Pilanesberg National Park Full Day Safari: An Open Jeep Wildlife Encounter
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116 Ratings
Moses Kotane Local Municipality

Embark on a thrilling full-day safari in Pilanesberg National Park, where you’ll encounter Africa’s famous Big Five and explore the stunning wildlife in an open jeep. Capture unforgettable moments, indulge in local cuisine, and savor South African wines. Join us for an unforgettable adventure!

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Pilanesberg National Park - Most of the animals species of Southern Africa live in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve including Lions, Elephants, white and black Rhinos, Leopards, Buffaloes, Cheetahs, Giraffes, Zebra, Hippopotamus and many more. On this full guided day tour, you will have opportunity to see fantastic wildlife in their natural habitat in a guided open safari vehicle. You will also have Incredible photo opportunities in an open safari vehicle.
What's Included
  • Lunch included
  • Air-conditioned vehicles
  • All fees and taxes covered
  • Complimentary bottle of water
What's Not Included
  • Breakfast
Additional Information

On this journey, I’ll guide you through a stunning natural landscape, teeming with diverse wildlife, and offering remarkable safari and game drive experiences. Pilanesberg National Park is a destination that evokes awe and humility, a realm where humans are not at the apex of the food chain, yet brimming with exhilarating mysteries! This land is the sanctuary of Africa’s renowned Big Five, where we can observe the wildlife hierarchy in its ancient order. The experience of traversing the park on an open-air safari vehicle is an unforgettable memory. Following the thrilling exposure to mother nature, what could possibly compete with relishing the exquisite South African wines and savouring the aroma and flavors of local food? This traverse also provides a magnificent chance to capture a myriad of splendid photographs that will serve as fond reminders of this exceptional experience of nature during your tour through Pilanesberg National Park with your local guide. And don’t be startled if you’re captivated enough to desire a repeat of this adventurous escapade!

Location
Pilanesberg National Park
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(116 Ratings)
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William_s
Aug 28, 2024
Crazy fun day! - Such an amazing day being out of the city and with such a wide variety of animals! The driver (Tshepo) from the hotel to the park was so friendly and helpful in learning about South Africa. The guide (Ambos) was very fun and incredible in his knowledge of all the animals. Highly recommend this excursion!
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Binetta_b
Aug 16, 2024
Unforgettable expérience - We have finally been able to see these beings generally visible only in documentaries at home. We were dazzled!
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Gabrielle
Aug 6, 2024
Animals galore! - A fabulous day! A pleasant drive out of Johannesburg with a driver, Bobo, who could tell me lots about the villages and mines we passed. At Pilanesberg, it was into an open truck, with 2 others and the animal sightings began almost immediately. A male and female lion beside the road were a thrill as were elephants crossing the road only 2 or 3 meters away and a rhino pooping right beside out truck were amazing. The lunch stop was great, right beside a waterhole with lots of 4 legged visitors and the food was delicious. A wonderful day!
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Kathy_o
Jul 17, 2024
A “must do” excursion! - An absolutely wonderful experience!! From the driver to and from our hotel, to our safari guide, everything was perfect. We actually saw a herd of about 15 elephants (including babies) that came almost up to the jeep. Lions, zebra, giraffe, wildebeest, hippos, rhinos, antelope, and even crocodiles. A “must do” excursion!!
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Timothy_p
Jul 6, 2024
Incredible Game Drive Experience! - Amazing park! Stunningly beautiful and we saw so many animals up close and personal! Very knowledgeable and friendly guide with great instincts as to where to find the animals within the park. Transport to and from the park timely with a nice guy as well. Solly was very responsive leading up to the excursion. Nice lunch between game drives. Awesome small group/open jeep experience! Glad we did it!
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Vince_p
Jun 8, 2024
Great tour, tons of animals, would recommend - This was an excellent tour and was able to be done in 1 day. My transport driver Bobo was phenomenal and super knowledgeable about SA. Our safari driver was also super knowledgeable on African wildlife and had the eyes of an Eagle. He did an excellent job of finding and positioning us to see a host of wildlife. He gave clear expectations before the trip and went out of his way to get us an upclose view of a leopard. We ended up seeing 4 out of the big 5 missing only the Cape Buffalo, which he said upfront was very unlikely. We did manage to see lions though. In addition to the big 5 we saw hippos, giraffes, zebras, crocodiles, a baboon, too many ungulates to name, cheetahs, a meerkat, wart hogs, a jackle, and a hyena, which is rare given they are nocturnal. One other underrated thing was the amount and diversity of birds, truly spectacular. I would definitely recommend this tour. Pilanesberg is a great park and the animals are free and living their lives. This is a reserve not a zoo, which I appreciated. Again, I would highly recommend and want to give a shout out to our driver nicknamed Pride of Lions. He did a great job.
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Nicolascq7035qg
May 11, 2024
une de mes plus belles experiences de ma vie - J'ai adoré :) c'était vraiment magnifique et grandiose : A very beautiful experience to do once in life, full of beauty of nature (in savannah ecosystem), and the driver - that i thank him a lot - has a strong knowledge to know where to drive and to find animals ( he already did that more than 1000 times ) In this same experience, i got the chance to see the "big 5" : lions, elephants, rhinoceros, african buffalo, lion and leopard ; and also antilops, hippopotamus, waterbuck cow, birds (ibis, cormorant, drongo, old world sparrow, large grey babbler, crimson-breasted shrike, cape starling, helmeted guineafowl ... ), cricket ; all that around african trees :)
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Helaine_l
Apr 18, 2024
Wonderful experience! - We had a wonderful experience. Excellent guides helped us and we saw wonderful wildlife and landscapes. Can’t recommend this company more!
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Sandra_o
Mar 30, 2024
Such an amazing experience! - This was such an amazing and once in a lifetime experience! We saw 4 out of the big 5. This was just awesome! I would definitely recommend this tour.
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Adrian_c
Mar 29, 2024
Extraordinary - One of the post beautiful experience I have had in my life !! Definitely will come back & bring my kids !!!
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