Ntamba Safari Lodge
Whole-lodge rental, self-catering · The private reserve on the western side · Ntamba Safari Lodge (family-owned; same contact as Nkala)
Mid-range
Inside the park
Owner-run
A family-owned lodge on the private reserve on the western side, rented as a whole: five suites for ten adults and five children. It is self-catering with two game drives a day, and it is one of the few places in our sources that states the park conservation fee is in the price. The lodge's own site says plainly that no self-driving is allowed. It shares its contact with Nkala Safari Lodge, a larger lodge on the same reserve. At R19,000 a night midweek, a full house of ten adults pays R1,900 each. Choose it for a multi-family group; skip it for a couple.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Conservation fees included, stated by the lodge
- Sleeps ten adults and five children
- Two game drives a day in the rate
- A published rate for midweek and weekends
Cons
- Priced for the whole lodge only
- Self-catering, so you cook
- No self-driving allowed, in the lodge's own words
- Weekends cost R4,000 more a night
What's here
- Family rooms
- Self-catering
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
We could not reach a website for Ntamba Safari Lodge, 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 Ntamba Safari Lodge
From $1,161 per night, whole lodge. Own site, read 24 Sep 2026: R19,000 (about $1,161) a night midweek and R23,000 ($1,406) at weekends for the whole lodge, self-catering, with two game drives a day. The lodge states that conservation fees are included. VAT is not mentioned in our source. For 10 adults that is R1,900 a person midweek. 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 Ntamba Safari Lodge
Does the Ntamba rate include park fees?
Yes. The lodge states that conservation fees are included in its R19,000 midweek and R23,000 weekend whole-lodge rate. Ask about VAT, which our source does not mention.
Is Ntamba good for families?
It sleeps ten adults plus five children in five suites, so it suits two or three families travelling together. We found no published minimum age for drives, so ask.
Can you self-drive from Ntamba?
No. The lodge's own site says no self-driving is allowed. You see the park on the two daily game drives.