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User Reviews of Balule Nature Reserve (35 Reviews)

Balule Safaris South Africa
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Average User Rating

4.4000 / 5 4.4 /5
4.4118 / 5 4.3939 / 5 4.4516 / 5 4.4348 / 5

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1 star 1 / 10 1
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Male avatar icon Ian Matthews Australia flag AU       Visited: January 2024 Reviewed: Feb 25, 2024

Email Ian Matthews  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

5 / 5 5 /5
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So peaceful and serene. We saw plenty of animals in a short space of time. Really excited to be there.

Avatar icon MyWildlife France flag FR       Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Nov 25, 2023

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The review below is the personal opinion of MyWildlife and not that of SafariBookings.

Disappointing

3 / 5 3 /5
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Very dry landscape, very little wildlife. Some lions, leopards and wild dogs. Almost no herbivores. I do not recommend reserving at the end of the dry season for this reason.

Male avatar icon Wojciech Koziołek Poland flag PL       Visited: May 2023 Reviewed: May 21, 2023

Email Wojciech Koziołek  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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Amazing lion sightings (very cloes to the car!), we saw pride of lions a couple of times. Lots of rhinos (we saw 6 of them in one day!!), in general great safari destination,

Female avatar icon Sarah Hulett United States flag US       Visited: February 2023 Reviewed: Mar 16, 2023

Email Sarah Hulett  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

5 / 5 5 /5
5 / 5 5 / 5 5 / 5 5 / 5

So much fun!!!

Female avatar icon Billie Switzerland flag CH       Visited: October 2022 Reviewed: Oct 30, 2022

Email Billie  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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We got lucky as the reserve was not crowded and the guides both funny and competent

Female avatar icon Terri United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: September 2022 Reviewed: Oct 17, 2022

Email Terri  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
5 / 5 5 / 5 5 / 5 0 / 5

Because it was small we were able to see so many animals and the guides alerted others so that everyone could have a chance to see them. We also went on a bush walk and saw loads of hippo. And on the bush braii a hyena sat by the fire. Fabulous thank you

Female avatar icon Kirsten Netherlands flag NL       Visited: September 2022 Reviewed: Oct 17, 2022

Email Kirsten  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

5 / 5 5 /5
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Smaller more quiet reserve. Better observation of animals.

Male avatar icon Enrique Del Castillo United States flag US       Visited: March 2019 Reviewed: Apr 6, 2019

Email Enrique Del Castillo  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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Didn't get to see the Big 5, but did see many lions, elephants and buffalo. Missed out on the leopard and the rhinoceros. Amazingly didn't see a single giraffe.

Female avatar icon Jacqueline H. United States flag US       Visited: September 2018 Reviewed: Nov 7, 2018

Email Jacqueline H.  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

5 / 5 5 /5
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Perfection. Everything was perfect.

Female avatar icon Emily United States flag US       Visited: July 2018 Reviewed: Aug 15, 2018

Email Emily  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

5 / 5 5 /5
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Saw lots of wildlife, the bush walk was great. The guides were very informative.