Lake Pleasant Chalets & Lodges

A peaceful well shaded resort situated halfway between Wilderness and Knysna on the shores of the Garden Routes only freshwater-lake Groenvlei. Groenvlei is a part of the Goukamma Nature Reserve and also part of the Knysna & Wilderness National Lakes Area; the Nature Reserve, on the Resorts eastern boundary, is over 2000 hectares or 8 square kms in extent.

Lake Pleasant has been managed and owned by the same family since 1962 and boasts the only camping resort along a bass fishing Lake in the Southern Cape. The Resort has a Squash Court as well as a Restaurant, Pub, Convenience Store, Take-Away, Bass Shop, Tennis Court, Mountain Bikes for hire, two Swimming Pools and safe swimming at the Resort's Lake Beach at Groenvlei. Lake Pleasant also offers rowing Boats and Canoes for hire, magnificent Bass Fishing, private mooring facilities should you bring your own craft, a large Games area and a self service Laundromat. The Sea with its 14 km stretch of golden-sanded Beach, the proclaimed Goukamma Marine Reserve, is just over the hill (3km), easily accessible by most vehicles.

The accommodation has proudly received a 3 star self-catering grading from the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa annually since 2002.


Lake Pleasant Resort will shortly boast a new Restaurant on site:

Lake Pleasant Garden Bistro & Bar