Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge

Overview

Location: South Africa–>North West–>Pilanesberg National Park
Accommodation Type: Lodge
Comfort Level: Luxury
Experience: Big 5 Safari |
Good For: Solo, Couple/Romantic, Family |

Capture the spirit of Africa at Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge, where Mother Nature and guests meet in perfect harmony, located on the slopes of an ancient volcano
Kwa Maritane offers guests all the amenities of a prime resort within the malaria-free Pilanesberg National Park – an easy drive of 2 hours from Johannesburg, 3 km from the local airport and a mere 10 minutes from Sun City.

Accommodation

Each Studio Twin room has two double beds and a sleeper couch. To ensure your comfort and convenience, all Studio Family rooms have individual air conditioning, bathrooms with shower and toilet, DStv, direct-dialing telephones, electric shaving plugs, coffee and tea-making facilities, a hairdryer, international multi-plugs and electronic safes. Minibars are available on request.

Wildlife

If it’s wildlife you’re seeking, that’s exactly what you’ll find at Kwa Maritane. Located deep in the heart of the 55,000 hectare, malaria-free Pilanesberg National Park, Kwa Maritane is the perfect base from which to enjoy the rich diversity of indigenous flora and fauna of Africa – including the Big Five. Highly experienced field guides will drive you into the Park in the cool air of the early morning or late afternoon to evening when the animals are out and about, to ensure that you won’t be disappointed. Learn about the stunning diversity of fauna and flora, including the Big Five and over 360 bird species whilst you experience the majestic beauty of Africa in all its natural abundance. You can also relax in the game viewing hide, connected to the lodge by a 150m tunnel, and enjoy a front row seat as the animals drink at the waterhole.

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Children
Children aged 12 years and younger (maximum two children per room) will be accommodated free of charge on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis if sharing with one or two adults.
Children aged 13-17 years will be accommodated free of charge on a room only basis and will be charged R500.00 per child per day for breakfast, dinner and one game drive, if sharing with one or two adults.
Children occupying their own rooms will be charged the full adult rate.

Junior Rangers
Junior Rangers program is available for all children aged 6-12 years. Activities are geared around natural resource protection, environmental education and responsible recreation offering a special opportunity to explore the Pilanesberg National Park. The Junior Rangers Program is available at a small additional cost to parents and usually takes 2 days to complete. On completion of the program, children will be including in a graduation ceremony and will be given a certificate and badges for activities completed.

Directions

Self-dive instructions:
Directions from Fourways, Sandton 

Travel north along William Nicol Drive to the four-way intersection with Witkoppen Road,Turn left into Witkoppen road towards Lanseria/Roodepoort. Turn right at the intersection with Hans Strijdom Extension on the road towards Broederstroom and Lanseria. Cross over the Muldersdrift/Diepsloot Road and continue with the R512 towards Broederstroom and Lanseria,cross the bridge over the R28 Krugersdorp/Pretoria highway, pass the Lanseria turnoff and continue straight ahead.

At the T-junction turn left on the R512 to Magaliesberg,continue on this road until you see the Sun City signboard on your left. Turn right on the R512 to Brits and cross the bridge over Hartebeespoort Dam.
At the T-junction turn right on the R512 to Brits. Follow directional signs ,continue to the four-way stop and turn left on the R512/27 for Brits/Rustenburg.
Pass the first Brits turnoff. At the signpost R27, Rustenburg/Brits turn right.
On the bridge turn left towards Rustenburg.

Continue till you get to the slipway to the left. Take the slipway and continue on the new N4 highway.
A signboard on the left side of the road indicates Pilanesberg to the left on route 91. Exit left off the highway. At the T-junction turn right and continue on this road to Sun City.
At the Kwa Maritane signboard turn right. Follow the road until you see the Kwa Maritane sign on your left; this will lead you to the”Place of the Rock”.