report from Lara R with disbelief as this was not the experience we had at all. During our stay the Elephants also broke the water-pipe late at night which meant that there was a water issue in the morning. To be fair these things can happen at a Game Lodge at any time but the staff fixed this problem while we were out on the morning drive and we were able to shower on our return. We also had the power going off at 22H00 pm as the lodge runs off solar power and if there are quite a few guests using hairdryers etc... this can cause same to happen but there is a power back-up Generator that can be turned on. Perhaps the staff could have mentioned this to the Lara R group to be fair. We opted not to have the Generator on because it was already 22H00 pm and not an issue for us. While we were there, the oven mentioned in Lara R report was working but broke after 1 days stay. The staff reacted immediately and an Electrician/Repair person arrived at the lodge to try and fix it. It was established that a certain part was required from the OEM and a request was put in to get the part. From what i understand this part was not easy to procure and had to come from JHB - i think that complaining about the oven etc... is just unfortunate timing for the Lara R Group because of the lead-time required to fix same. This being said... the oven not working did not affect our ability to cook our meals as the rest of the oven was working ie Gas tops etc... so we just cooked our meals that way - no real issues. Having stayed at Wild Ivory on numerous occasions, I have to say that we have never experienced what the Lara R Group is reporting. I would not heed this report at all. Wild Ivory remains one of the best value Big 5 Game Lodges in RSA in my opinion.