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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
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

199 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, 25 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Bagatelle Game Ranch.
Leopard

0% success

Cheetah

40% success

Oryx

82% success

Eland

74% success

White Rhino

67% success

Wildebeest

67% success

Giraffe

55% success

Zebra

50% success

Meerkat

33% success

Aardvark

16% success

Brown Hyena

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Spotted Hyena

0% success

Showing 11-20 of 199
Duration
Arrival date
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
Mr J.
Makati

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 8 May 2022
"Too commercial and impersonal. Few animals off in distance only.

Pet, trained rhino seemed sad. Cheetah "show" also sad. Nice scenery only." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Poor
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Sightings Report

Giraffe

1 sighting

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Mr and Mrs G
London

"More than just a stopover"

1 night Arrived 28 Jan 2022
"Bagatelle makes an obvious stopover destination when travelling south of WIndhoek and one night is probably enough, but it really beat expectations.

The staff were superb, the game drive exceeded expectations, as did the dinner. There is decent game viewing here, including two white rhino, although these are habituated to people to the point of being tame rather than wild." See all these reviews: 10n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Eland

1 sighting

Giraffe

1 sighting

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

1 sighting

Mr & Mrs P
New Jersey

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 17 Apr 2021
"We stayed 1 night at Bagatelle on our way to Sesriem, and Bagatelle was our least favorite lodge of our trip through Namibia. This is a good, non-luxury stop if you are transiting through the area but wouldn't recommend it for more than one night maximum.

The chalet rooms have great deck views overlooking the red Kalahari dunes and a small manmade watering hole. The atmosphere is very casual and relaxed. However the room interiors are very basically equipped and in need of renovation (e.g., mosquito nets do not cover the bed, shower tile grout is almost black with age, window screens had holes).

The main building and attached boma/breakfast patio is very nicely decorated and it is easy to walk unaccompanied between the main building and chalet rooms at all hours of the day. Golf carts are available if needed. Hand sanitizer stations were positioned through the main building during our stay in April 2021, but Covid protocols were very relaxed and not enforced despite "wear masks inside" signs being posted on lobby doors. Most guests ignored any mask-wearing or social distancing guidelines. Dinner was plated and average-to-good quality, served at isolated tables in the main building's boma. Breakfast was buffet with optional hot menu options (eggs, sausage, etc) to order. For those needing to stay connected: there is spotty MTC mobile connectivity in the rooms but no wifi. Wifi is available but extremely slow in the main building only.

The staff and family/owners were all exceptionally friendly and accommodating. The ranch is a family-run establishment and while it houses a lot of different animals (horses, cheetah, 2 white rhino, sable antelope, wildebeest, oryx, giraffe, eland), the ranch feels more like a petting zoo than a conservation reserve. We paid the separate charge upon arrival for a sunset game, which was a shared vehicle with another couple. Most of it was spent driving around the fenced property with the guide calling out the prices paid for each animal. Enjoyable for sundowners but felt like a zoo, which was disappointing.

Overall we did not find Bagatelle to be a good value. It underwhelmed in many areas (room interiors, food, zoo atmosphere) to justify the room rates compared to other lodges throughout Namibia. Will look to stay elsewhere if we return to the area." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Cheetah

1 sighting

Eland

1 sighting

Giraffe

2 sightings

Oryx

2 sightings

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Mr K
Channel Islands

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 17 Sep 2019
"This is an old favourite and hopefully a future destination to.

It gives a real introduction to a trip, there is plenty of wildlife to see and the guides and staff are very friendly.

Hope to return again soon." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Aardvark

1 sighting

Cheetah

1 sighting

Eland

1 sighting

Giraffe

7 sightings

Meerkat

3 sightings

Oryx

4 sightings

Wildebeest

4 sightings

Zebra

3 sightings

Ms B
N London

"Hidden and Exceptionnal place"

1 night Arrived 4 Aug 2019
"Great location, great views, great Safari!" See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Cheetah

Multiple sightings

Meerkat

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr J.
Ireland

"Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch review"

1 night Arrived 26 Apr 2019
"A lovely ranch. Nice reception, dining area. Highlight was the dinner which was excellent.

Rooms were fine, somewhat basic but suited us grand and the four of us were accommodated in the one chalet.

Staff friendly and helpful.

Good that kids were half price on activities." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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