Not that you have arrived at the Game Lodge you will be greeted by very friendly and attentive people that will show you to your room and provide you with information regarding your guide. Your guide, whoever your assigned to, will be the driver you will be with for the duration of your stay. All the guides were wonderful, very friendly and knowledgable. You will be offered 2 safaris a day. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. An afternoon drive may be replaced with a night safari in order to see the nocturnal animals such as the leopard and the hippo out of the water. The morning safaris went out at 8:00 am and lasted about 2 hours or so, depending on how much wildlife you saw. The afternoon safari would go out at 3pm and again last 2 hours. You will be riding in Range Rover vehicles with tops but no sides that seat a total of 11 people including your guide. The guides stay in touch with each other constantly via radio to help each other in finding the animals. I strongly suggest you bring binoculars and a good camera with a telephoto lens. Ours was a 70/200mm which worked well but a 300mm would have been much better. You will be amazed as to how close you will get to the animals. There will actually be times when your guide will allow you to get out of the Rover and go on foot to get closer to some of the animals. We were just yards away from a mother cheetah with her 3 cubs. When taking pictures try to get on the same level as your subject whenever possible. This positioning will give you the optimal photograph. Many of ours were taken while lying on our stomachs in the brush.
There is a bar located in the restaurant area where you can find just about anything you'd like to drink and the prices are very reasonable. You will be provided 2 bottles of water each day in your room at no cost. However any additional water you will have to pay for.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served buffet style each day in the dinning room. There were 2 days when lunch was ordered off a menu but this is only offered when there is a minimal number of diners. The buffet offered is extensive and offers several different options from vegetarian to fish and meat. The desserts are amazing so be sure to leave room for them. A few nights our chef included bushmeat on the buffet. Wart Hog and Impala which were both very very good. I will tell you there is nothing offered between meals but given the array of food offered at meal times you really wont want anything in between. You don't want to keep any food in your room either unless it is in an airtight container or you will be joined by ants.
There is a small pool right outside some of the rooms that over looks the valley. Depending on the time of year you travel its a nice place to sit and relax with a glass of wine and just soak in the beautiful view. This is also where you will find wart hogs and impala grazing on the grassy lawn area.
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