Pilanesberg Private Lodge
Small lodge, catered or whole-lodge self-catering · The private reserve on the western side · Pilanesberg Private Lodge (private)
Mid-range
Inside the park
Owner-run
A small privately owned lodge for up to ten guests on the private reserve on the western side. It offers two ways to stay: three meals and two game drives a day, or the whole lodge on a self-catering basis. It publishes no rates, and its published contact is a Gmail address rather than a company domain. As on the rest of the reserve, game viewing is guided only. Choose it if you want a small lodge and are willing to ask for a quote; skip it if you want to compare published prices before you write to anyone.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Small, up to ten guests
- Catered with drives, or whole-lodge self-catering
- Inside the park fence on the private reserve
Cons
- No published rates
- Guided only: no self-driving
- A small operation with a Gmail contact
- No published child policy
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
We could not reach a website for Pilanesberg Private 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 Pilanesberg Private Lodge
Rates on request. No rate published on the lodge's site (read 24 Sep 2026). It offers two options: three meals and two game drives a day, or the whole lodge self-catering. Ask whether the park conservation fee and VAT are included.
It depends which package you book. This camp sells more than one basis, from self-catering up to fully inclusive. The rates note says what each one covers.
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 Pilanesberg Private Lodge
How much does Pilanesberg Private Lodge cost?
The lodge publishes no rates. Its site lists two options, three meals and two game drives a day, or the whole lodge self-catering, so ask for a quote on each and on whether park fees are included.
Is Pilanesberg Private Lodge the park's own lodge?
No. Despite the name it is a privately owned lodge on the private reserve on the western side, not run by the North West Parks and Tourism Board.
Can you self-drive from Pilanesberg Private Lodge?
No. Lodges on the private reserve are guided only; you see the park on the lodge's game drives.