de Pakhuys

Reviews

• "Crowded campsite"

  29 December 2019

  "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."

• "The view!"

  09 October 2019

  "Wonderful place, great people."

• "Wonderful nvironment"

  22 February 2018

  "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...!"

• "Dismal, will never recommend. Shocking experience"

  08 January 2018

  "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."

• "The Waterfall huke"

  03 September 2017

  "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."

• "Waterfall walk"

  02 May 2017

  "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."

• "What an awesome stay"

  02 March 2017

  "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."

• "Peace and quiet"

  16 February 2016

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

• "Rest well"

  28 September 2015

  "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."

• "Beautiful"

  11 August 2015

  "Very chilled out lovely place"

• "De Pakhuys"

  18 September 2012

  "Poor accommodation, too close to farm house, furniture does not match, even surface of table not fixed to legs, dirty crockery - we had to wash our own wine glasses, and only three glasses available for four-bed cottage, and then we ended up with no water at all at 5 am the next morning. The advertisement on the internet does not show all these faults and negatives."

• "Impressed"

  08 January 2009

  "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."

• "Impressed"

  08 January 2009

  "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."