Trekpad Safaris

We offer the ambiance, nostalgia and tradition of a typical 1900 farmyard. We are situated on the R511 Brits/Thabazimbi road. Trekpad Safaris is a 4 Start Graded Lodge situated in the Limpopo province. You can also enjoy real traditional sumptious South African cuisine. We also have a lovely pool. You will be able to do walking trails, bicycle routes through game farm, bird watching and do your own game drive. We have a variety of game. We can assure you of an exclusive stay in the bushveld - an africa experience is unsurpassed. Trekpad Safaris ensure that your visit in South Africa will be "an affair to remember".

Our proud history

At the Trekpad Conference and Safari Centre of the Thabazimbi bushveld in South Africa, our guests are taken on a trek through the history of this very special gaming area. Thabazimbi is frontier world: tamed by courageous men and women during the 19th and early 20th century. We hold them in high esteem and therefore we dedicate our company to these pioneers who were authorities on trekking and especially hunting!

At the beginning of the 20th century they found their peace and rest in this world of opportunity. They built their plain little 'hartbees' thatched houses all along the banks of the Crocodile River and finally 'came home'. The friendship between the president of the then Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, president Paul Kruger (one of South Africa's major nature conservationists) and the Tswana chief Ramokoka was legendary and is a further colourful story we would like to share with you on your visit to Trekpad!

Our accommodation has the ambience of a typical pioneer farmyard but with all modern amenities. Trekpad sleeps 25 people in double rooms: De Stallen (The Stables), De Opstal (The Farmhouse) and De Herberg (The Lodge). De Raadzaal is our conference facility and De Waegenhuis (The Barn) boasts our traditional dining area.

We all so have a lovely Kleine Kerken which can host 100 guests as well as De Wittebrood suite to round the picture of.

De Waegenhuis (Dining and Function Area):

All meals are served in the dining room of De Waegenhuis or outside on the porch, on the lawn or next to “De Kuilen” (Rock Pool), weather permitting. Can host 100 people.

Activities in and around:

Thabazimbi Golf Course

Situated eight kilometres from Thabazimbi on the Rustenburg road (R510), Thabazimbi is a Bushveld course with wonderful old trees and much bird and wild life joining golfers on the greens. Thabazimbi Golf Club is home to the annual Billie of the Bushveld Tournament which is held very year between March and April. The Rooikuilspruit that comes into play on five of the holes traverses this nine-hole, eighteen-tee course.

Marakele National Park
The Marakele National Park in the heart of the Waterberg Mountains has become a 'place of sanctuary' for a vast variety of wildlife mainly due to its location in the transitional zone between the dry western and moist eastern regions of South Africa. The Marakele National Park is characterised by contrasting majestic mountain landscapes, grass-clad hills and deep valleys.

Ben Alberts Nature Reserve
The Ben Alberts Nature Reserve is set close to the town of Thabazimbi, virtually on Route 510 just south west of Marakele National Park in the heart of the Waterberg. Rated as one of the best birding reserves by avid birders, Ben Alberts is also well known for its Vulture Restaurant, where the endangered Cape vulture is one of the stars of the show.

Waterberg Biosphere
Situated in the magnificent Waterberg Mountain Range of Limpopo, the Waterberg District is the ideal getaway where the weary traveller can relax and revel in the great natural beauty of the bushveld savannah and its rich wildlife heritage. The Waterberg Mountains stretch along more than 5 000 km² of spectacular vistas and scenic valleys - the ideal destination off the beaten tourism track.

The Nylsvley Nature Reserve
The Nylsvley Nature Reserve is situated in the upper reaches of the Nyl River near the town of Naboomspruit in Limpopo, and includes part of the largest floodplain vlei in the country. The Nylsvley Nature Reserve is well known for its exceptional avifaunal diversity, with 370 species recorded, of which 102 are waterfowl.

Mokolo Dam Nature Reserve
The Mokolo Dam and nature reserve lies just north east of the Marakele National Park and roughly 50 kilometres south west of Lapalala Wilderness Game Reserve on the northern slopes of the Waterberg Mountains. Mokolo is a relatively small nature reserve that nonetheless attracts visitors for the lovely picnic spots and fishing around the dam, and the interesting concept of 'photographic hunting'.