All Comments for de Pakhuys

We stayed for 2 nights in Bokmakierie cabin and loved every moment of it. Secluded with beautiful views and the wood-fired hot tub was the highlight of our stay.

We loved our stay, beautiful scenery and the accommodation was perfect.

The place is over run by bouldering people, they have loud conversations at night in the communal areas.

to cut the grass at the dam and improve the area where you sit down with more benches and shade

I enjoyed my stay at De Pakhuys. There are plenty of hiking trails, places to swim and boulders to climb. And the night sky is magnificent! There were a lot of people, but spread out over a large area so it did not feel crowded.

We were camping and loved the spot ,next to the rocks. For a longer stay we would prefer to have electricity, but for the one night it was ok without. The stars at night are so bright. Its amazing to be in nature. We will go back again.

We stayed at Witkruis and had a great time. The unit was spotlessly clean and much better equipped than we had expected. The kitchen had absolutely everything in it that you could imagine and the beds were very comfortable. Lovely place, beautiful surroundings.

The absolute beauty of the surroundings. Mabe a little primitive for some campers but if you want to enjoy simplicity and also privacy, a lot of the camp sites will offer just that for you. I wish I could have stayed longer han 5 days.

Warm water and clean bedding :-)

Crowded campsite with few space for each one. Ablution only basic and guests are asked to fire the hot shower water for your own. In the beds of the rented cabin were insects crawling on the sheet so that we slept finally in our own tent.

Wonderful place, great people.

Aircon and dark curtains to be considered

We stayed in the “glamping” unit- thatch roof and tented sides. So much more than we imagined! Perfectly kitted out kitchen, good bathroom (and shower with great pressure!) and wonderfully luxurious bed and linen. We hiked to the waterfall, and got a little lost along the way, but the end result was beautiful! Great little spot for swimming (or just dipping your toes in), but does require one or 2 spots of climbing. Would be great if some more “signs” could be posted along the route. We had the misfortune of a very windy afternoon/evening, which made braaiing a bit tricky- would have liked to be able to shield the area a bit? Something to consider perhaps, if the area is prone to wind. The ceiling fan in the tent was perfect for the hot weather! Truly a well thought out space.

We loved the place but regretted that there is no crokery at all, nor cutlery and plates. We enjoyed our stay though and would recommend it specifying the above. Attention : il n'y a ni couverts ni casseroles ni assiettes etc...!

Arrived at reception at 5pm for our stay at their campsite. Waited around for 40 minutes with no assistance, despite ringing the bell. No signal anywhere meant we were unable to phone any of the numbers we had. Not even cleaning ladies would attempt to help us in finding the owner or manager and gave curt surly replies, and told us to just wait. We saw a sheet indicating allotted campsites and our name was not on there.

After 40 minutes, we got gatvol and decided to drive to the campsite. This was a few kilometres from the reception office. Once there, the office on the campsite was also locked and closed, and we couldn't find anyone. We also could not determine where a possible open site would be. We talked to a few people only to discover that the sites weren't even numbered correctly, with some sites having a 7 in front of it but a 4 pinned to the tree.

By now I was getting irritated. It also became clear to us that the owners of this establishment were booking far more people in than they had campsites for, as we found lots of people on the periphery of the assigned campsites having just made a space for themselves between trees and in the shade of the mountain. This seemed to me quite greedy of the owners as there are only so many ablutions and facilities and they seemed to have added twice as many groups as there are sites.

My boyfriend decided to go back to the reception office. When he got there, he finally found someone and they told him we had no booking. This despite us having paid AND receiving a confirmation via Safari Now of our campsite as well as the email to confirm our stay a few days ahead of the booking. It's a good thing I wasn't there because I would have totally lost it. I had booked and confirmed as far back as 29 May and now we weren't even getting a proper campsite in the shaded area, but were told to just squash in next to someone on the edge of the campsites. We finally started setting up camp TWO HOURS after arriving and after a long day's driving.

As it was on the edge and not properly assigned to us, we had to request from the people that did have a proper campsite to extend their power to us as well.

The best is, our neighbours to the left were ridiculously noisy with music pumping loudly, which was alright until it ended up going till 23:30!! The owner drove up around 20:30 and spoke to our neighbours to the right, saying: "How do you like this music?" to which they responded "Not really" and to which he replied "Well, have a good night then" and drove off!!

Unbelievable. Poor service, poor organisation, lost booking, paid and booked well in advance for nothing, and then the owner can't even manage the campsite and tell other campers to respect the rules. Farcical. Never in my life have I camped in such dodge circumstances with such poor management. NOT RECOMMENDED AT ALL.

Sadly, if our paid booking had been remembered and someone had met us at reception OR at camp or our name was at least on the campsite sheet, we may have had a totally different experience as the Clanwilliam area is quite beautiful. Very disappointed.

Establishments response:

Thank you for the candid , honest feedback. I am really so sorry to hear about your experience. This is totally unacceptable and certainly not the norm for our establishment! I have investigated the matter and took this up with our manager - and you are correct – the booking did not end up on our booking server. This is clearly an oversight on our side, not on Safarinow’s side, for which we extend a sincere apology. We have put systems in place to ensure this does not ever happen again.

The cabin is perfect. It is cosy and clean and has everything you nerd. The braai area was also very nicely situated. We had a very nice escape and enjoyed the nature all around.

We found a site in the bush well away from the set campsite as sites rather small. Loved the walks and the farm dogs that followed and led us. The rocky surrounds are amazingly beautiful and close to camp.

We loved the scenery and tranquility of the place. The pool was just awesome and the grounds. The place we stayed in was more than what we expected. We will definitely be coming back again with friends.

This was the most awesome holiday resort I have been to in a very long time. The owners were amazing and very attentive. The surroundings were spectacular. Cost great too. Would recommend this resort to everyone.

We spent 3 wonderfully peaceful days at de Pakhuys. Stunning walks followed by delightful swims in the pool! Will be back!

Even though it wasn't planned, we had a tech free weekend as there is no cell reception.  But they do offer wifi facilities.  It was a wonderful restful weekend, with the kids playing and swimming and long walks on the farm.  There is also a beautiful waterfall you can hike up to.  The facilities are clean and well kept.  It is a lovely breakaway place.  We will definitely be back.

Very chilled out lovely place

Location in Cederberg area with nice views of the mountains. The chalet was big, clean and very nice. There was also a good trail to waterfall and the mountains. It was a very nice place and would recommend staying there.

Nice stay at De Pakhuys. Good ambiance - happy with it.

We were extremely impressed with the friendliness and helpfulness of the host. The setting is as peaceful as can be, and we had everything we needed. We almost felt like we were visiting family.

Ons verblyf was goed.

(RoomsForAfrica Translated)
The accommodation was good.

Well appointed accommodation in a beautiful setting. Great for a quiet weekend get away.