Areena Riverside Resort, Caravan Park & Private Game Reserve

Great place to spend time with family and friends, the en suite double rooms is so amazing! It's better than many hotel rooms we've stayed in! Great quality bedding with all the amenities that you might need, the kitchen is also well equipped, if you want to cook your own meals you will not be missing anything!! The property has a lovely pool( with a very strict, but kind caretaker 😉) and a restaurant, we had their delicious pizzas and everyone loved it! Cant wait to visit again!!!

Nestled right in nature. What sets this Areena campsite apart is its unwavering commitment to giving their campers the best time at the best price. The fact that you can camp with your 4 legged fur babies makes the experience unforgettable. Now you start counting the birds, fluffy little rabbits and the rest of the animals you will find yourself in paradise. With a river and mountains that looks like you are in Vietnam you will wonder in what country you are... don’t let the campground cheat you with its beauty, you will wonder if you walked into a small Switzerland village. The staff is the BEST, form the Owner to the young, good looking office girls and each worker that is involved there. Friendliness and eagerness to assist with a big smile and the humour with their jokes, unbelievable. The ablutions was perfectly cleaned and moped every single day. Never ran out of toilet paper or hand soap. Oh, if you are a pensioner you are in for a treat. Free pensioners lunch with sandwiches, pudding, cake and coffee once a week. Special rates at their restaurant, what more must they do to treat you like royalty. We planned and booked for 3 months camping, we cancelled another appointment and stayed a month longer. The best long-term camping price in the whole South Africa. AREENA WANTS YOU THERE. :)

Good service, multiple options of activities available, good game animals for viewing, nice courteous staff. Not 5 as SA flag is old and ripped, and has shreds as compared to others. Hope they take of this. Food is lovely and nicely priced

Decided to do the qaud bike tour here along with my family. What a time we had. Guide was super friendly and the staff at front desk were no different. Awesome trail and super fun. We will be back.

Had the most amazing time at this resort. Extremely well managed with super friendly staff and with so much on offer for all to partake in,from Quad bikes to fishing,hikes,Giraffe encounters,paintball,zip lines,game drives ,boat cruises,dining and the of course the most amazing views as well as being surrounded by pure nature.

Well maintained. Great food. Friendly people. But poorly coordinated. Restaurant made it impossible to make our booking for activities although we left an hour to do so. Asked for latitude but landed up waiting an extra hour. Through no fault of ours. Each individual event great but the blaming each other and poor efficiency messed up the day.

What was meant to be a 3 night stay, ended being 7 nights. What a wonderful campsite. Perfectly appointed and so clean. The ablutions were spotless. Situated on the Kwelera river and plenty of trees for shade. Canoes available at a very reasonable rate, so made the most of the opportunity. Loved the fact that we were visited daily but a buck, ostrich, peacock and even a big tortoise. One of the friendliest staff we have experienced in our road tripping in our campervan. Altogether, a fantastic experience and we will be back again. Thank you for giving us that space to chill and reboot. Well done to all

We stayed at Areena Riverside Resort for a month camping in our motorhome alongside the river with our friends. It was our 2nd visit here and just as lovely as the 1st time. Saw many animals and did lots of walking and sightseeing. I would highly recommend this venue as well as their restaurant on site. We enjoyed the Sunday lunch every week for R150 each and well worth every cent. Ed, the owner, is totally hands-on and friendly and helpful. He even towed our friend's motorhome up the wet road when we were leaving. Great experience all round and highly recommended.