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Bakubung Bush Lodge

4.0 star property

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Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, sun loungers
Lunch and dinner served, garden views
Executive King Suite | Living area | 43-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels, TV
Accessible Twin Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk
Safari

Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Spa
  • Room service

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Pilanesburg National Park, Pilanesberg National Park, North West, 0316
  • Pilanesberg National Park
    8 min drive
  • The Valley of Waves
    11 min drive
  • Mohican Spur Steak Ranch
    9 min drive
  • Pilanesberg (NTY-Sun City)
    22 min drive

Room options

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Standard Queen Room

  • 323 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Luxury King Suite | Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Luxury King Suite

  • 753 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Executive King Suite | Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Executive King Suite

  • 861 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Standard Twin Room

  • 323 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Accessible Twin Room | Living area | 43-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels, TV

Accessible Twin Room

  • 323 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Double Beds

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Standard King Room

  • 323 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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About the neighborhood

Pilanesberg National Park

Located in Pilanesberg National Park, Bakubung Bush Lodge is in a national park, within a 15-minute drive of The Valley of Waves and Waterworld. .This family-friendly lodge is 6.5 mi (10.4 km) from Sun City Casino and 6.6 mi (10.6 km) from The Gary Player Golf Course.
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What's nearby

  • Pilanesberg National Park - 8 min drive
  • The Valley of Waves - 11 min drive
  • Waterworld - 14 min drive
  • Sun City Casino - 14 min drive
  • The Gary Player Golf Course - 15 min drive

Getting around

  • O.R. Tambo Intl. Airport (JNB) - 171 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Acacia Terrace Cafe - ‬18 min drive
  • ‪Crystal Court - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Ocean Basket - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Shebeen - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Steers - ‬12 min drive

About this property

Bakubung Bush Lodge

Family-friendly lodge with a full-service spa and free breakfast
Bakubung Bush Lodge offers 100 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature minibars and safes. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas. 43-inch flat-screen televisions come with premium satellite channels. Bathrooms include separate bathtubs and showers with deep soaking bathtubs and rainfall showerheads. Bathrooms are also outfitted with designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and blackout drapes/curtains. Hypo-allergenic bedding, irons/ironing boards, and change of towels can be requested. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

Guests can experience the thrill of a safari, and enjoy recreation facilities including 2 outdoor tennis courts. An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.

Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool without adult supervision.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

The onsite spa has 6 treatment rooms including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, Swedish massages, and facials.
Make yourself at home in one of the 100 guestrooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature deep soaking bathtubs and rainfall showerheads.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. Encounter the local wildlife with a safari, then enjoy recreational amenities including outdoor tennis courts and an outdoor pool. Additional amenities at this lodge include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands. Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the area shuttle (surcharge).
Grab a bite to eat at the Motswedi Bar, a bar/lounge where you can take in the garden view, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the poolside bar. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Featured amenities include a computer station, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Event facilities at this lodge consist of a conference center and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
Motswedi Bar - Overlooking the garden, this lobby lounge serves lunch and dinner.
Marula Grill Restaurant - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Open daily.
Boma - Overlooking the garden, this buffet restaurant specializes in African cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open select days.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Casino shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free extended parking on site
  • RV/bus/truck parking on site
  • Limited onsite parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A poolside bar
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Restaurants on site

  • Boma
  • Marula Grill Restaurant
  • Motswedi Bar

Things to do

  • 2 outdoor tennis courts
  • Basketball
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's club
  • Children's pool
  • Full-service spa
  • Game drive
  • Game viewing
  • Outdoor pool
  • Outdoor pool (guest access)
  • Playground
  • Safari
  • TV in common areas
  • Volleyball

Family friendly

  • Children's club (surcharge)
  • Children's games
  • Children's pool
  • Children's toys
  • Free crib
  • Highchair
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Soundproofed rooms
  • Trampoline

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Guidebooks
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Turndown service
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Computer station
  • Conference center
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • In a national park
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Full-service spa

  • 6 treatment rooms
  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Couples treatment rooms
  • Deep-tissue massages
  • Facials
  • Hot stone massages
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Outdoor treatment areas
  • Prenatal massages
  • Swedish massages

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Accessible airport shuttle
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible business center
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchairs on site

More

  • 2 floors
  • 3 buildings
  • Banquet hall
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Reception hall

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Free crib
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Deep soaking bathtub
  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Separate bathtub and shower
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 43-inch flat-screen TV with premium satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

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

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
2 children, up to the age of 17 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room; children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Property payment types

Important information

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
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool without adult supervision

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

Bakubung
Bakubung Bush
Bakubung Bush Lodge
Bakubung Bush Lodge Pilanesberg National Park
Bakubung Bush Pilanesberg National Park
Bakubung Lodge
Bakubung Bush Hotel Pilanesberg National Park
Bakubung Bush Lodge Lodge
Bakubung Bush Lodge Pilanesberg National Park
Bakubung Bush Lodge Lodge Pilanesberg National Park

Bakubung Bush Lodge Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 352 out of 600 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 196 out of 600 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 33 out of 600 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 600 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 600 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

MR C C D

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Euan

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff let this place down. Attention to detail is poor. Listening skills also not great and there’s a general malaise.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Coenraad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

shawn, kodiak

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Courteous staff on arrival, room needs some minor repairs but has a beautiful decor and view, VIP complimentary bottle o wine on arrival to room, excellent game drives, Francois amazing , excelllent food, loving and friendly front desk staff, loved it
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Safari experience was the ultimate. Food was great, staff was awesome. We’ll be back!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

cesar

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dion

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really nice place to stay. Awesome safari tours included. I really liked the Braii evening in the bush with the traditional dancers.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Roger, Cumming

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The facility is nice and the staff are friendly and helpful. This is a place geared for families and if that suits you, I don't believe you can do better. Food is buffet style with loads of selection or you can order from the menu.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Helena

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed the experience of sleeping so close to the animals. Game drives were exciting and very informative. We thoroughly enjoyed having Chu-Chu as our ranger on 2 of the drives. Thank you to all the amazing staff at Bakubang for making this such a delightful experience. We will be back!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Ettiene

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Masa

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Reynold

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Great stay great Value for money we went for half board with the game drive option and we had a blast
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Deborah

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jacky

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful relaxing trip with great game drives. Great value for money.

10/10 Excellent

Lynn

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely relaxing 2 night at this relaxing lodge. Staff are lovely especially the reception staff and Rose in the restaurant. Great game drives did both morning and afternoon drives. Comfy beds spacious rooms Wi-Fi good felt quite sad to leave
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Anastasia

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stevie

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I did not actually stay at Bakubung. I took two US tourists on safari, booking them into Bakubung, I stayed outside the park . My feedback was very good, the said everything was on point.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Graham

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Glenda

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jordan

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was my second time visiting and it continues to absolutely blow me away! Thank you so much to the incredibly amazing staff as well - what an honor.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Fredric

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Improvements in game drive vehicles needed
Quite ok hotel but little bit outdated. Good food. Only one game drive per day included and the vehicles used are large, not so comfortable and noisy.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Melanie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bakubang Bush lodge experience
Visited Bakubang Bush Lodge over the weekend had a great time rooms were neat and clean. The game drive experience was amazing had no regrets to wake up at early and attend the 5h30 drive. Breakfast and dinner were delicious lots off varieties to choose from and I loved that the menu is different every day. The chefs and staff over this weekend at Bakubang 5th-7th Jan 24 really made our experience special and created lots of memorable moments will definitely come back to experience the bush braai was not aware that a pre-booking must be made and when requested to attend was informed that it was full. A suggestion to start the Bush braai dinner early 5-7pm then again at 7-9pm so that all guests booked have a chance to experience the bush braai when staying over a weekend.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dewald

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023