We absolutely loved the staff and the very warm welcome!! The accommodations were excellent. The food was phenomenal, and the chef even prepared delicious vegetarian food for half of our family! The airport pick-up staff was friendly and starting showing us animals as we drove from the airport to our lodging. The view of the river from our private patio was just gorgeous, and we witnessed a family of elephants coming down to the river upon arrival. The evening drive and the morning drive were perfect and we were able to see the Big 5… actually only 4 ( didn’t see a rhino) but we all learned so much! We enjoyed every moment and appreciated the parka jackets ( a very cold morning!) and mountain top break with snacks with the morning game drive. FYI: the morning and evening game drives are included with your stay. Highly recommend Leopard Sands for an amazing Kruger Park experience of a lifetime!

It’s a great place for couples, and single travelers looking for solitude. I only wish our family of four could have stayed together in one room or a two-bedroom suite. Our twin teens had their own lodge next to us, which was fine — but we just aren’t accustomed to be away from our girls when we travel abroad. Perhaps Marriott may consider a few family options for accommodation s instead of only 2 to a room? Otherwise we had a fabulous stay!

Well appointed room. Mini bar filled with soft drinks on arrival. Insect repellent was provided. Game drives were excellent. Room had a great view over the river and the resident wildlife (hippos and occasionally elephants).

Mini bar was only stocked for initial arrival. Reception were shocked that I asked for it to be refilled. This is an all inclusive (apart from alcohol) hotel. All other hotels we have stayed at which are classed as all inclusive, restocked the mini bar every day. Also, be prepared to pre-order your evening meal as you can’t decide on the night.

Everything is fantastic!! The setting, view, location, food, service, rooms are all amazing. Exceeded our expectations. Safari drives were brilliant - Jimmy was a great guide and KG and the team really looked after us at the lodge.

One tiny gripe that we booked the 5am game drive and got up ready for it - but it’s actually 5.30am.

The staff were so friendly. The rooms were lovely and immaculate, the staff were very on the ball at keeping it clean and fresh. We loved the game drives too.

Nothing other than leaving :)

Not in the park

The rooms were nice, the staff were very friendly. And we really enjoyed the game drive. However, there are some areas that I didn't like at all: : 1. There was hair on my breakfast twice. Which makes me lose appetite 2. And the eggs for omellette were off (rotten), smelling badly. 3. Complementary cheese board in the room, the cold meat was rotten.

Wonderful outlook over Sabie River. Friendly, engaging and professional staff are a credit to Anita and Joey

This is more of a Tourist trap. For the price you could get something much more authentic and better in the park.

It is on a busy highway outside of the park. Not the bush experience you expect

Generally guesthouse still looking good

Service below standard

We overall had a very pleasant and memorable stay at Leopard Sands. The suites are beautiful, spacious and always very clean. The staff were super friendly and always very helpful and the food was also very good. From the terrace and balconies of the suites you have a nice view of the Kruger National Park, so you always have the chance to see animals, even if you skip a game drive. The guide on our game drives always went out of his way to find the animals we wanted to see and always provided interesting information about the animals. For every game drive we were provided with capes, blankets, water, Softdrinks, tea and coffee. It's great that you can have some laundry cleaned every day free of charge. The laundry was either back in the room freshly washed and ironed the same evening or the next morning, depending on when you put it in the laundry basket.

There are a few things that are not yet properly organised, which is probably because the hotel is very new and everything still needs to settle in. This is an all-inclusive hotel excluding alcoholic drinks. What irritated us was that we received a bill even if we didn't have to pay anything (to make sure we tipped, I guess). Apart from soft drinks and water, all other non-alcoholic drinks were charged, which we also found a bit strange. We always felt pressure to tip constantly. However, this was something that we generally experienced in South Africa, not only at this hotel. One evening we ordered a bottle of wine that was on the menu but not available. The waitress brought us an alternative bottle which ended up being twice as expensive. Normally you would assume that you would get something of equal value or that you would be informed in advance that it was a €70 bottle of wine. Yes, we could have complained on the spot, but we only realised how much the bottle had cost when we looked at the hotel bill again at home. We did enjoy the wine very much, though. If you want to skip a game drive, you can quickly get bored in the hotel, as there is ver little to do there. However, you can book other activities separately and these then take place outside the hotel. The staff go to great lengths to organise things if you actually want to book something outside of the hotel. A spa would be an enrichment for the hotel. If you do want to go to a spa, you have to book this at another location and organise a transfer there. We did know there was no spa, but I still wanted to mention this. In addition, there was no water in the communal pool, so that pool could not be used. No information about this was provided on the website. I am sure that some of these issues will improve over time, but I still wanted to point them out.