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Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch
Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch
Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch
Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch
Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch
Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch

Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch


24°18’1.9"S 18°1’58.2"E

Reviews of Bagatelle Game Ranch

Wildlife sightings and reviews

195 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Bagatelle Game Ranch and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in May-2018, 22 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Bagatelle Game Ranch.
Leopard

0% success

Cheetah

39% success

Oryx

79% success

Eland

72% success

Wildebeest

63% success

Giraffe

50% success

White Rhino

50% success

Zebra

50% success

Meerkat

35% success

Aardvark

16% success

Brown Hyena

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Spotted Hyena

0% success

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Duration
Arrival date
Mr&Mrs L.
Paris

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 24 May 2023
"One of the best accomodations during those three weeks.

Wish we would have spent another night so that we would have done an outing with their guides in their private park..

Their dinner was one of the best we have had.Excellent food and atmosphere.

Their shop was oustanding. A wide range of beautiful items, reasonably priced. I did not find the equivalent anywhere else.

Highly recommended." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Mr A
Mallorca

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 16 Dec 2022
"This is our 2nd stay at bagatelle and we have enjoyed both visits very much.

It is the place to see meerkats up close in namibia, and also a nice place for a night drive.

The food is also very good." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Sightings Report

Meerkat

10 sightings

Mr G & Ms B
Hove

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 15 Oct 2022
"We only stayed one night here, but could have happily stayed another night.

The desert chalet we had was well designed with a lovely view.

The game drive was decent enough but it was made by seeing the cheetahs close up at the end." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs L
Birmingham

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 2 Oct 2022
"You know you’re in Africa when you arrive in the car park and there’s an ostrich there!

We were in a dune chalet which had lovely comfy chairs on the decking where we could sit and watch the wildlife both at the water hole it overlooked and the kudu wandering past eating the bushes.

The main building has one of the best shops we came across with plenty of variety of both souvenirs and more practical items such as hats for sun protection.
There was a barbecue the night we stayed with a good variety including 3 different meats which were all very tasty.

We did the cheetah feeding which is you in the back of a truck watching the guides get out and feed the cheetahs (who cannot be released into the wild) & it was both informative and a good way to see these beautiful animals up close." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Cheetah

1 sighting

Eland

1 sighting

Oryx

2 sightings

White Rhino

1 sighting

Mrs B
North Yorkshire

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 28 Sep 2022
"The room we had here was lovely, but overall the ranch was a bit of a theme park.

Concern for the welfare of the oryx with cropped horns who was in the car park when we arrived." See all these reviews: 18n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Poor
Mr P.
Vienna

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 18 Aug 2022
"This was meant to be just a convenient stop-over between Aus and Windhoek, but turned out to be a very positive surprise!

Our chalet (Desert Dune One) was superb, spacious and with all amenities you could imagine, including even a deep claw-foot bath tub with a view over the bush and a waterhole. The main building was large too and there were animals: an oryx, a kudu and some springbok that came right into the premises by the swimming pool! Dinner was three-course and quite formal, but very nice indeed; though it was very busy with every seat occupied (including some people wildly coughing away behind us), so we relocated to the lounge area with our desert as soon as it arrived.

We didn’t have any activities pre-booked but were lucky to get two places on the cheetah-feeding and sundowner tour. This was really excellent, again better than expected and a very nice final wildlife activity before our last stop in Windhoek.

Glad we had this place included – it certainly is much more than a “Bagatelle” (something trivial). Here we thought we could have had an extra night – and pre-booked extra activities. Maybe next time." See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Cheetah

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

1 sighting

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs H
Herne Bay

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 24 Jul 2022
"We arrived in the dark at Bagatelle Game Ranch due to delays getting through immigration at the airport, but we were warmly welcomed and went into the dining room for a delicious three course dinner.

All the staff at Bagatelle were really friendly and nothing was too much trouble.

We booked a morning game drive for the next morning which was excellent.

We would have liked to spend an extra night here." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Eland

1 sighting

Oryx

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Jonathan
Newcastle

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 18 Jul 2022
"We had rooms near the pool but there were other rooms further from the hotel reception with probably better views of the game reserve.

Nice pool, great bar, very friendly staff, great location set in its own little game reserve with plenty of animals walking around. Evening meal was superb and a good breakfast. Quite a long drive from the main road. One room had no window but the other had a view out into the reserve." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Eland

2 sightings

Meerkat

10 sightings

Oryx

5 sightings

Mrs C
Barbados

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 10 Jul 2022
"Excellent stay - far better facilities than expected - large tent with A/C, kettle hairdryer bath etc a/c was in our case was needed on “warm” and was a welcome surprise when we arrived at sunset in the cool winter evening.

Golf buggie with luggage up to room and dune chalet worth the extra as the view was spectacular.

Dinner was excellent too …. Wished we had stayed two nights" See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Sightings Report

White Rhino

1 sighting

Mr and Mrs J
Ludlow

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 7 Jul 2022
"Our very first experience of hospitality in Namibia. Everything went well.

The standard was good. Everybody was charming. The room was lovely.

We only stayed one night and didn’t see any wildlife, but we saw our first African sunset. So colourful!" See all these reviews: 6n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
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195 reviews of Bagatelle Game Ranch by travellers since August 2007
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