Bakgatla Resort
Location
Bakgatla Resort is a large fenced camp which lies at the foot of the Garamoga Hills and is situated to the north east side of the park- bordering the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.
It is approximately a two and a half hours drive from Johannesburg and about 40 minutes drive to the Sun City entrance.....
About Bakgatla Resort
We have been visiting the resort for many years and it's people like Queenie, the front office supervisor, that makes sure we keep coming back. She is always smiling and most helpful!
Bakgatla offers a wide range of accommodation to guest who want to explore the Pilanesberg Game Reserve. It is part of Golden Leopard Resorts and has some great facilities on offer; there is a restaurant, a trampoline, outdoor chess and several playground areas for the kids and a small shop....
Accommodation
The 60 colonial-styled air-conditioned, self catering chalets- sleep a max of 6 people. The chalets are cosy and have everything one needs for a away from home experience......
Inside Bakgatla chalet with stairs to lofteach chalets has a double bed in main bedroom (only some chalets have en-suite bathrooms) this picture below has on one.......
and 3 single beds in loft......
a sleeper couch, TV and lambs in the lounge.....
and a fully equipped kitchen........
and a large patio with braai area; we have enjoyed many braais under the stars, while sipping our wine and listening to the night life.....
Most of the chalets do not have a view, but there are a few chalets which border the park fence and have a view of the mountain.
There is a large camping site (with powerpoints) and communal ablution facilities.
They also have 5 Safari tents and a fairly large camping site near the restaurant.....
Each safari tent is set on a wooden deck overlooking the bush....
They have electricity, 2 x 3/4 Beds, a sleeper couch, en suite bathroom, a fridge and tea and coffee station.
They are not Self-Catering tents, but we take our go anywhere braai with us and make a plan or you can eat at the restaurant.
Food and Drink
If you are not in the mood to cook then try the large restaurant, which lies to the south of the swimming pool area near the campsite. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all served in the restaurant.
We have eaten there a good many times and have had some good meals, like our Valentines dinner, but other times the meals have been average.
There is a new chef and on our last stay (April 2015) the food was very good. We had chicken livers peri peri for starters.....
and lamb-shank for main course - large tasty servings!
Activities at the Resort
For the outdoor enthusiast, Bakgatla has an Olympic-size swimming pool and playground area, which is well positioned in the centre of the resort....
there are self drive safaris or guided game drives into the park through Bakgatla gate.....
plus exciting excursions like Bush Braais or Bush Breakfasts and Balloon Safaris.....
There have been a lot of good sightings of leopard and wild dogs around camp - the wild dogs often run alongside the camp fence or chase their prey into the fence.
the image below was taken by Edward Peach our co-author to our e-Book "The Photographer's Guide to the Pilanesberg National Park"....
The is a lovely hide just down the road where you can get some good landscape photography with the setting sun....
or do some bird watching and watch game come to drink.....
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