Van Buuren, Marleen - A magical place to stay
"I have visited Kirkman's a few times now and it's a magical place to stay."
The staff is fantastic, the nature and the wildlife is the best, the moments of joy are so deeply loved by me and my family, the love for Africa is born here and will never go away. I can get old here - it's every time a feeling of homecoming. That feeling is so special and so real. If I step out of the car or plane and put my feet on Kirkman's ground then every time I think I don't want to leave this place again. I fell in love with it!
Womack, Tammy - AMAZING!!
"My experience at Kirkman's Kamp was UNFORGETTABLE! On our first evening out on a game drive our guide, Lennox found a couple of teenage male lions. "
I was a little scared at first, but after he convinced me to relax and enjoy, I had a great time. It was a wonderful experience and an awesome education! The animals were the highlight of this trip and the wonderful staff made it even better!
Bill and Karen, Boulder, Colorado - Flying legs and leaping lions
"We spent two days at Kirkman's Kamp adjacent to the Kruger National Park, where our guide was Grant and tracker was Ekson; our butler was Sonny Boy. This was an entirely different experience from Phinda but equally thrilling. The first evening we were there Grant found a young male leopard in a tree. The light was perfect, the animal stunning."
Grant was both very knowledgeable and excited about searching out game. We forded rivers and crashed though the brush in the Land Rover, having as much fun searching for the animals as in finding them. The next morning we enjoyed a 'bush breakfast', then found ourselves in the midst of 3 lionesses that were hunting. We saw one lioness and the head of a giraffe, then suddenly dozens of impala and eight giraffes were coming in our direction flanked by two more lionesses that were trying to get a young giraffe. Flying legs and leaping lions - it was astounding. I should note that we saw the Big Five in our first 24 hours at Kirkman's. The next morning brought us a perfect view of an elephant at sunrise. The contrast of luxury and wildness, fine cuisine and elemental experience, the genteel and the primal was sometimes disorienting but always amazing.
Rinderknecht, Marc - Just some videos for you...
"Here are a few videos that I took during my stay at Kirkman's.
Including the mating leopards..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ke_PSdOPfQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lxfea7zxcs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU9kildeWUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMwigAC58oI
A big hello to Stephanie, Jerome and Cynthia!
Best,
Marc
Van Dyne, Lisa - Kirkman Kamp Adventure
"I traveled to Kirkman's Kamp after first visiting &Beyond in Ngala with five friends to celebrate a 50th birthday. The two camps could not be more different. Ngala is family-style camp and Kirkman's has a more adult feel to it. Duncan, the GM went above and beyond for me - I broke my arm at Ngala and he met me at half way and took me to the hospital at Nelsprit and then back to the camp. Yes, I kept going! And yes, there are still knights in shining armor - they just live in Africa!"
Kirkman's was much more alive with animals - we had hippo and hyena in camp with us - along with an assortment of monkey, kudo and steenbuck - so you really had to keep your wits about you at all times!
There were at least two prides of lions that we ran into one younger then the other, both fabulous to watch. As well as leopard, which we did not find at Ngala!
The morning of my friend's 50th birthday the staff came out with pancakes and sparklers and sang him the most beautiful African birthday song. We wanted them to go on and on. Their voices were such a rare treat!
The guides and trackers here were equally filled with information about the jungle, the animals and their habitats and shared all kinds of stories with us. Dalson was our Guide and was really a fascinating guy - and very funny too!
Again, I'd recommend Kirkman's to anyone, just not little kids, I think 10 and up is perfect.
Thank you all so much for a vacation I'll never forget.
Warmest regards,
Lisa
