We stayed at Jacana Safari Lodge for 3 nights over the new year period and welcomed 2012 in with style!! The staff were just fantastic and went out of their way to cater to our every whim, which included pina colada cocktails for sundowners on New Years Eve. The rooms were spacious and the bed very comfortable (had 3 of the best nights' sleep in ages!) The food was great, with the first 2 nights offering a barbecue of a delectable assortment of culinary delights. The Captain's table was an absolute joy! Breakfast out on the lake was magical and a wonderful way to experience the tranquillity that surrounds Jacana Safari Lodge. The morning wake up call with freshly brewed coffee made waking up all at much easier. I would highly recommend Jacana Safari Lodge to anyone who would like to experience a bit of luxury in the bush!!

A wonderful respite after a long day of travel. The traditional sundowner in the open air bar that overlooked the lake. The service was impeccable, and the accommodations could not have been better! Monkeys and Elephants have been know to come visit. Simon Gluckman of Intrepid Travels set this up for us, and everything was 1st class!

I recently stayed at Jacana safari lodge and can say it is one of the best places I've ever stayed (and I've travelled extensivly round the world).

As others have said the location is stunning, on the edge of the lake, in the middle of the forest, with wild animals all around, a hippo under our window, chimps in the forest, gentle colobus monkeys while you eat, spectacular.

Add to that the rooms and facilites themselves, they are beautifully designed, stay true to "eco" principles, and and perfectly maintained. (They must have had a facelift since the others have written as I simply couldn't find one single thing wrong with the rooms, and I'm incredibly fussy) Previous reviwers have mentioned the shower water. It does have a slight (only slight) smell of sulphur, but people pay a fortune to wash in volcanic water, this comes for free here, its a luxury rather than a negative to me!

Finally, and this is what makes Jacana, the employees of the lodge. They make the difference between somewhere good and somewhere stunning. The chef cooked the most wonderful meals, three courses, three times a day, served in the most beautiful dining room. The reception employees were efficient friendly and accurate, nothing was too much trouble, and the manager runs a tight ship where no detail is overlooked. All of them made you feel incredibly welcome.

We extended our stay because we simply didn't want to leave. Go, you'll love it.

P.S. the room rates I feel are a bargain when you take into account the facilites, location and quality of the food, (they are all inclusive).

I led a group of photographers on a three day Safari Photography Workshop at Jacana and couldn't have been happier. We had ample space for formal workshops and were well placed to access the park to put our knowledge into practice. The food was exceptional and the chef went out of her way to make the food as tasty and well presented as possible. Many upcountry lodges fail on the food front and claim it is hard to access proper ingredients. The chef at Jacana put these other lodges to shame and produced exceptional meals time after time.

The staff were incredibly good to us and were able to accommodate our needs which ran from the basic to the more complicated needs like extra fuel and mobile phone cards. After long days taking photos and talking photography the accommodation was a welcome retreat and the comfortable beds and hot showers were warmly received.

Couldn't have asked fro more from the lodge and its staff! We will be back.