Kruger Shalati - Train on the Bridge & Garden Suites

What a spectacular place!!! Visited with my friend for a few days. It was her first time in South Africa. Experience left such a beautiful impression of our beautiful country and its people❤️❤️❤️ The place and staff were AMAZING!!! So friendly, helpful, cheerful - always a pleasure to be around. The food and drinks provided were delicious and spectacular. Our room was always clean, made up and fully stocked with drinks and snacks. The game drives were informative and spectacular - phenomenal drivers. Transportation from and to the airport was timely and fantastic! Definitely recommend staying here!!! Special thanks to Victor, Benedict, Reyneke*, Sam, Jane, Hamilton, Imagine, Marita, S’fiso, and the list goes on😁😁😁 My friends and I are already planning our next visit back!!!

Lovely hotel - rooms are amazing with beautiful views down the river, food is excellent and staff are lovely! Special shout outs to Andile, Angel, Sam and Lisa who made our stay even more special :)

Stayed here with my wife and thought it was excellent. The hotel is not all based on the train. The main reception and restaurant are buildings on the bank of the river along with a small amount of bedroom chalets in a semi circle beside the hotel. The hotel was spotless and the restaurant was on a platform overlooking the river. Our bedroom chalet was among the nicest rooms we've ever stayed in. The front section was the bedroom area looking out through a full glass front onto the central area. From the room it was not possible to look down into the River valley. The rear of the bedroom was a full width bathroom with huge bath, separate shower and wc. Spacious luxurious and very clean. There was a kettle and mini bar with complementary drinks and snacks. The bridge has a central lounge car in the train but having a fear of heights, the walkway was high and I was glad we were in the land based room. The walk from the train bedrooms to the restaurant is about 100m I would guess so the land bedrooms are a little more convenient but lack the view of the wildlife with elephants and hippos visible below the train. Service throughout was excellent and the staff were excellent. One night we were there, they had an outdoor buffet which was very good and traditional singers / dancers entertained us. Food was very good but range not quite as extensive as another hotel we stayed in. Breakfast was very nice but I felt it was limited by not having a buffet, this is the only feature I thought could be improved. Dinner was not buffet either but the food and service was very good. Because the hotel is in the park, game drives were not limited by the park gate openings and this is a big advantage as the park is less busy and we were able to track two Lions hunting a buffalo herd, without having twenty other vehicles jostling for position. The game drives were excellent and much better than the drive we did with the drive we previously did starting outside the park. Everything was included in the rate, food,drinks, drives and whilst expensive to us, it wasn't very different in cost to a hotel that charges for each drive, and had the big advantage of park access after dark. As the drives are the reason for our stay, we would consider the train on the bridge a better place to stay and would certainly stay here again.