Springbokpan Guest Farm

Basic accommodation but clean and comfortable. Showers with hot water. Nice boma to braai. Close to the Botswana border. Worked very well for us.

We recently had the privilege as a hunting group to visit Springbokpan Guest Farm. We experienced a wonderful time whilst there.
The accommodation, kitchen and ablution facilities were great as well as the skinning and coldroom facilities. I can really recommend it if you want an excellent hunting trip. We felt really welcome and the owner went out of his way to make it a memorable experience.

Great spot to rest just before you cross the border to Botswana.

We are utterly disappointed with our experience at Spingbokpan Guest Farm. The website we relied on for information turned out to be incredibly misleading, and we feel compelled to warn others to steer clear of this place. Our intentions were to have a warm shower and a peaceful night's sleep before our journey began towards a seven night wild camping adventure in Mabuashehube.

However, upon arrival, our hopes were shattered. To our dismay, we discovered that the ablutions were locked, and we were informed that the two brothers who ran the establishment were no longer on speaking terms. As a result, we were instructed to confine ourselves to our side of the fence, which meant sharing a bathroom with another family on the other end. The conditions were far from satisfactory, and the bedding provided was shockingly inadequate. In the bitterly cold weather, the blankets resembled nothing more than thin bed sheets, offering no respite from the chill.

Adding insult to injury, the communal braai area, a space we had been looking forward to, was inaccessible due to the ongoing family feud. Instead, we were left with no choice but to retrieve our gas bottles and cook our meals in a haphazard manner.

We cannot stress enough how thoroughly disappointed we are with the deceptive nature of Spingbokpan Guest Farm. Our experience was marred by locked facilities, substandard bedding, and restricted access to amenities. We implore fellow travelers to heed this warning and avoid this establishment at all costs. It falls far short of delivering the comfort and convenience promised on their misleading website.

December 2010
Kalahari holiday. En route to Kuruman, we stopped for 2 nights' stay. Our destination – Springbokpan Guest Farm, 6 km from Botswana border. It was 183 km to Springbokpan, 100km gravel road. Halfway there, Hein Pretorius realized we should have filled up on fuel. But we drove on. Just before 5 pm we arrived at Springbokpan.
Our ‘chalet’ was a converted park home – lovely big bedroom with double bed, aircon and cupboard. A tiny kitchenette and a separate toilet with basin. The base was a brick foundation and the roof thatch. We were the only ones there. The ablution block was 2 full bathrooms for gents and ladies. Ours had a cute hippopotamus painted on the door. It was decorated in orange and I especially loved the shower double curtain – inside the normal shower curtain, outside orange organza curtain.
Just before 7pm we showered and walked to the main building – restaurant, pub, kitchen, guest rooms and also their home. After another cold drink, we had dinner. Tortilla wraps with tuna mayo as starter, lamb chops, chicken drumsticks, green bean stew, sweet potatoes, rice, crispy potatoes, beetroot & carrot salad as main. Ice cream with toffee sauce for dessert.