vadersgawe luxury campsite
Where you make the only wake…
BREATHE AGAIN
Vadersgawe is a tranquil private luxury campsite less than two hours from Cape Town. Our discerning guests get exclusive use of a 750,000 cubic meter farm lake with crystal-clear water.
Exclusivity means that we allow single bookings only – you book the entire site, no sharing with other parties.
Perfect for watersports adventurers and peace-seekers alike, the facilities and lake are nestled between the stone fruit orchards of El Cuesta, a 180-hectare working farm in the Warm Bokkeveld, just outside Ceres in the Western Cape.
The pristine lawn-covered camping terraces can accommodate 20 people, with ample electricity supply (including backup generator power), spacious and modern private ablution facilities and a fully equipped communal lake house (called the Lapa) providing enclosed kitchen, lounge, and indoor braai facilities, with stack doors that open onto a fire pit overlooking the lake.
With very little light pollution, the stars have rarely felt this close.
750,000m3
LAKE VOLUME AT CAPACITY
25 hectares
LAKE SURFACE AREA
200
DIFFERENT BIRD SPECIES
500M2
SIZE OF CAMPING TERRACES
4KG
SIZE OF BIGGEST LARGEMOUTH BASS CAUGHT
12
ELECTRICITY CONNECTIONS
- Exclusive use of the lake.
- Launch ramp for your vessel.
- Operational homologated slalom course.
- Space for free skiing.
- Bring your own canoe, paddleboat, stand-up paddle board – whatever floats your boat.
- Please note – no wake boats allowed.
- Sole access to easy 8km MTB track on the farm (suitable for kids and partly in sight of campsite).
- Easy access (day permits available) to neighbouring Eselfontein single tracks.
- For angling enthusiasts (strictly catch-and-release) the lake is stocked with both large- and small-mouth bass (the biggest caught is 4kg and 3.1kg respectively).
- We also have Tilapia, Bluegill and Grass Carp.
You can tick various local species off your Sasol Birds of Southern Africa list: Pied and malachite kingfishers, red-knobbed coot and, most special to us, a pair of breeding fish eagles.
In summer, you might get lucky and spot the massive flock of flamingos that annually spend a few weeks with us.
There is a lot to do at Vadersgawe, but you can also choose to do absolutely nothing. Relax next to the lake with a good book, or lounge in the 2.4m woodfired hot tub while taking in the views.
Sip your morning coffee in stunning silence with scattered clouds mirrored on the water’s surface: Bliss.
