We camped at Eagle Falls in Nov 2023. Its an awesome place in terms of the location, the views and the tranquility of nature. The walks to the waterfall is worth the trouble, and in summer the natural pools will be a pleasant way of cooling off. The resort is also pet friendly, our 4-feet children enjoyed the trip. Just beware of snakes.
We used a normal road caravan, and enjoyed the stay in general. We parked on the large grassed area, not on the terraces (see first 2 pics below*). Despite the advice from Lodge Management, the road is bad and not fit for a normal road caravan. Next time I will use my bush-trailer. However, that will be a problem, as the owner will expect us to stand on the terraces on the far side of the resort. The layout of those terraces are not well thought through and planned in terms of camping, because they are too small, too narrow (see first 2 pics below). Access is very difficult (tight corners, etc.). It is impossible anyway to access with a normal road caravan. Plus, when parked in the middle, with campers both sides, one cannot get out, because the terraces are so narrow. Very impractical.
The facilities are generally run-down and not well maintained. Despite the fact that the owner confirmed that the ablutions are cleaned every day, including weekends, over the weekend we stayed there, no cleaning was done. I spoke to the Cleaner, she confirmed, she never works weekends. Luckily not too many campers that weekend, so was not a big problem for us, but, it will be a big problem if the camp is fully occupied.
Riaan (Lodge manager) went out of his way to make our stay pleasant, fixing the water supply and the wi-fi, etc. he was on-call 24 hrs, and made a huge difference. Its a pity that Riaan and Barbara left the resort at the end of Dec.
We enjoyed the stay, but wont go back there.
* pics from Eagle Falls website.
