Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge Pilanesberg

Spa Facilities

The lodge offers a place where guests can restore mind, body, and soul. Visitors to the Spa can indulge in treatments while watching the game.

Junior Rangers Programme: kids activities

Bush Braai

The legendary bush braai is held in the boma situated 10 minutes from the Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. The menu served in the Boma consists of traditional South African dishes.

The combination of game drives and bush braais can also be arranged on any other evening subject to a minimum of 30 people being booked.

Bird watching

The diversity in bird life of the malaria-free Pilanesberg National Park is exceptional. While some birds are migrants, many birds found in this region of South Africa are permanent inhabitants. Their food sources vary with some eating carrion or live prey while others eat seeds, fruit or tiny water organisms.

The Pilanesberg National Park, North-West Province, is one of the best places for birding in South Africa. Over 350 species have been recorded in this national park, and a birder could record up to 100 species in winter and plenty more in summer including both migrant and permanent species.

The transition zone between the dry Kalahari and the wetter Lowveld region in this part of South Africa brings with it a unique mix of birds with Red-eyed Bulbul co-habiting with Black-eyed Bulbuls. Many other such fascinating habitations are visible throughout the Pilanesberg game reserve, but it isn't limited to only bird species but also to other animals and plants.

Game drives

Game drive departure times from the Lodge (subject to change):

•  January, February and March: 05h30 and 16h30
•  April: 06h00 and 16h00
•  May, June, July, August: 08h00 and 15h30
•  September: 06h00 and 16h00
•  October, November and December: 05h30 and 16h30

Besides the 'Big Five', visitors also have the opportunity to encounter the nocturnal brown hyena, cheetah, hippo, and crocodile. The Pilanesberg National Park offers guests sightings of a wide diversity of animal and plant life including 360 species of birds, the Big Five and almost every type of animal found in Southern Africa.

The Pilanesberg National Park exists within the transition zone between the dry Kalahari and wetter Lowveld vegetation, commonly referred to as "Bushveld". Unlike any other large park, unique overlaps of mammals, birds and vegetation occur because of this transition zone.

Springbok, brown hyena, the red eyed bulbul, and camel thorn trees usually home in arid areas are found cohabiting with moist-area-limited impala, black eyed bulbul and Cape chestnut trees.  Wildlife includes lions, elephants, white and black rhinos, buffaloes, leopards, zebras, hyenas, giraffes, hippos, and crocodiles.

Hot Air Balloon Safari

• The flight is around an hour long
• After guests may participate in a game drive through the park to a game lodge where breakfast will be enjoyed
• A minimum of four guests is required to conduct each flight
• Booking is required
• Flights take off in the early morning, and the full activity will take around 4 hours which includes:
• Balloon takes off from the center of Pilanesberg National Park
• A sparkling wine celebration on landing
• Full English breakfast at a Game Lodge
• Return transfer to your hotel/game lodge
• A First Flight certificate signed by your Pilot

Terms and Conditions:

• 1-hour flight: Minimum 8 people and maximum 60 (1-hour flight)
• 30-minute flight: Minimum 20 people and maximum 120 pax (½ hour flight)
• Full pre-payment is needed before the trip takes place
• Children under the age of 12 cannot take part

Nearby golf courses

The Gary Player Golf Course and the Lost City Golf Course are at the Sun City Resort, which is only a 10 minutes drive away from the Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge.

Swimming

Set on the lush lawn of the garden, the Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge features two outdoor swimming pools.  Sun lounge chairs around the swimming pools invite for relaxing on warm afternoons.

Tennis & Rock Climbing

Guests staying at the Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge in the Pilanesberg National Park have access to the lodge's rock climbing wall and the two tennis courts.