Bloemhof Dam Accommodation

Bloemhof Dam Camping

Central Reservations

Tel: 079 373 5461 / 082 857 3363 all hours

Bloemhof Dam Camping Site

Sandveld Nature Reserve

Bloemhof Dam Nature Reserve - Camping

Bloemhof Dam Nature Reserve

Bloemhof Dam Camping

Bloemhof Dam Camping Site Fees -R80 per person per night with electric plug points and R50, 00 per person per night with no electric plug points. [max 6 persons per site, R10 per additional person - max 10 people] plus entrance & angling fees.

Riverside Camping at Bloemhof

Bloemhof Dam Cottages / Chalets

R200,00 per person per night + gate entrance fees (max. 6 persons per cottage). Fully Furnished, self-catering.There are 3 chalets in the Bloemhof Dam Nature Reserve, each has 3 bedrooms and 2 single beds in each . They are equipped with linen except the towels . There is a toilet and shower in the chalet. An open plan kitchen with cutlery and crockery, a built in kitchen unit with wash basin, stove and fridge. There is a kitchen table with chairs and a cane lounge set with coffee table .Outside is a lapa for braai. Chalets are 1 ½ km from the Bloemhof Dam.

Bloemhof Dam Group Camp

R130,00 per person per night + gate entrance fee. Furnished plus kitchen with meeting hall.There are 3 sleeping halls with 6 single beds in each , also equipped with linen except the towels , separate ablution and kitchen with cutlery and crockery, fridge freezer combination, 2 stoves. There is a lapa for braai. THERE IS NO TV, AIR CONDITIONER AND MICROWAVE IN ANY ACCOMODATION.

Bloemhof Dam Log Cabins

The log cabins at Bloemhof Dam Nature Reserve have 2 bunk beds for 4 people equipped with lien except the towels toilet and shower inside , kitchen unit with wash basin and gas stove and fridge and for lights and geyser we use solar @ R300-00 for 4 people.YOU MUST BRING OWN CUTLERY AND CROCKERY.

Bloemhof Dam Hunting Camp

R150,00 per person per night + gate entrance fees (max. 8 persons). Furnished and exclusive.

Bloemhof Dam Fishing - R15,00 per person per day (includes children) + gate entrance fee
Bloemhof Dam Fishing Competitions - R500,00 per club + gate entrance fees per person

Bloemhof Dam Camping

Central Reservations

Tel: 079 373 5461 / 082 857 3363 all hours

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Bloemhof Dam Information

The Bloemhof Dam is situated on the Vaal River, downstream of Vaal Dam approximately 2km upstream of the town of Bloemhof. The Bloemhof Dam was originally known as the Oppermansdrif Dam, and was build during the sixties and commissioned in 1970. The Bloemhof Dam is a composite dam comprising earthfill flanks on each side of a very long 305m long central concrete spillway. Due to the flat topography of the Bloemhof area, the Bloemhof dam wall is very long with a total crest length of 4 270m and a maximum wall height of only 35.2m above deepest foundation level.


When full, the capacity of Bloemhof Dam is 1 269 million m3 with a total surface area of 223 square kilometers. Bloemhof Dam is therefore a very large and shallow reservoir in an area with relatively low rainfall ( 474mm/a ) and high potential evaporation ( ~1800mm/a ).


Bloemhof Dam was build to collect runoff from below the Vaal Dam to supply water to users in the Lower Vaal River region. The Bloemhof Dam supplies water to various industrial and municipal areas, but most of the water released from the Bloemhof Dam is used for riparian irrigation along the Vaal River. A total 17 000ha is irrigated with water from the Bloemhof Dam. Water is also released from Bloemhof Dam to suppliment water supply to the Vaalharts Government Water Scheme where approximately 37 000ha of farm land are under irrigation. The Vaalharts scheme is presently the largest user of water from Bloemhof Dam and the water released from Bloemhof Dam is diverted from the Vaalharts Weir via a canal system to the irrigation scheme in the Vaalharts River catchment - a tributary of the Vaal River.

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