Location: This
is a peaceful little camp at the Orpen
Gate.
Description: A
large variety of game may be sighted at the waterhole just outside
the camp. The Rabelais Dam is 7 km from the restcamp.
Regulations:
Accommodation:
Sponsored
Accommodation
Orpen
family cottages (3 cottages)
Facilities
(6 persons per cottage)
Two
air-conditioned bedrooms, each with three single beds and
bathroom en suite. One bathroom with bath, toilet and basin
and the other with shower, toilet and basin.
The
kitchen has a two-plate electric stove (without oven),
refrigerator/freezer, sink, cooking utensils, crockery
and cutlery. The kitchen is on an open veranda.
Barbecue
facilities.
Open
parking.
Apply
thirteen months in advance (two of the cottages) or four
months (one cottage).
Other
Accommodation
Two-bed
and three-bed huts have communal ablution facilities, a
wash basin and a veranda, but no air-conditioning, fan
or refrigerator. Cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery
are not provided.
Two-bed
huts have communal ablution facilities, a wash basin, veranda,
refrigerator and fan. Cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery
are not provided.
Services:
Electricity
only in the six-bed cottages and two of the two-bed huts. Lanterns
are provided in the other huts.
A first-aid
centre.
Petrol and
diesel.
A shop.
A communal
kitchen with sinks and cooking facilities but no cooking utensils,
crockery or cutlery.
- Climate
Orpen is in a summer rainfall area.Such precipitation is usually
convectional and can result in heavy downpours. The summer
months (October to April) are hot and sometimes balmy. Winters
are warm and mild, although visitors going on night-drives
will require warm clothing.
- Day
Visitors
Orpen has a designated day visitor area where day visitors and
visitors from other camps can barbecue (braai) and picnic. There
are also picnic sites at Muzandzeni and Nhlanguleni southwest of
the camp, and at Timbavati northeast of the camp, along the river
of the same name.