Pilanesberg National Park by Specialist Tours

Pilansberg Nature Reserve: 1 Day Tour

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R2,500.00


Pilansberg Nature Reserve is located in the North West Provinse, about 2 hour’s drive from Johannesburg and Pretoria, which make it probably the most accessible of all South Africa’s fantastic reserves. Pilansberg is a malaria free area.


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Pilansberg Nature Reserve is located in the North West Provinse, about 2 hour’s drive from Johannesburg and Pretoria, which make it probably the most accessible of all South Africa’s fantastic reserves. Pilansberg is a malaria free area.

With the Pilansberg Nature Reserve being Big 5 country, you will have the opportunity to see a wide range of animals, beautiful scenery, and with a little bit of luck spot the Big 5 in one day. You also have a good chance to ad Cheetah and Wild dogs to your list of sightings.

In 1979, Operation Genesis was launched in the Reserve. The objective was to reinforce the homegrown game population in the area. As part of the initiative, 110km of game fences was put up, and 188km of roads were established. Another plan of action put into place, involved 6 000 animals being introduced to the area. Today there are over 7 000 animals, 360 bird species and more than 200km of roads in the reserve.

What will Specialist Tours offer you

• Transport from your hotel anywhere in Johannesburg or Pretoria to the Pilansberg and back.
• A specialist tour guide will be your driver for the full day, with not only a great knowledge of the wildlife and the Pilansberg Nature Reserve, but also on anything else you want to know about our wonderful country.
• There will be some snacks and cold drinks for the trip, which will definitely include the proudly South African delicatessen, called “biltong” and “dry wors”.
• We will stop for a light meal at the very central and beautiful Mankwe dam. The dam is the largest body of water in the game reserve, which makes it the perfect place to spot a wide variety of animals, including water-buck, wildebeest, zebra and impala.
• We will do at least a 3 to 4 hours game drive before lunch and another 2 hours after lunch before departing back to Gauteng.
• Specialist Tours is committed to giving you an unforgettable experience. Although we will recommend and guide you, we will even on this day trip be flexible and do our best to accommodate any requests that might come up during the day.

What your full day will look like

• 05:30– If you are an early morning person we would like to pick you up at 5h30 (or even earlier). Early morning is the best time in the bush, the earlier we get there the better.
• 08:00– We will immediately start the game drive, with a mug of coffee in the hand.
• 12:00– We will stop at various look out points/Comfort break area and have a light lunch at Mankwe dam from about 12 to 13:30, depending on what animal life we spot around the dam.
• 13:30– Start of afternoon game drive, duration 2 – 2.5 hours
• 15:30– Return transfer from Pilanesberg National Park to Johannesburg
• 18:00– Approximate arrival in Johannesburg or Pretoria, tired but satisfying, and still time for dinner and good South African Red wine.
* The above times are an approximate timeline only and may vary, we are depending on nature and animal behavior.

Rates

All inclusive costs are R2 500 per person. We would like to keep it personal, preferably a group of people travelling together, who all know each other.

If the people are a group of individuals, it will be discussed with you in advance.

Rates for groups of more than 10 people will be negotiated.
Tour code. G1D1

Map

The map of the Pilansberg Nature Reserve will give you a good idea of roads we will travel in this one day.

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