Zandfontein Bush camp Plan your stay
The splash pool on the lapa deck, the tents on the right and the valley beyond

Four safari tents above the kloof

Canvas walls, proper beds and your own hot tub on the deck. The lapa has everything else.

Pick your tent

All four stand on raised wooden decks with steps up from the path, a hot tub beside each one and the view down the kloof. Two have a double bed, two have a pair of single beds that can be pushed together.

Sleeps
Two people per tent, eight in the camp. A child can join you on a mattress: ask when you book
In the tent
Bedding and linen, bath towels, a clothes cupboard, plug points and reading lights
On the deck
Chairs and your own wood-fired hot tub. It takes about an hour and a half to heat; the first load of wood is included, and more is sold on the farm
Bathrooms
Two shared bathrooms with shower, toilet and basin
Rate
R1 200 a night per tent, VAT included
Plan your stay
A double tent: the bed made up in white linen with a red throw, a green canvas wardrobe beside it
From the bed: the tent door open onto the deck and the veld
A tent on stilts with its wooden hot tub below the deck

The lapa is where the evenings happen

One big open-plan room with glass on the valley side: the kitchen, a long bar, the dining table, the braai inside and another outside, DStv, and Wi-Fi. The deck runs out to the splash pool and the boma.

Inside the lapa: the bar with blue stools, the dining area and a spotting scope by the windows
Two wine glasses on the edge of the splash pool, the valley beyond
The lapa kitchen: fridge-freezer, gas stove and oven, microwave and kettle
The long wooden bar with four stools
  • KitchenFridge-freezer, gas oven and stove, microwave, air fryer, toaster and kettle, pots and pans, plates and cutlery
  • IceAn ice machine, and bags of ice sold on the farm
  • BraaiOne inside the lapa, one outside, grids and tongs, and a boma for the fire
  • Splash poolOn the deck, for the hot days
  • DStvFor the rugby
  • Wi-FiAt the lapa, good enough for a video call
  • ParkingSecure, at the camp
A wood-fired hot tub on the hillside, looking down the kloof

What you bring

Zandfontein is self-catering. What you bring in, you take out.

  • Your food and drinks
  • Drinking water: the tap water is not for drinking
  • Your own medicine and a first-aid kit
  • An extra blanket in winter: Karoo nights get cold
  • Your toiletries, and towels for the hot tub and pool (bath towels are in the tent)

Braai wood is sold at camp: R100 for a 20 kg bag.

Good to know

Check in
14:00 to 18:00
Check out
By 11:00
Minimum stay
Two nights. Single nights Monday to Thursday
Getting here
The last 80 km is gravel: any car can do it, but a high-clearance one is better. Directions
Children
All ages welcome
Pets
No pets, please
Smoking
Only at the lapa or the boma
Indemnity
Every guest signs an indemnity form on arrival
Your hosts
Tania and Stian look after guests at the camp. Jaco and Annelien Swanepoel own the farm
One tent
R1 200 a night for two, VAT included
Whole camp
R3 600 a night, all four tents
Access
Paths and steps: the camp is not suitable for guests with limited mobility
Groups
Six to eight people fill the camp: good for team breakaways
Deposit
50% confirms your booking. Cancel 60 days before and half the deposit is forfeited; within 30 days, all of it
Paying
EFT, card, or cash at the farm
Power and signal
Solar, with a generator as backup. Vodacom, MTN and Cell C work at the lapa and the tents
Cleaning
Tents are serviced on request, at extra cost
Plan your stay See the gallery