Singita Boulders

Upon arrival at Singita Boulders lodge, you are warmly welcomed by the Singita team. ||Absolutely beautifully decorated with amazing views of the river and watering hole.|Great outdoor and indoor dining and lounge areas. Pool, gym and spa area is lovely set in a tranquil environment.|One of the best wine cellars with an assortment of exclusive wines.|Large outdoor boma with sufficient space to host boma dinners with great entertainment.||The Bush Suite is uniquely decorated, ample space with a private lounge area, central fireplace, indoor and outdoor shower, large heated outdoor pool and relaxing deck area overlooking the watering hole. Excellent amenities and the mini bar and laundry are complimentary. ||Cuisine and beverages were outstanding, and the service was excellent.||Singita Boulders Lodge is next level extraordinary!

Stunning, luxurious lodge – not a camp – with sliding *glass* doors (not screens, unlike other camps we visited) and both central air and heating, so no one’s cold at night! ||Extraordinarily appointed “rooms” – with a library, central stone fireplace, and a heated (heated!) private infinity pool overlooking the Sands River, where elephant, leopards, buffalo, and lions strolled from time to time (although a troop of monkeys decided to pass through and take a sip from the pool as I watched). Thoughtfully designed rooms even included art supplies, lovely wildlife books, lounge chairs by the pool, outside shower...wow. The service (Ernesto and Perfect) was, in fact, perfect. ||On our first game drive after arrival our guide Matt and tracker Sid took us to photograph several lumbering rhinos, and on our last day, a family of rare endangered cheetah sunning themselves. Incredible food with, among other things, local impala impeccably prepared on the menu.

Singita did not disappoint. We squeezed this stay in between attending a friend's wedding in kwaZulu-Natal & Benguerra Island. We ended up wishing we had stayed longer here and spent less time at Benguerra Island. ||The accommodation was spot-on. We had a villa facing the river and saw elephants / buffalos every day we were there from the comfort of the plunge pool. There's a diff food menu daily and the team respected our wishes when we asked for smaller portion. It was clean, it was comfortable, and it almost made us want to stay in our room and not go on the game drives! ||What I will say is that the devil is in the detail and Singita excels at this: a drawing kit in the room, fleece poncho for the colder evening, a hot water bottle for the chilly morning game drive, toiletry kit for when nature calls while we were on a game drive, SPF in the room and in the vehicle, a binocular for each guest... the list goes on. They are all SUCH minute detail that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to prepare; and yet, most of the other lodges never thought to do the same.||While game viewing in Sabi Sands is always good, you sometimes get stuck with people who want different things. We were lucky to not have to share the vehicle with anyone else. Our guide Marc and tracker Golden were AMAZING and delivered almost everything on our wish list -- chief among them: leopards. The 2 of them tracked down 3 different leopards in 3 days. To be able to find elusive cats, and to be able to sit in the peace and quiet of nature to observe them is SUCH a treat and such a highlight. So big thank you for both Marc and Golden for the experience. ||Now, post departure follow up:||My husband was severely bitten by insects while at Singita, ticks and god knows what else. He removed the ticks himself and didn't think much of it as this is what happens when you are in the bush. Once we got to Mozambique, one of the bites started looking rather horrid and his lymp nodes started swelling up. I got worried. I sent an email to an email address I had for Boulders hoping that someone can take a look at the wound. I was very clear that this is not about placing blames, but rather, we just wanted to know if this is a "BAU" bite that is commonly seen in/around the lodge, or if this is something we should perhaps rush to a hospital for. No one ever replied. By the time we got back home, his lymphs were swollen in multiple places. I asked the travel agent for help reaching out to Singita. While waiting to get a response, my husband went to the ER twice with additional symptoms that showed up. We were eventually put in touch with a doctor there 6 days after my first email (which was never responded to) BUT the singita contacts put us in touch with a doctor who is OOO. We got 1 reply from him before he became unreachable so we are kinda back to square 1 again? I mean, thank god it seems like the bite is a common one (seems to be African tick bite fever). Can't imagine what would have happened if this is something more serious. ||For us, I suppose the stay was SO wonderful / so personalized that we had hoped a request like this, even if this is something that's normal for the bush, would be taken with more urgency? And more accuracy? At least connect with someone who hasn't turned on the OOO response? We made it very clear on numerous occassion that we were not looking to place blames bc we understand that this is part of being in the bush. All we wanted was for an expert to guide us with a "ah yes, don't worry" or "tell your city doctor to look / test for a / b/ c and d" This was very disappointing as we expected more from Singita and def dimmered the high we had from the stay. | |a suggestion: maybe Singita can provide an email address that has a SLA of 24H for departing guests in case if they experience anything out of the norm?||To wrap it up: the stay was wonderful and we will be back again even with this whole insect bite incident.

We spent 3 nights at Singita Boulders as part of a larger family trip to South Africa. This was our 4th Africa Safari trip. Singita truly has accomplished something very special. The lodge is breathtaking and the rooms are extremely large and beautifully designed. We loved the heated pool and watching elephants and monkeys from our patio. Of course the highlight is the safari. We were fortunate to have Lucy and Rennick as our guide and tracker. They are truly experts at their craft combined with the passion and care they provided every day. Thank you so very much for taking such good care of our family! We will cherish the memories for a lifetime.

Everyone was so nice and welcoming to us. The interior was amazing, the rooms were great, and the service was exceptional. We were in the perfect location to view many animals. I recommend this place 100%.

We had an amazing experience here, starting with landing on the airstrip and seeing a family of elephants next to it. The twice a day safaris were great, and out guide and tracker, George and Themba, made sure that we saw all of the animals. Their knowledge of the animals and Kruger National Park was phenomenal! Shout outs to Ernest, Cussler, Michaela, and Enuwel for making our stay a trip that we will never forget.

Of all the African wildlife lodges we have visited over the last 50 years, this is by far the best. Sabi sands natural reserve, adjacent to the Kruger Park, has fantastic wildlife variety, in a relatively small privately managed area. The lodge is luxurious, set up with a number of separate bungalows, each with a number of bedrooms. Everything is first class, inclusive of excellent meals and an amazing wine cellar with a large selection of the best South African wines. ||The staff is welcoming and attentive to all your needs, and the game drives with Jonathan and Martin were amazing, due to their vast knowledge about the behaviour of the smallest birds and lizards, as well as about the big game. Every morning and evening game drive was almost sure to offer views of the big five, as well as more elusive species, as Cheetah and African Wild Dogs. Many thanks to Jonathan and Martin for memorable days together, and to the professional staff, none mentioned and none forgotten.

Just wrapped up an insanely great 3 nights at Singita Boulders lodge. This is an Ultra Luxury experience in the same vein as the greatest; Ritz and Mandarin Oriental. The great? The property is sitting on the most picturesque spot in South Africa. Imagine a cool stream along a sandy beach with several one ton boulders. Now imagine it filled with elephants, lions, impala, warthogs while the giraffes look down across the canyon. That is what you will experience. The food and wine are top shelf. The spa was top shelf. Again, comparable to mandarin oriental like experiences. And most importantly the safari experiences were top notch. Our guide was named George and his preference was to visit the animals within feet, not hundreds of feet, not miles. And at several times we became part of the herd and part of the hunt. So what could they do better? We all can. The WiFi was poor. It seldom worked. Why does this matter? If you are an executive you may need to work for a few hours in between safaris. The service was great but with exception of an amazing server named "Gift" it was as memorable as we would like. But "gift" was amazing enough to warrant coming back just because of her! So there you go. Enjoy. Just know that if you are a working executive you may have issues around crunch time (end of quarters, tax time, big legal case, etc...). Looking forward to coming back soon!