1 reviews | Active since Apr 2013
International tourist attraction destroyed
I own a timeshare week at Bakgatla but due to it being used as a "quarantine" facility as was given a week at Manyane. On arrival Friday afternoon I noticed the pool at the reception is green, I asked the receptionist about this and was told that the campsite has no electricity but we at the chalets do have and the pool pump gets its supply from the campsite. We went to our chalet but had to pass a blue generator that was running. During the night the generator was shut down and the whole camp went dead silent, our air-conditioner stopped and the chalet was pitch dark. Around 5AM the generator started again and we at the chalets had electricity. At around 3 in the afternoon we went to the bar for a drink and we planned to watch the rugby there, the bar had no ice, soda or tonic water, we had 4 beers. We then went to the shop to buy ice for ourselves but they also had no ice. Only then were we told that Manyane own Eskom money which they don`t have, hence the running of the generator. The shop was just as empty as the bar. We accepted the fact that we had to endure the noise from the generator for the week but Wednesday morning around 5AM the generator didn`t start, we had to get up with no electricity which means no coffee nor breakfast. When we acquire, we were told they ran out of diesel. We went for a drive in in Pilansberg where we had breakfast, here we also noticed the signs of a place being neglected. The roads are in a terrible condition, vehicles swerve from side to side to avoid potholes and each other. I don`t think Pilansberg, Manyane and Bakgatla Camp will last as another year as the signs of *******ion and bankruptcy are very evident. Too bad to let an international tourist attraction get destroyed but bad management.
