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Needles Lodge

4.0 star property

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Sundeck
Terrace/patio
Executive lounge
Interior
Front of property

Reviews

9.8 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast included
  • Housekeeping
  • Room service
  • Air conditioning
  • Laundry

Explore the area

Map
340 Bushpig Avenue, Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, 1320
  • Marlothi Conservancy
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Lionspruit Game Reserve
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Marloth Park Adventures Go-Karts
    ‪19 min walk‬
  • Malelane (LLE)
    ‪25 min drive‬

Room options

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Double suite | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down comforters

Double suite

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down comforters

Deluxe Triple Room

  • 431 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Twin bed suite | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down comforters

Twin bed suite

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About this property

Needles Lodge

4-star Nkomazi lodge with coffee shop/cafe
A bar/lounge, a poolside bar, and a coffee shop/cafe are available at this lodge. Free full breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, concierge services, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities are onsite.
Needles Lodge offers 6 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and complimentary bottled water. Rooms open to balconies. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Select Comfort beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets, down comforters, and premium bedding. This Nkomazi lodge provides complimentary wireless Internet access.

Bathrooms include separate bathtubs and showers with deep soaking bathtubs, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and ceiling fans. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
The lodge offers a coffee shop/cafe. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the lodge's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.

This business-friendly lodge also offers a library, a terrace, and barbecue grills. For a surcharge, an airport shuttle during limited hours is offered to guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.

Needles Lodge has designated areas for smoking.

A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Afrikaans, Dutch, English, French, Xhosa, Zulu

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge) from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM
  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A poolside bar

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Ecotours
  • Hiking/biking trails
  • Library
  • Mountain biking
  • TV in common areas

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Computer station

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • In a national park
  • On a river
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Massage

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

More

  • 1 building
  • 1 floor
  • Built in 2003
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Reception hall

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Down comforter
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Select Comfort mattress

Bathroom

  • Deep soaking bathtub
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Separate bathtub and shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 48 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 6:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children 5 and younger are not allowed at this property; All guests older than 5 are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for ZAR 640.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 520.00 per person (one-way)
  • Rollaway bed fee: ZAR 640.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Children 5 years old and younger are not permitted at this property
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

National rating

Quality Graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) – South Africa's official quality assurance organization.

Property is also known as

Needles Lodge
Needles Lodge Marloth Park
Needles Marloth Park
Needles Lodge Lodge
Needles Lodge Nkomazi
Needles Lodge Lodge Nkomazi
Needles Lodge Lodge
Needles Lodge Nkomazi
Needles Lodge Lodge Nkomazi

Needles Lodge Reviews

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 44 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 50 reviews" "
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 50 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Chin Hoe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Roberta

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Oksana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My stay at Need was amazing! No need to look further!

10/10 Excellent

Alnasir

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

L Aesthetics

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The stay was amazing….Dennis and Gail are super hosts and the lodge is situated nicely tugged away in the bushes. The staff are super friendly and the food was as good. A really enjoyable trip amd stay we had at Needles
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jamie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Intimate, Delightful Safari Lodge
Needles Lodge is a fantastic option for a small, intimate safari experience on the edge of Kruger National Park. The rooms are clean and comfortable with sliding doors that look out at the bush in the backyard where zebras, monkeys and wildebeests often gather. Meals are delicious, multi-course family-style affairs with scintillating conversations with guests from around the world. The owner, Dennis and manager, Colin, do everything possible to ensure a wonderful stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic, peaceful lodge.
Everything about Needles Lodge was excellent. From our room, which was spacious and beautifully finished, to the unbelievable food served for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We loved having the animals wander by and spent hours by the delightful pool. The lodge's main areas are great too with lots of books for reading about the animals. The staff were really helpful and kind, it was just the most wonderful few days and we can't wait to return!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent food, wildlife visits and close to Kruger.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ram

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming lodge in Marloth Park
Charming lodge, rooms and host. Excellent breakfast and wine selection. Zebra visits to the lodge was a nice touch. Location in Marloth park is interesting - this is a very unique project to combine human neighborhood with a quasi safari. Dinner was just OK and the idea of a shared table to all guests and hosts is not to everyone's taste, but this shouldn't affect the high rating. We stopped there after our Kruger visit, but the guests who used the lodge for the Kruger safaris seemed happy with the lodge as their basis.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Needles was a great place to stay. We were afraid it was going to be in a developed town but it's in a protected area with wildlife coming through the area as well. We saw Kudu, giraffe, a genet, and a bushbaby just on the grounds. Dennis and Gail were gracious hosts and as Dennis is a guide, he knew everything about birds, wildllife, and the park. Whatever you want is really the order of the day. Needles can arrange morning walks, game drives, nearby tours, or you can use it as a jumping off point to Crocodile Bridge (about 30 minutes by car) into Kruger National Park. It's an easy drive up to Lower Sabie camp for lunch but the location of Needles is convenient. On departure, we went from Crocodile Bridge to Malelane in the park and then it was about four hours to Pretoria by car. We had a great time and would love to return. We're talking to friends about making it a group visit.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Suresh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed there for 3 nights at the start of our South Africa holiday, and before spending 4 nights at SANPark lodges in the park. Had we known just how good it was, think we may have spent our entire 7 nights in Kruger there. It more than lives up to the great reviews it gets (which is why we chose Needles), the place is beautiful, the staff amazing, the visiting animals a daily treat, and the proximity to Crocodile River entrance gate does actually mean you could easily stay here, and go into the park for the day (which means you get the 5* benefit of the lodge, with all the animal viewing you could wish for). We had dinner, bed and breakfast, the cooked breakfast was fantastic (best mushrooms I have ever tasted), the dinners a delight sat outside with a glass of Pinotage. Within 30 minutes of arriving we had visits from a huge rock monitor, a family of mongoose and a Kudu. Lots of birds to watch and identify in the nearby trees, Zebra wandering over, the Bushbabies at night, amazing. We did a full day safari by way of introduction to the park, and I would recommend it. Patrick our guide and driver was just brilliant, spotting things well before we did (without binocs and while driving), he promised my wife 30 giraffe and he delivered, as well as lions, buffalo, white rhino, elephants, eagles, hippos (25 species we saw on that one day, plus it gave us great ideas of where to go when we were in the park, like Mpondo Dam). Perfect place to stay in every respect.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Gabriela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

iris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic!
Wonderfull hospitality,great atmosphere,fantastic food. It feels like home,thanks to the wonderfull people who run the place.Only thing needs improvement is Wifi,being weak. But after all,we came to dissconnect...
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

John, Dublin, Ireland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful lodge
We had a wonderful time in this beautiful lodge. Staff and owner were very accommodating with our late arrival and had dinner ready for us nonetheless. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
wonderful honeymoon
excellent location. great staff. ask them about kosher options!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice lodge, but bit far from Kruger Park for us.
Nice lodge with good food and local setting (local Zebra, Giraffe, Warthog etc). Bit too far from the park though (half an hour drive to Crocodile Bridge). Staff very friendly and helpful, but join you at your table for dinner...

10/10 Excellent

Thomas, Detroit, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

JEAN MARC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very professional service, the welcome is good, the rooms are comfortable, the food is excellent, and the atmosphere is friendly. In addition, the boss speaks excellent French.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

bernard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful stay in a beautiful lodge
The welcome and service were wonderful. The lodge was very cute, the dinner and breakfast were excellent and we loved seeing the bush babies, zebra and warthogs right in front of us. Definitely a place to visit again!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karl-Heinz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ein kleines Paradies
Wir waren auf unserer Südafrika-Rundreise für 6 Tage Gast in dieser sehr persönlich vom Inhaber Dennis und seinem „guten Geist“ Lyn geführten Lodge und sind beeindruckt von der Gastfreundschaft des gesamten Teams - Kompliment an alle Beteiligten, insbesondere auch an die jungen Guides John und Tammy! Absolutes Highlight waren die ganztägigen Game Drives, durchgeführt direkt von der Lodge im offenen Landrover, in den besonders wildreichen südlichen Teil des Kruger Nationalpark, wo wir neben unzähligen anderen Tieren auch sämtliche Big 5 zu sehen bekamen, besonders eindrucksvoll ein Rudel Wildhunde auf der Jagd nach Impalas; die Lodge selber liegt im Marloth Park, ca. 30 Minuten vom nächsten Gate zum Kruger Park entfernt, mit frei herumlaufenden Giraffen, Zebras, Kudus und Warzenschweinen, die bis an die Terrasse der Lodge herankommen und einen zum Frühstück oder Dinner besuchen; die Lodge hat lediglich 8 Zimmer, entsprechend familiär ist die Athmosphäre; das Dinner wird gemeinsam mit den Gästen aus aller Welt und den Besitzern auf der offenen Terrasse eingenommen, alle Sonderwünsche werden berücksichtigt; Frühstück und Dinner sind reichlich und von guter Qualität; ein reichhaltiges Angebot an nicht alkoholischen und gepflegten alkoholischen Getränken verfügbar; die Zimmer verfügen über einen hohen Standard und ein großes Bad mit Wanne und separater Dusche; alles in allem ein ausgezeichnetes Preis/Leistungsverhältnis, ein sehr empfehlenswertes Haus, in das wir gerne zurückkomme
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Charlotta

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
+ Ein sehr leckeres Abendessen war inklusive. Tiere kamen bis zur Terrasse. Ein super Schönes Erlebnis. Die Zimmer waren schön eingerichtet, unser mit Blick auf Pool. WiFi war vorhanden. Entfernung zum Crocodile Bridge Gate nur ca 50 Minuten Diese Lodge kann ich absolut empfehlen. - nichts
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019