# Garden Route Game Lodge

Albertinia, South Africa · Selected: clears the published selection standard.

- Page: https://mindreachgetaways.com/za/albertinia/wellness-retreat/garden-route-game-lodge
- Book direct: https://grgamelodge.co.za/
- Map pin: https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-34.2015547,21.6355172

## Our read

People hear Garden Route and think a beach town. This lodge is the private reserve on the way there: Langeberg behind it, malaria-free, and a published split of eight luxury suites, sixteen lodge rooms, and eighteen chalets. A plunge pool is on some family suites, not on every key. Come if Cape Town is the flight and you still want elephant and lion before the coast. Skip it if you thought you were booking Kruger.

## Come here for

- A malaria-free Big Five drive, three and a half hours from Cape Town
- Serengeti’s, with the farm in the kitchen where the hotel can manage it
- A family suite with a plunge pool, if that is the room you actually book

## Skip it if

- You wanted Kruger or Sabi Sand. This reserve is on the N2 near Albertinia.
- You assumed every room has a private pool. The page puts a plunge pool on some family suites.

## The place

Garden Route Game Lodge sits against the Langeberg, on the N2 near Albertinia. The hotel calls it a family-owned private reserve, malaria-free, and a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Cape Town. The same page counts 8 Sunset Ridge luxury suites, 16 lodge rooms, and 18 private chalets. Some family suites have a plunge pool. The animals named on the page are lion, white rhino, elephant, buffalo, cheetah, and giraffe, seen from an open Land Rover. Central reservations are +27 28 735 1200. Dinner is at Serengeti’s, and the hotel says the kitchen uses the farm where it can. This is not Kruger and it is not a malaria conversation. The drive from Cape Town is the arrival. The page prints package offers in rand. Those figures move. Read them on the hotel site before you treat one as the rate. A traveller who wanted the national park will be disappointed. A traveller who wants the Big Five without leaving the Garden Route corridor is looking at the right gate. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking.

## What it is like

- The count: Eight Sunset Ridge luxury suites, sixteen lodge rooms, eighteen private chalets.
- The drive: About three and a half hours from Cape Town, as the hotel prints it. Malaria-free.
- The animals: Lion, white rhino, elephant, buffalo, cheetah, and giraffe, from an open Land Rover.
- The table: Serengeti’s. The hotel says the kitchen draws on the farm where it can.
- The pool: A plunge pool is named on the luxury family suites, not on the whole inventory.

## Ways to stay

- Ask which of the three inventories · Price on their site · https://grgamelodge.co.za/

## Getting there

On the N2 near Albertinia, with the Langeberg behind the reserve. The hotel prints a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Cape Town. Phone +27 28 735 1200. The map pin is the lodge on the N2.

## Questions

**Is this Kruger?**
No. It is a private reserve on the Garden Route side of the N2, near Albertinia.

**Is it a malaria area?**
The hotel calls the reserve malaria-free.

**How many places to sleep?**
Eight luxury suites, sixteen lodge rooms, and eighteen private chalets, on the hotel page.

**Where do I eat?**
Serengeti’s, on the property.

**Where do I book?**
With the lodge. MindReach does not take the reservation. Phone +27 28 735 1200.

## How far to trust this

Written from what the property publishes. Not yet checked by hand. Confirm on their site before you book.
MindReach Getaways does not take the booking. You book with the property.