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Shepherds Tree Game Lodge - lodge bar
Shepherds Tree Game Lodge - lodge bar
Shepherds Tree Game Lodge - lodge entertainment area
Shepherds Tree Game Lodge - lodge lounge
Shepherds Tree Game Lodge - lounge
Shepherds Tree Game Lodge - suite bathroom
Shepherds Tree Game Lodge - suite bedroom

Overview & Rates

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Fast Facts
Location Pilanesberg National Park
Malaria area No
Big 5 game reserve Yes
Getting there 2 and a half hour drive from Johannesburg
15 minutes from Sun City
Total number of rooms 30
Type of accommodation 26 standard suites and 4 executive suites
Children under 12 years accepted? Yes

Rates Per Person Per Night Sharing
Validity 02 February - 30 April 2012
01 May - 30 Sep 2012
01 Oct - 30 Nov 2012
Standard Rooms
R 2,120.00
R 1,800.00
R 2,120.00
Family Suites R 2,240.00 **
R 1,960.00 **
R 2,240.00 **
Executive Suites R 2,400.00
R 2,400.00
R 2,400.00

NORMAL SELLING RATE - R 2,650.00
RECEIVE A 39% DISCOUNT

**SPECIAL OFFERS**

February Valentine’s Specials

Valid until 15 February, min stay two nights
Includes a one hour massage per person per day & a complimentary bottle of sparkling wine
R 1,885.00

Bookable within 7 days of travel
R 1,599.00
Valid until 30 November 2012

** Family Suites are charged based on a minimum of 4 adults
Surcharges will apply over holiday periods & long weekends
best-price-promise

Room type descriptions
Standard Room

A Standard Room is 51 sqm & consists of a double/twin bedroom with en-suite bath & outdoor shower. Children cannot be accommodated in this room type.


Family Suite

A Family Suite is 142 sqm and offers two en-suite bedrooms, lounge area with plasma screen, kitchenette, DSTV & a deck. The price for the Family Suite is based on a minimum of 4 adults. This Suite can also accommodate 2 children on a sleeper couch in lounge area.


Executive Suite

The Executive Suite is 91 sqm and comprises of one en-suite bedroom, bath, inside steam shower & double outside shower, lounge, plasma screen, kitchenette, DSTV and a lovely patio area. The Executive Suite can accommodate, 2 adults & 1 child on a sleeper couch in the lounge area.



Price includes
  • Three meals per day
  • Dawn and dusk game drives in open Land Rovers
  • Accommodation and V.A.T
  • Teas & snacks

Single Supplement
  • There will be a supplement of 50% on the per person sharing rate for single accommodation

Children
  • In an Executive Suite, when sharing with 2 adults, a child aged 2-11 years will pay 50% of the adult rate
  • In a Family Suite, when sharing with 2 adults, children aged 2-11 years will pay 50% of the Standard Room rate
  • Children under 2 years of age will stay free of charge
  • Generally, and except where children are accommodated on safari by means of a 'bush bumble', children under the age of 6 years will not be permitted on game drives
  • Children between the age of 6 & 12 years are permitted on drives at the discretion of the game ranger

Notes
  • All prices quoted are based on a minimum stay of two nights
  • A Conservation Levy of R 100.00 per person per stay will be payable directly to the Lodge
  • Terms & Conditions apply



About The Lodge & The Reserve


About Shepherd's Tree Game Lodge

Shepherd’s Tree Game Lodge will offer you far more than just memorable vacations. It is destined to become one of the premier lodges in Southern Africa. The lodge provides tremendous wildlife experiences in a vast wilderness, and yet still offers easy access (only 18km or 15mins by road) to the world’s most unique resort, the internationally acclaimed Sun City.

The reception is situated adjacent to the curio shop and business centre. A gourmet restaurant and outdoor boma serve the most delectable cuisines, a casual lounge and bar provide magnificent vistas of the impressive landscape, a spacious entertainment deck with outdoor cocktail bar overlook a spectacular rim-flow swimming pool, an award-winning health and beauty spa offers heavenly pampering in 2 couples treatment rooms and a single treatment room, a conference centre is fully equipped to ensure that conferences, functions and events are handled seamlessly and provide for a maximum of 70 delegates, a small business centre caters for all your telecommunication needs.


Room Features
  • Air conditioning/Heating
  • Ensuite bathroom
  • Outside Shower
  • DSTV
  • Telephone
  • Espresso machine, Tea & Coffee making facilities
  • Hairdryer
  • Internet access
  • Mini safe
  • Kitchenette (Family & Executive Suites only)
  • Patio
  • All International plug points fitted

Lodge Features
  • The design feature accommodates 26 standard suites and 4 spacious executive suites situated adjacent a magnificent main lodge
  • Placement and design of each suite ensures privacy and commanding views of the expansive bushveld amphitheatre
  • Featured architecture and interior design are the hallmark of all the suites and the main lodge
  • Flawless finishes with no detail overlooked
  • Highest quality equipment with plasma screen TV, DSTV and a mini-business centre in every suite
  • A gourmet restaurant and outdoor boma serve the most delectable cuisines
  • A casual lounge and cocktail bar provide magnificent vistas of the impressive landscape
  • A spacious entertainment deck with outdoor bar overlooks a spectacular rim-flow swimming pool
  • A health and beauty spa offers heavenly pampering in 2 couples treatment rooms and a single treatment room
  • A conference centre is fully equipped to ensure that conferences, functions and events are handled seamlessly and provide for a maximum of 70 delegates
  • A small business centre caters for all your telecommunication needs

Activities
  • Dawn & dusk game drives


About The Pilanesburg Game Reserve

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


Directions to Shepherd's Tree Game Lodge

A suitable road map is recommended to follow the route properly, or to trace the route required from other parts of Gauteng, such as Johannesburg International Airport

  • Leave Johannesburg driving past Lanseria Airport towards Hartebeespoort Dam (suggested routes either William Nicol or Hans Strydom roadways)
  • At the T-junction of Broederstroom (fruit stall in front of you) turn left
  • Follow signs to Sun City turning right taking the bridge over the dam
  • At stop street turn right
  • At 4 way stop turn left (takes you past Chameleon Village) and once again follow Sun City signs taking you onto the N4
  • Once on the N4 Toll road, take the 1st off ramp for Pilansberg/Sun City
  • Turn right over the Highway continuing as though traveling to Sun City (+/- 80km) going through at least 4 4-way stops
  • Continue straight past Sun City entrance and Bakubung Gate turn-off, and proceed to the 4 way stop
  • Turn right and proceed along the road for 12km to the Shepherd’s Tree Game Lodge entrance on the right hand side

Shepherd's Tree Game Lodge Coordinates

S 25’ 18’08.57’ E 26’ 58’56.25’