Reviews of Tala Collection Game Reserve

The heated floors in the bathroom, the peace and quiet with many animals passing our stoep at night. The very comfy bed and super friendly staff

Factory on the horizon

Breakfast 10/10 and location is perfect . One of the few game reserves where you see all the animals that they say they have. Room looks just like the photos on Booking.com

Wi-Fi at the restaurant ddnt work through out the weekend - our toilet was leaking ( bad smell in our room ) day of check out water was freezing cold. Electricty kept tripping in our room

The view and nature

I loved it

Tala is a great place to stay when visitng the area or attending one of the many wedding venues. The big attraction is it's attached game reserve (actually more like a zoo!). The rooms are basic but clean and air conditioned although poorly maintained. Still, they are comfortable and sufficient. The restaurant has a great evening menu and the breakfasts are great (although the hotel staff get first dibs when it comes to service)

As mentioned, there is a lot of maintenance that needs to be done on the rooms.

Breakfast was amazing..they have really good chefs. Even dinner it was mouth watering…We had a bad experience with electricity there’s a huge challenge with it.. they have generator but it would be switched off from 12 midnight to 4am it wasn’t good waking up at night to a dark cold room..Everything else was perfect

Location

Run down . Needs maintenance, lots of mould , flaking paint. Rooms were not very clean . Water pressure issues . We spent most of the weekend with electricity issues as Eskom was “off” and they were trying to run the place on a generator that kept tripping . Generator is switched off at 10pm so we were in pitch darkness . Given a faulty battery light to try get you through the night .

There was no indication beforehand that the room was a 20min gravel road drive through the game reserve to get to. Also no discrepancy that the power would be completely turned off in the evenings. We attended a wedding up the road from the game reserve and I told the staff that we would be back very late only to arrive back to the accommodation and find that we were locked out. No 24/7 reception to help so we had to drive back to the main gate to ask for help which wasn't very helpful. After 2 hours we were let in. The next morning we were forced to check out on time without so much as 30mins grace to pack our bags. Nothing was done to apologize to us for being locked out of our room until almost 3:00am.

Very relaxing

Light was on and off

Awesome location l, beautiful venue, amazing staff and unbelieveable hosts

The place was stunning,the staff was also very friendly and helpful.

The network was very bad and there’s no WIFI☹️☹️

Has the potential to be a fantastic short-stay location. Even with wet roads which restricted where we could go we were able to see a range of wildlife (Giraffe, Zebra, Wildebeest, Eland - but missed the rhino and hippo) in a reasonably small area on our drive out of the park.

Firstly should say the weather was terrible on arrival. We had 3 rooms booked at Paperbark Lodge. Rooms and beds looked very comfortable but there was no water in rooms on arrival. Staff turned on pumps (but why not already done pre-arrival) but then water was tepid at best. Staff could not get hot water so decided to relocate us to Leadwood Lodge in rain and dark. The new rooms were supposedly an upgrade. Size and location of main room on the lake fantastic but with heavy rain the roof had numerous leaks (many puddles on the floor) including onto the bed (the 4 poster in picture on website) which we had to move to avoid drips which we could hear all night. The two other rooms were in main Leadwood Lodge. We had to order food on arrival and staff all disappeared as soon as dinner over. Two occupants in a third room had been drinking all day and were playing load music. There was nobody to ask so we had to knock on their door twice to request them to turn down noise so we could sleep. Asked us to park car in tight spot on downslope and on very wet grass in heavy rain. Guess what - as expected we got stuck and had to be pulled out in the morning.

The entire game reserve is stunning. The room was very romantic and perfect for our honeymoon. The food was exceptional and very affordable - a special thank you to Chef Sifiso, who made delicious meals. Friendly and hospitable staff. Overall, fantastic service.

The shower temperature was difficult to manage.

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The images supplied on booking.com do not show a true reflection. We reached the property, and it was extremely dirty and unhygienic. The most expensive room was a disaster, dirt and sand on all items in the room, bad smell, looks like the actual rooms are not being cleaned. I am still waiting for a refund since we could not stay in such poor conditions to avoid getting any infections. The property is not willing to support in any way. It's been 3 weeks, and still no support from the property. Don't be a victim of this property. The game drive, which is not part of the actual booking, is worth the cost. The actual stay will be a disaster. I expect a call from your management team.

Animals and sight seeing. Including guided tours

Place is dirty, cleaners can do a better job. There were issues with hot water when I arrived. Constant electricity problems.