Need lapa designs in Northern Cape? Thatch.co.za puts homeowners, estates, lodges, guesthouses and farms in Northern Cape in touch with lapa designers, builders and thatchers serving towns and cities across Northern Cape. Send one request with the size of the building, the roof shape and the pitch, and they quote you directly, free and with no obligation.
Lapa Designs and Building in Northern Cape
Planning a lapa in Northern Cape? Say how many people it should seat, whether you want a braai, bar or pool lapa, the style you have in mind and the space you have. Lapa builders serving Northern Cape and Northern Cape can then suggest a design and quote you directly.
New to this? Read the lapa designs guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you agree to a quote.
Northern Cape notes on roofs & lapas
Shade is the selling point here, and a <a href="/thatch-lapas/">lapa</a> beside the house or pool is the most common request in Kimberley, Kathu and Upington. Guest farms along the Orange River near Upington, Keimoes and Kakamas build lapas and chalets, and hunting farms in the Kuruman and Kathu area add bomas. In the Namaqualand towns around Springbok, thatch is rare. Check plans and fire distances with the local municipality before you build.
Who builds with thatch in Northern Cape
The Northern Cape is the driest province, and that is good for thatch: a roof here dries quickly after rain and rarely grows moss. What wears it down instead is strong sun, hot wind and dust, and on farms and game ranches the risk of a veld fire. Thatch is not everywhere: most of it is on guest farms and lodges around the Kalahari and the Green Kalahari along the Orange River near Upington, on hunting farms near Kuruman and Kathu, and in garden lapas in Kimberley, Kathu and Upington. Distances are huge. Many towns have no thatcher of their own, so crews come from Kimberley, the Free State or Gauteng, and grass and poles are trucked a long way.
Typical lapa designs requests in the area come from:
- Farms and smallholdings: a large farm lapa for gatherings, with a long table and a big built braai
- Homeowners: a braai or pool lapa sized for the family table and placed out of the wind
- Resorts and holiday parks: a central entertainment lapa and small braai lapas beside the units
Local tips for Northern Cape
Asked for most in Northern Cape: guest farm lapas, hunting lodge bomas, shade lapas in town gardens. Where the thatchers are: kimberley, Upington and Kathu; many crews travel from the Free State or Gauteng. A useful tip: ask whether travel, accommodation and delivery are quoted separately.
Sizes vary: A small 3 m lapa to a large lodge boma. Here, farms and smallholdings lead the requests, typically for a large farm lapa for gatherings, with a long table and a big built braai. One local point to raise: long trips for crews and grass trucks; ask how travel is charged.
Service area: Northern Cape and surrounds
Across Northern Cape our network reaches Kimberley, Upington, Kathu, Kuruman, Springbok, De Aar, Postmasburg and the towns between them. Outside the bigger centres, ask where the crew is based and how long they need to stay on site.