Overview & Rates

Location	Pilanesberg Game Reserve
Malaria area	No
Big 5 game reserve	Yes
Getting there	2 hour drive from Johannesburg 8km from Sun City
Total number of rooms	90
Type of accommodation	Luxury hotel rooms
Children under 12 years accepted?	Yes

Validity	Special rate for advance booking
10 October - 31 December 2011	R 1,260.00
01 January - 30 April 2012	R 1,318.00
01 May - 31 August 2012	R 1,183.00
NORMAL SELLING RATE - R 2,000.00 RECEIVE A DISCOUNT OF 43%
**SPECIAL OFFERS**
** Surcharges will apply over holiday periods & long weekends

• Breakfast and dinner daily
• Luxury accommodation
• One game drive per adult per night (morning or afternoon) OR a complimentary shuttle and free entrance into Sun City per night - must be pre-booked

• There will be a 40% single supplement charged on the per person per night sharing rate

• Children under the age of 18 years (maximum two children per room) will be accommodated free of charge on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis if sharing with one or two adults
• Children occupying their own rooms will be charged the full adult rate
• The Lodge offers a wonderful kiddies programme called ‘Legacy’s Junior Rangers’.  Please ask on arrival for more details

• All prices quoted are based on a minimum stay over weekends (Fri & Sat or Sat & Sun)
• There is a shuttle bus that runs between the lodge and Sun City every two hours at a cost of R 60 per person return. The shuttle starts at 09h45 and ends at 23h00
• Private game drives into the Pilanesberg Game Reserve are bookable directly at the lodge. Children under the age of 12 years, accompanied by an adult, qualify for a complimentary game drive, but are still required to pay the entrance fee of R50.00 into the park. This rate is subject to increase - please check with our reservations staff. Minimum age for game drives is 6 years and older.

About The Lodge & The Reserve

Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge is located in the heart of the Pilanesberg National Park, an easy drive of 175 km from Johannesburg, 3 km from the local airport and a mere 8 km from Sun City. This is the perfect setting for a relaxing family weekend away or a corporate conference.

Guests experience excellent game sightings, which include the Big 5, on bush walks and game drives. and the lodge's 180m underground tunnel leading to the "Hide", provides for an intimate glimpse of the wild.

Indulge yourself with a stay in any one of the 90 luxury rooms. Enjoy a delicious breakfast, lunch or dinner in The Kwa Maritane Restaurant, overlooking the waterhole, "The Rock", and the magnificent granite formations, within the Park. Or sample something from the terrace or "in room dining" menus. On Saturday and Wednesday evenings (weather permitting) dine al fresco on traditional South African fare in our Bush Boma.

Your meetings and functions will run smoothly with the assistance of the staff and the array of features they offer, including secretarial services and Internet and email access. For all special occasion from weddings to dinner dances Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge we will deliver the service to meet your expectations.

Room features:

• Air conditioning
• Electric safe
• En-suite bathroom and shower
• DStv
• Telephone
• Tea & coffee making facilities
• Hairdryer
• International multiplugs

Lodge features:

• Restaurant
• Bar
• Underground hide
• Webcam
• Swimming pool
• Wireless internet access
• Children's playground
• Tennis courts
• Two Bomas
• Conference facilities for up to 264 delegates
• Medical service on call

Activities:

• Tennis courts
• Game drives
• Bush walks
• Rock climbing wall

Next door to the famous leisure and entertainment resort of Sun City, is the Pilanesberg National Park.

It may not be very large (550km²) compared to Kruger or some of the other great African parks, but it has a real wilderness feel to it and most of the big animals you could wish to see. It lies amongst the only significant hills in the area which rise skywards out of the flat highveld plain. This massif is a 1,200 million-year-old volcanic relic of four concentric mountain rings.

The Pilanesberg is the highest peak towering 600 metres above Mankwe Lake, which sits in the heart of the ancient volcano. The volcano's circular bowl was recognised as being the perfect situation for a national park with its tall sides creating natural boundaries. The area was farmed until 1979 until Operation Genesis was launched to rehabilitate the land and stock it with game. This was one of the most imaginative game-stocking enterprises ever undertaken and the Pilanesberg became a great success story. There are currently around 10,000 head of game and it is a very popular game park for locals and overseas visitors alike - many of whom make the short trip from the nearby resort of Sun City.

Animals and birds

This park is home to good populations of a whole range of Africa's game, including the 'Big Five'; elephants, black and white rhinoceros, buffaloes, lions and leopards and you will also see giraffes, zebras, hippos and a wide variety of antelopes including the very attractive sable, eland, kudu and gemsbok. There are also cheetahs and hyenas and jackal. Birdlife is good with over 300 species and bird lovers will be interested in the huge stroll-through aviary at the Manyane gate. Also in this area is a 'vulture restaurant' - created to help save the shy and endangered Cape vulture from regional extinction.

Map & Directions

Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge

Directions from Sandton / Fourways:

• Travel north along William Nicol Drive to the Fourways intersection with Witkoppen Road
• Assume a zero speedometer reading at this intersection. Turn left into Witkoppen Road towards Lanseria / Roodepoort
• At 6.3 km turn right at the intersection with Hans Strijdom Extension on the road to Lanseria
• At 12.7 km cross over the Muldersdrift / Diepsloot Road and continue with the R512 towards Broederstroom and Lanseria
• At 14.3 km cross the bridge over the R28 Krugersdorp / Pretoria highway
• At 19.2 km pass the actual Lanseria turnoff and carry on straight
• At 37.3 km you encounter a T-junction. Turn left on the R512 to Magaliesberg
• At 47.1 km turn right on the R512 to Brits, cross the railway line and within 3 km you cross the new bridge over the Hartebeespoort Dam
• At 52.4 km you encounter another T junction. Turn right on the R512 towards Brits
• The next intersection is a major four-way stop indicating R513 to Pretoria North straight ahead, R27 to Pretoria via the tunnel bridge to the right and R512/27 to the left for Brits and Rustenberg - TURN LEFT towards Brits and Rustenberg
• At 58.5 km you bypass the first Brits turnoff on the right
• At 62.1 km you turn right on the R27 after the signpost to Rustenberg/Brits
• At 62.8 km keep left on the R27 to Rustenberg
• At 67.6 km take the slipway left again indicating the direction towards Rustenberg. The R27 becomes the new N4 highway
• At 75.8 km, a signboard indicates Pilanesberg to the left on route 91. A further sign board indicates that this is the route to Sun City, exit left off the highway
• At the stop sign turn right, cross over the bridge and travel a further 70 km towards Sun City
• Turn right when you reach the Mogwase & Pilanesberg turnoff
• Signposting to Kwa Maritane is prominent. Just short of 2 km from this point, turn left and enter the gate to the Park
• Travel a further 1 km to reach your destination