Big Five Safari at River Lodge Lion Sands (South Africa): review & impressions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ม.ค. 2017
- Read my review of River Lodge Lion Sands here: wp.me/p4d1XU-Hc1
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Thanks so much for this video. I stayed there in 2012 and will never forget that experience... Robert More and his family - are the greatest hosts and a very kind people. I remember sitting at night on the patio of bungalow #7 - where I stayed, watching the stars and listening to the sounds of the African night. I was alone, a woman and wasn't afraid to sit out there.
Anita Beata were there any lions that came near or reports of lions in the past attacking people on the property? That would be one of major concerns
i m jealous 😆😆😆😆
@@lm7913 the property personnel are always prepared for such event
Best set up for wild vacation this is breath taking ❤
Man this has to be my favourite TH-cam channel it's inspired me to travel when I'm older, this has to be one of my favourite videos of yours. (: they make my day just watching em
Thank you, Marchyy. Not sure how old you are, but study hard, work hard, and live your dreams!
Marchy I guess you’ve subbed than
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_Imagine a lion coming towards you in an unexpected direction and at a time when you are not ready. That would definitely be a great vacation_
Wonderful place. Calm and relaxing. Love the fact that animals can rozm freely there. 😊
So far the best set up for outdoor adventure and for a wild life vacation
Yes! Something to see me through the late shift at work. ☺️
As always sir,you bring joy to my life with your beautiful videoes... A safari in Africa is on my bucketlist...
Greetings from Oslo,Norway
gibbs1966 which country though ? Africa is a continent. Safari can be done in Congo or Zimbabwe or Angola or South Africa or Ethiopia or Tanzania or Zambia or Ouganda or Rwanda and list goes on ? 🤷🏿♂️
Do not forget about Botswana & Namibia. We will be happy to have you on safari soon!
So many beautiful bush lodges in South African game reserves - all wonderful.
OMG, yet another fantastic video from The Luxury Travel Expert. My wife and I are visiting in March '17 so greatly appreciated this - Thank you.
Enjoy your trip! Are you staying at Lion Sands?
Yes, in the River Lodge. Will start the trip with BA First into Jo'burg for one main reason? This route served by the A380, as opposed to the older 747 into Cape Town (I still feel short changed that last time on BA First I picked the wrong day for the A380 coming back from Singapore :) ). Going straight to Elephant Camp in Vic Falls to spend some time with 'Sylvester' (what a dude), followed by Cape Town and then the amazing Lion Sands. So, so looking forward to the trip in March, especially after your video. Keep them coming LTE. Always a pleasure to watch and very inspiring.
Enjoy your holiday, John. You will love South Africa. I published a review of the lodge on my website today (with pros & cons), so this may interest you. I also flew the Johannesburg-London leg in First Class in a British Airways A380. Will publish that trip report soon. Safe travels!
I just LOVE this video. It made my hospital day so much brighter
That was amazing, thank you for taking us on this journey. I think, I already have the right styling for this kind of vacation in my stash: Chic, safari style..
I enjoyed this video very much, it was relaxing and exciting at the same time.
The music was beautiful it went hand in hand with the filming that was of high quality.
What a beautiful place to stay, now it's on my bucket list.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment with us I be looking forward to see more of your videos
Yet another one for the bucket list
Extremely well done video that answered many of my questions. Thank you for this! Just hit that like button for you.
all your videos are soo gorgeous and have a mythical quality to it- I've spent days now watching your channel including the air flight ones! Makes me so happy.
Silvia Kratzer Thank you
I went to a non-fenced hotel in Africa and I lion walked into the main lobby of the place😂. It was beautiful tho
😂😂😂 really? Sounds scary as hell
Yh, they made everyone go to their rooms and wait untill the lion had gone.@@clockwork9825
@@seniorox3527 i smell CAP
Nope. Let me find the name@@william8340
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Ngutuni Lodge. Beautiful place. You can go there and ask the staff about the lion yourself if you want to.
Living in the wild is like a dream
Being free from the city noise
my country xx glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely amazing!
Your videos are wonderful, I love to receive the notification of a new video. I enjoy them so much. The place is stunning and the music that you have choosen for the vid is great and so relaxing
Thank you for your comment. I am very happy that you enjoy my videos :-)
I am now officially jealous , hopefully one day I can experience something similar.
As always great camera work look forward to the others places on your trip :)
Truly amazing tripreport, definately a must-visit place.
What an asset by them surprising you with the treehouse, you get to show more of the ambiance of the hotel and an added experience for you. Thank you so much for your videos I get ideas of how I want my home to be designed this was beautiful.
Beautiful video. I have always loved wildlife and hopefully soon will have a chance to see an African safari. This is kind of life one should aspire for, enjoy the nature peacefully.
Tree house near the end of the video is awesome! :)
Thats a dream destination for me....one day i wud try to visit through some travel agency that does these tours in SA. ..i travelled to corbett forest in my country and did 3 safaris in canters. I have vivid memories of that tour n loved it.
beautifully made thanks for sharing !! we are busy with a documentary film about me and my work as a wild life photographer
Wow!it's a very beautiful video thank you so much,really amazing. I would one day visit that place,i love everything about it. Beautiful wildlife to see them very closer,unbelievable
Stunning!
BRAVO!!! Wow. Four of Big Five so far.
You videos are done so well that I always imagine myself there too...they just take me into a different world 😍😍😍😍. I'm embarrassed to say after watching so many I'm only subscribing now 🙈
It really looks amazing, I like the background music.
Magnificent. Spectacular. Thank you so much x
thank you so much for showing us this hotel and its surroundings.
Wow rhe beautiful place
Wow....this place looks just beautiful and seeing those elephants from the window/deck was amazing. The game drive looks sensational too. Great video. Interesting and informative.
Yeah beautiful, until a leopard or a lion knocks your door at night! haha
What an incredible hotel! Fabulous, I love it!
Never been there - but looks wonderful!
Excellent vid! Im from Joburg, thanks for giving South Africa some love! Also loved your review of the Westcliff. I think all your reviews are done amazingly!! Definitely inspired my luxury travel world wide! Thanks for an awesome channel.
Baie dankie, Matt, for you kind comment. I will upload some more clips from South Africa over the next couple of weeks. You live in an AMAZING country! I love you country since I spent part part of my studies there a long time ago.
Oh thats to cool! Welcome back!! Have a lekker rest of your stay, as Im sure you will :)
Now this is the place I would love to visit when I'm older
We are going Sept 2020. This just makes us what the time to go faster so we can get there!!!
Beautiful natural place to visit.
Great video in wild adventure and the place is really wonderful, calm and relaxing.
What a well shot video! I will watch more of your videos now.
Is that Anthony and Kruger? We had such a wonderful stay at Lion Sands Ivory Lodge 🐘🦁🦏🐆🦛
amazing video as usual
i really enjoy ur videos..its very interesting n mind boggling sometimes. im travelling too
Ronnie and Patricia are the super hosts!
Love the videos you post of beautiful places just watch for the first time now am hook keep up the good work and be safe on your travels
Thank you, Lisa!
SO BEAUTIFUL. I GUESS MY BUCKET LIST JUST STARTED.
What an outstanding Video description detailing Woooow,
Respect 🎩
Love ur posts
Nice videos! You are living the drem
great video - thx for sharing this ( and other ) experiences ...
Wonderful and inspiring video! I think I would find staying in one of the tree houses a bit scary - I imagine there are snakes and nasty spiders!
i love the antilope just eating away right near you
Thanks for another wonderful video.
absolutely stunning,lots of mosquito repellent,very nice relaxing music..what music is this, very calming
The music is from www.epidemicsound.com/
+the Luxury Travel Expert, it's so relaxing..very nice,thanks
Incredible vid.
africa in the name wild animal in the game cool zoo in the move and all together... safari, the amazing travel in the south :)
Amazing !!!!
Great vid, getting better all the time.!
Thank you. I feel I am getting more confident making those clips :)
Excellent review!:)
Do more of these please!!
amazing work and big five
Awesome!
I visit this place about 5 times a year and you should see it this year, you have to see it
Love the big cats and the elephants.
It was a nice tour..well for the most part you did miss some corners which I was quite eager to find out what was there 😅
Stunning
Thank you! 😊
Ur vids r really mind blowing this is one of my favourite channels I would personally like to chat with u
Thank you for your kind comment
It all looks good 👍!
Hi, what time of year did you take this trip? Looks like you got a lot out of taking your trip at the time that you did.
Loved it
Great loking place , I ealy enoyed the video.
beautiful holidays :)
Einfach beeindruckend, beeindruckende Lodge, beeindruckend nah am Wildlife, wunderschön gefilmt (du filmst das Zimmer und die Elefanten laufen dir durch's Bild...grandios!!!)... Wow, Danke für's Mitnehmen :-)
Vielen dank für ihre sehr freundlichen kommentar
CHRISTIANO bin auch immer begeistert :)
WONDERFUL VLOG....
I sure do enjoy all your exciting videos. Aside from viewing the excursions I also enjoy the background music. Would you please direct me to your sources. I want to enjoy more of these instruments. Thanks
www.epidemicsound.com/
Thank you kindly. Enjoy your trips and keep amusing us.
woooow it's sooooooo thrilling...
That is just beautiful. I’m in high school and all I hear is immature and ignorant kids saying “ewww Africa this” and “ewww Africa that” if only they seen the true beauty of the Motherland💙
When no one has booked that private, outdoor bedroom, the lions sneak in and are like "finally - just for us! Those dumb fleshy things are gone."
More like "free dinner, no hunting required!" Don't underestimate cats, especially hungry ones!
WOW!
Super
It's nice can "travel" with you every week
Mesmerizing views, may I know how much it cost for this kind of safari adventure? Thanks
Too much 😂😂😂😂
This TH-camr is posting this video as his own.
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You have the best job in the world
It's not a job, it's a hobby :-)
was your room's deck area fenced??? what if u r sitting there and a lion/leopard is walking by...elephants were a bit far off when you were showing the bath tub...but what if the lion is close..what are the security measures???
There's no need to worry. The property is guarded, and the staff escorts you at all times between you room and the main facilities
It would be good, if you can include the tariff rates as well when you provide room details on the video. Its a good to know information :)
Tariff Rates Plz
Nice information
I love your videos. Do you mind if I ask what program you use to add your captions? Thank you!
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I'd love to be sitting up there with the tracker!
wonderful lodge but plz fence it. because kruger is fanous for maneaters and historical records also found.
I wish i could travel around the world
Superb.
Beautiful
wonderful impressions. exciting video, especially the sequences with the animals just a few meteres away 🖒 but, where is number 5 of the big five? the buffolo? I guess there where giraffes and zebras too?
Oops, I forgot to include my footage of the buffalo in the clip. Too late :(. I have another Big Five safari clip planned for next Saturday (Royal Malewane) so I make sure to double check that I include them all. Yes, there were tons of giraffes and zebras, but I only showed the larger animals in my clip
the Luxury Travel Expert so you were a lucky guy, because you have seen them all at once🖒 while I was nearly 8 hours in the kruger parc we just saw elephants of the big five. Tons of giraffes and zebras but after a while quite boring. In another private parc there were buffolos, rhinos and 2 lions but no lepards. your trip seems to be much more interesting. I am waiting for your next video 😀🖒✌
Nice ! You should try the Six Senses Zighy Bay hotel in Oman. It is fabulous !
I've stayed at Six Senses Zighy Bay before I started making clips. I posted a review on my blog: theluxurytravelexpert.com/2015/12/09/review-six-senses-zighy-bay-oman/. It's a phenomenal hotel indeed!
Awesome video 😄, BTW Do you upload a new review every 2 weeks?
a new review every week :)
How did you choose between River Lodge and Ivory Lodge? How would you choose now, and why?
Thank you for your videos. You've turned me into a workaholic. Where do you get your music from? I've liked music from a few clips.
The music is from www.epidemicsound.com/
Thank you T.L.T.E.
5:40 * yeah pretty cool tub...OMG ELEPHANTS!*
9:04 *OMG a FREAKING LEOPARD!!!*
10:38 *OMG RHINOS!*
*okay stop freaking out, the guy is obviously spending his week end inside a zoo*
20:08: *OMGGG A HYENA!!!*
You got me til the end man!