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Ant's Hill & Ant's Nest

Vaalwater 0530, South Africa
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Ant's Hill & Ant's Nest
5.0 of 5 stars 44 Reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012 NEW

I don't have enough superlatives in my vocabulary to do justice to the time we spent at Ants Hill. First of all - the horses were great....really well schooled and perfectly adapted to the terrain. Secondly, the staff were willing to accommodate anything we requested. Want to go cycling instead of riding? No problem. Want a daily massage in your... More

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Cambridge, United Kingdom
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 May 2012
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We stayed at Ants Hill for our honeymoon in mid April after doing a Big 5 safari at Madikwe. After coming from a lodge with set times for game drives, breakfast etc it was somewhat strange but rather lovely to be able to set our own times for breakfast and our rides, meaning we could have a lie in and... More

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Colchester, United Kingdom
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 January 2012
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After negotiating the track, which leads to Ants Hill and seeing various wildlife on the way, we arrived in Safari Paradise. The main lodge is a wonderful purpose built building with large indoor and outdoor seating and dining areas. It does not happen often that the reality surpasses the pictures on the website, but this is the case here. We... More

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Norwich, United Kingdom
1 review
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 January 2012

We have just returned from a wonderful Christmas and New Year holiday where we enjoyed the best of everything, beautiful place, perfect care and hospitality, delightful and professional staff who always have the guests needs at heart, lovely riding, delicious food, such comfortable rooms, fantastic level of courtesy. We cannot recommend this more highly. the treat of a lifetime More

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Paris, France
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 January 2012
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Ant's Nest has just been voted Africa's Top Riding Safari 2011 and fully merits the rating. Having done other safaris, I am firmly convinced horseback is the way to do it - it adds another dimension to just sitting in the back of a jeep, makes the trip more interactive and you can get so close to the animals. Ant's... More

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London, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 December 2011

This is a really super place - lovely horses, luxurious accommodation, amazing game and the warmest of welcomes. The accommodation: We felt like personal friends in a relaxed, luxurious home that is sympathetic to it's environment. We do like to be properly comfortable, especially if we're going to be taking a lot of exercise and we weren't disappointed: Our room... More

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Mumbai (Bombay), India
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8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 December 2011

It was our first game lodge stay and what an experience. Luxury at its best...the views and things that you can do here are limitless. We spent 4 days at Ant's hill with our 2 daughters aged 2 and 7.... We were at the cottage a bit away from the main reception area...would be eery to walk back with just... More

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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 December 2011

This is such a special place. Fantastic location in the bush with breathtaking views. I stayed in the luxury cottage.at Ants Hill, which had two baths, one indoors and one outside on the terrace, so I could lie back and look at the stars !! We moved on for the rest of the week to Ant's Nest. We rode different... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 November 2011
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Me and my girlfriend were lucky enough to stay at ants hill and ants nest. Both lodges are very different in what they offer, but the one thing in common is you'll have a wonderful time at both! Ants nest offers a relaxed and family feel, while ants hill has a slightly posher feel, with stunning accommodation but retains a... More

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London, United Kingdom
2 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 November 2011

I stayed at both Ants Nest and Ants Hill and they are both fabulous! The quality of the accomodation is seriously impressive - clean, comfortable, decent size but also really beautiful in an original, non-pretentious and clever style that gives the benefit of feeling like your own home whilst enabling privacy for different groups, couples etc in all its different... More

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