The Botik Hides
Guesthouse · Mogwase, Manyane gate side · Not on record
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Budget
Outside the gate
Community or local
The Botik Hides is a guesthouse in Mogwase, on the east side of the park and about 5 to 8 km from Manyane gate on our map estimate. We know it from a Booking.com listing with a guest score of 9.5, which showed R925 a night for two adults on 14 to 15 October 2026. Our sources class it as locally owned and gives no website, room count or meal basis, so ask before you book. You drive into the park each day through Manyane gate and pay the conservation fee there by card: R1,664 a day for a foreign couple with a car, R504 for a South African couple. Choose it for a cheap self-drive base; skip it if you want to be inside the gate before the day visitors arrive.
Pros and cons
Pros
- R925 a night on Booking.com, October 2026
- About 5 to 8 km from Manyane gate on our map estimate
- A Booking.com guest score of 9.5
- Locally owned, per our sources
- Malaria-free area, about 2.5 to 3 hours from Johannesburg
Cons
- Outside the park; you pay the gate fee every day you go in
- No website, room count or meal basis on record
- Only one Booking.com price in our sources
- No guided drives; you self-drive or book Mankwe Gametrackers
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 The Botik Hides
From $57 per night for two. Booking.com, 1 night 14 to 15 October 2026, 2 adults, read 24 Sep 2026: R925 (about $57) for the night. No meal basis or room detail in our source. The park conservation fee is paid at Manyane gate by card: R748 (about $46) per foreign adult and R168 ($10) per South African adult and per car, per day. VAT treatment is not shown in our source. Rand at R16.36 to the dollar.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
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 The Botik Hides
Is The Botik Hides inside Pilanesberg National Park?
No. It is in Mogwase, outside the park, about 5 to 8 km from Manyane gate on our map estimate. You enter through Manyane gate and pay the daily conservation fee by card; entry stops about an hour before the gate closes.
How much does The Botik Hides cost?
Booking.com showed R925 (about $57) a night for two adults on 14 to 15 October 2026. Other dates will differ. The park fee is extra: R748 per foreign adult, R168 per South African adult and R168 per car, per day.
Is The Botik Hides good for families?
We found no published child policy or room detail. Pilanesberg and the whole of North West Province are outside every malaria risk zone on the NICD map of December 2025, and South African children aged 5 to 12 pay R84 at the gate.