Bakubung Villas
Self-catering villas · At Bakubung gate, south-west, beside Bakubung Bush Lodge · Legacy Hotels and Resorts
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Timeshare-style villas run by Legacy Hotels and Resorts beside Bakubung Bush Lodge at Bakubung gate. Each has three or four bedrooms for six to ten people and its own kitchen. Legacy's site lists Mountain Villa 19, which sleeps eight, at R14,319 a night, about R1,790 a person when full; game drives are extra. As at the lodge next door, you can take your own car into the park from the gate. Choose it for a family or group who want to cook, self-drive and be close to Sun City; skip it if there are only two of you.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Room for six to ten in one villa
- Your own kitchen
- Self-drive the park from the gate
- About R1,790 a person in a full eight-sleeper
Cons
- Priced per villa, so poor value for a couple
- Game drives cost extra
- Which side of the fence it stands is not stated
- Only one villa's rate is published in our source
What's here
- Family rooms
- Self-catering
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
We could not reach a website for Bakubung Villas, so this list is incomplete by definition. Ask them directly.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Pilanesberg National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryR748 per international adult per day at USD 1 = ZAR 16.36.
- $46per person, per day
- VehicleR168 per car per day, about $10.
- $10per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $306 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
Guests at lodges inside the park usually pay the fee through the lodge; several private-reserve lodges include it in their rate.
The full fee schedule for Pilanesberg National ParkRates at Bakubung Villas
From $875 per villa. Legacy's own site, read 24 Sep 2026: R14,319 (about $875) a night for Mountain Villa 19, three or four bedrooms, sleeping 8, self-catering. Game drives are not included. That is about R1,790 a person for eight. Park fees and VAT treatment are not stated: the gate charges R748 (about $46) per foreign adult a day, R168 ($10) per South African adult and per car. Rand at R16.36 to the dollar.
Self-catering. You cook. Nothing else is included unless the entry says so.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked against our research of 24 September 2026 and converted at R16.36 to the dollar. Where a lodge publishes its own rate we use it with its date. The per-person figures for Ivory Tree, Shepherd's Tree, Kwa Maritane, Bakubung Bush Lodge, Tshukudu, Tsholo, Umoya, Mbazo and Dzombo are a named agent's or reseller's and say so; the guesthouses, The Kingdom and Tlou come from one Booking.com night (14 to 15 October 2026) or LekkeSlaap's list. The price filter and sort use per-person rates only: campsites, rooms, villas and whole lodges show their rate in the text but carry no sortable figure. The park conservation fee comes on top outside the gate: R748 per foreign adult, R168 per South African adult and R168 per car, per day since 1 December 2025, card only, and a new tariff could start on 1 December 2026.
Questions about Bakubung Villas
How much are Bakubung Villas?
Legacy lists Mountain Villa 19, sleeping eight, at R14,319 a night, self-catering, read in September 2026. Other villas range from three to four bedrooms for six to ten guests; ask Legacy for their rates.
Are game drives included at Bakubung Villas?
No. You self-drive the park or book drives separately, either through the lodge or with Mankwe Gametrackers from Bakubung gate, R807 a person for 3 hours.
Are Bakubung Villas good for families?
Yes: three- and four-bedroom villas with kitchens, at a malaria-free park a short drive from Sun City. We found no published child policy, so ask about cots.