Bakgatla Resort
Placed in Pilanesberg Game Reserve, North West Province, is the superb self-catering establishment, Bakgatla Resort. Enjoy a suited getaway from R3230 p/unit... view more details about Bakgatla Resort »
Reviews (10)
Camping in a tent
Nice clean facilities, friendly and helpful staff
Irma Louw, South Africa
Had better stays.
Was lovely to be back in Pilansberg. There were a few issues at the resort. Two of the ablution blocks were out of order but we were not informed on arrival. Was also upsetting that as soon as we started packing up to leave, about 7 staff members came and sat by our site waiting for us to give them food and left overs. Leaves a bad taste after a good weekend.
Sarah Burns, South Africa
Nice introduction to Pilanesberg
Bakgatla Resort is a nice introduction to the PIlanesberg Park. Camping is very affordable here. Guests can enjoy the serenity of the place along with the use of a great pool. Game drives are very enjoyable as well. The guides are very knowledgeable and do their best to find the `Big Five'for their guests. The best part of the Bakgatla Resort is the helpful staff and the great restaurant which serves up some delicious vegetarian fare as well.
The only downside is the lack of activity when not on a game drive or bush hike. Both these activities occur only when enough people sign up. So, if the park is empty, you can feel alone and bored here. Also, prepare for some wonderful if slightly unnerving guests (vervet monkeys) are your campsite in the evenings. So, if you are a nature-lover who enjoys a tranquil place to commune with the African bush, then Bakgatla is a good introduction.
Bradley Berthold, United States of America
Enjoyed our stay
Friendly and efficient staff. Clean ablution blocks. Ideal for game viewing. Monkeys a problem - made a hole in our tent
Sarah Jonas, South Africa
Horrible!
We stayed there this past weekend and were not impressed. Early Saturday morning people started coming in for a cross country race which was being hosted by the resort. The (athletes)children made such a noise. People were constantly walking through our camp site since the parking was right next to the camp grounds and the competition was deeper into the resort. Children were undressing, completely naked and jumping in the pool and even running around and jumping on the trampoline naked! We were NEVER warned of this when making the booking. There was no security so we were to scared to leave our camp unattended. When we went to complain at reception, the man was not helpful at all and tried to justify everything that we saw! We are still waiting for the manager as requested.
Arina Potgieter, South Africa
Bakgatla Resort -- Camping
We have a wonderful camping weekend at Bakgatla: saw lots of wild and very relaxing. But the camp itself... The bathrooms
need urgently attention as 3 of the toilets were leaking and water everywhere. There is only cold water at the men's bathroom and it is now WINTER. We will definitely go again to Pilanesberg... but camping at Manyane maybe?
Izak Schabort, South Africa
Nice pool area- tents too expensive
Pool area was surprisingly nice, clean and well cared for. Tents were the opposite. Clean but old, broken zippers, holes in mosquito nets. Too expensive for quality. Next time we will pick a place near the park with better price vs. quality.
Dominique Bouwmeester, South Africa
Good
We camped at Bakgatla for 10 days and found the camping area and the ablution blocks very clean. Well done!! We were very disappointed in the superette. They do not sock any basic things for campers, washing pegs, dish towels etc. There was no ice-cream for more than a week. It was sad that at reception, we did not get a map of the camping sites. As we had to move site after two days. Its also a pity that so many campers took two or more stands, especially shaded ones for parking their cars on open stands. We found the staff very friendly and helpful. We were also interested to camp at Manyene, but heard about the havoc the monkeys course there. The monkeys at Bakgatla was inclined to raid your tent while on a game drive, even with a fully zipped up tent.
Madeleine Eckleben, South Africa
Camp Site
A bit disappointing from the last time we visited a few years back, especially the swimming pool which needs urgent attention and the ablutions could do with an upgrade and be cleaned more regularly! Some of the camping sites could also do with some maintenance!!! But the drive through Pilanesberg Game Reserve was awesome and despite the lack of maintenance at Bakgatla we had fun.
Briony Holloway, South Africa
Rude staff
We camped, the facilities were good. However on arrival the reception was not incredibly helpful and did not have our booking recorded. In addition the staff member was rude.
The actual place and other staff were good.
Robyn Hunter, South Africa
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