Mellivora Lodge

Hannes P

Long stay ⋅ Family with young children

5.0

Oct 2023

Awesome. Had an awesome time, will definitely visit again.

Cleanliness

5.0

Service

5.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

5.0

Tyrone F

Short stay ⋅ Family with young children

5.0

May 2023

Terribly nice and beautiful. The visit was very nice. Everything worked and was in place. Saw many animals.

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Cleanliness

5.0

Service

5.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

5.0

Amanda E

Short stay ⋅ Family with teenagers

4.8

Jun 2024

Very very nice stay, nice big house. Was very nice! Andy was very helpful and very friendly. The house is nice and spacious and very close to the gate, we will definitely come again.

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Cleanliness

4.0

Service

5.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

5.0

Charmaine M

Long stay ⋅ Family with teenagers

2.8

Jan 2024

My feeling was that the owner doesn't really care about his guests' comfort. Unfortunately not a nice stay. I personally contacted the owner before we left to make sure there was solar power and a gas stove for loadshedding times. She assured me that they do not get loadshedding at home and therefore we were not prepared at all when we did form part of the loadshedding schedule. We could not open windows when the air conditioning went off because there was no mosquito netting in front of the windows in the bedrooms and it was therefore very hot. The mosquito nets that were on bathroom windows and doors were broken and of no use. The house is for 8 people, but the pots in the house cannot cook for the amount of people at all, only small pots. The one pot big enough was so burnt I couldn't use it. Borrowed a pot from caretaker to cook for my family, but it was also broken with only one left. No privacy if you barbecue outside on the porch, because the caretaker sits two meters away from you on his chair in front of his little house. Very agreeable. The caretaker parks his motorcycle with you in the only covered parking and because we drive a big bus, the passenger had to get out of the back door, otherwise you bump into the motorcycle. The house was not clean at all. There were three different colors of soap on the soap dish in the second bathroom when we got there, and toothpaste marks in the upstairs bathroom. I had to properly clean the bathrooms myself first. The floors make your feet dirty when you walk barefoot and the sofa smells dirty and full of dust. The beds were uncomfortable and did not sleep well. The hammock on the outside deck was broken. The plasticware that the owner has in the house for guests' use looks like it's stuff that someone else threw away and we couldn't use it to pack picnic stuff. The gas stove works with a lighter because the stove's lighter does not work. The caretaker had to show us how the stove works because there is a certain technique to lighting the stove. The house needs a good cleaning, new plasticware, mosquito nets and a gas stove. The owner is welcome to put loadshedding lights/bulbs in the house. The wooden deck is terribly loud in terms of noise when someone moves up there, especially with the pool table. The stairs to the upper floor are terribly narrow, steep and unsafe. The WiFi in the master bedroom was terribly bad.

My gevoel was dat die eienaar nie regtig omgee vir sy gaste se gerief nie. Ongelukkig nie lekker gebly nie. Ek het die eienaar persoonlik gekontak voor ons vertrek om seker te maak of daar sonkrag en 'n gasstoof is vir loadshedding tye. Sy het my verseker dat hulle nie loadshedding kry by die huis nie en derhalwe was ons glad nie voorbereid toe ons wel deel vorm van die loadshedding skedule nie. Ons kon nie vensters oopmaak as lugverkoeling afagaan nie, want daar was nie muskietgaas voor die vensters in die slaapkamers nie en was dit dus baie warm. Die muskietgaas wat op badkamervensters en deure was, was stukkend en van geen nut. Die huis is vir 8 mense, maar die potte in die huis kan glad nie vir die hoeveelheid mense kook nie, slegs klein potjies. Die een pot wat groot genoeg is, was so gebrand ek kon dit nie gebruik nie. Het 'n pot by opsigter gaan leen om vir my gesin kos te maak, maar dit was ook stukkend met net een oor. Geen privaatheid as jy buite op stoep braai nie, want die opsigter sit twee meter van jou af op sy stoel voor sy huisie. Baie akward. Die opsigter parkeer sy motorfiets saam met jou in die enigste onderdak parkering en omdat ons 'n groot bus ry, moes die passassier by die agterdeur uitklim, anders stamp jy aan die motorfiets. Die huis was glad nie skoon nie. Drie verskillende kleure seep was in die tweede badkamer op die seepbakkie toe ons daar aankom, en tandepaste merke in die boonste badkamer. Ek moes self eers die badkamers ordentlik skoonmaak. Die vloere maak jou voete vuil as jy kaalvoet loop en die bank ruik vuil en vol stof. Die beddens was ongemaklik en het nie lekker geslaap nie. Die hangmat op die buite dek was gebreek. Die plastiekware wat die eienaar vir gaste se gebruik in die huis het, lyk asof dit goed is wat iemand anders weggegooi het en ons kon dit nie gebruik om piekniek goed te pak nie. Die gasstoof werk met 'n aansteker, want die stoof se aansteker werk nie. Die opsigter moes ons wys hoe die stoof werk, want daar is 'n sekere tegniek om die stoof aan te steek. Die huis kort 'n goeie skoonmaak, nuwe plastiekware, muskietnette en 'n gasstoof. Die eienaar kan gerus loadshedding ligte/gloeilampe in die huis sit. Die houtdek is verskriklik hard tov geraas as iemand daar bo beweeg, veral met die pooltafel. Die trappe na die boonste vloer is verskriklik smal, steil en onveilig. Die WiFi in die hoofslaapkamer was verskriklik sleg.

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Cleanliness

2.0

Service

2.0

Location

4.0

Safety

4.0

Value for money

2.0

Hester B

Short stay ⋅ Family with teenagers

4.0

Jul 2023

Excellent location. Everything that could possibly be needed was available. Lots of animals visiting place. Will visit again and again.

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Cleanliness

3.0

Service

4.0

Location

5.0

Safety

3.0

Value for money

5.0

Anonymous Guest

Short stay ⋅ Family with teenagers

3.2

Apr 2023

Cleanliness

2.0

Service

3.0

Location

4.0

Safety

4.0

Value for money

3.0

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Marion

Mellivora Lodge

Thanks for your feedback. The tenants renting the cottage are also the caretakers but when she works she is collected in the morning and dropped in the afternoon by a driver as she doesn’t have her own transport. If having people on the premises is a problem then you could have enquired beforehand. When the Open View decoder was stolen we decided to replace it with Netflix, Disney and Amazon Prime. We have removed all references to Open View from our website.

Robyn K

Short stay ⋅ Family with young children

5.0

Oct 2022

Lovely. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone going to Marloth Park.

Cleanliness

5.0

Service

5.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

5.0

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Marion

Mellivora Lodge

Thanks. We are so happy you enjoyed your stay.

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Morne V

Short stay ⋅ With friends

5.0

Aug 2022

Perfect destination. We really enjoyed our stay. Will definitely come back again.

Cleanliness

5.0

Service

5.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

5.0

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Marion

Mellivora Lodge

Thank you. I am so glad you enjoyed your stay.

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Faiza H

Short stay ⋅ Family with young children

4.8

Dec 2022

Happiness. Perfect location, only downfall was the power outages.

Cleanliness

5.0

Service

4.0

Location

5.0

Safety

5.0

Value for money

5.0

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Marion

Mellivora Lodge

Thanks for the feedback. Electricity supply at Marloth is a huge problem especially during peak times. We are planning a backup solar system for the future depending on funds.

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Sharon H

Short stay ⋅ With partner

4.6

Oct 2022

Lovely. We enjoyed our stay. Everything was in a good condition.

Cleanliness

4.0

Service

5.0

Location

5.0

Safety

4.0

Value for money

5.0

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