2-Days Pilanesberg best chance to view "Big 5" with private extended safari

you by one of our fully qualified National Tour Guides.Travel across Hartbeespoort Dam situated against the impressive backdrop of the cliffs of of the Magaliesberg 2,000 million year old mountains. In the area too, are the Ukutula Lion Centre, the Elephant Sanctuary, Mountain Cableway, and the Chameleon Market, Africa’s biggest craft market, then and past the world’s richest platinum mines . You can discuss this tour you can discuss with us stopping at some of these attractions. Entering the Pilanesberg Reserve gate you will see your first animals as we drive to the lodge and also while you are having lunch on the lodges sunny terrace looking into the reserve. Our guide will assist with check in to your room the safari lodge and leave you to get ready for your first open vehicle safari drive with other lodge guests starting around 3.30pm.Spend the night at Bakubung Bush Lodge ( or Kwa Maritane).

If we have picked you up before 10.00am this morning ( you can decide this)you will be taken on a private 5 hour safari in one of our special game viewing SUV's by your very experienced guide. All our guides know Pilanesberg and its animals very well. You will stop for lunch at one of the terraced restaurants overlooking the reserve with animals often approaching close. After your game drive you will check in to Bakubung or Kwa Maritane lodge and have dinner. If this 5 hour drive is achieved today, the next day at dawn join a shared open vehicle game drive in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve returning for breakfast on the dining terrace overlooking the Pilanesberg.

Both are operated by Legacy Hotels to their impeccable standards and supplying exactltly the same level of service. Depending on availability for your dates you will stay at either Bakubung or Kwa Maritane.

This drive will be up to 5 hours long. It will include sunset or sunrise the time when the predators Lion, Leopard and Cheetahs are most active. It is impossible to predict what will happen and what you will see in such a wild place but all of the iconic animals of Africa are here in Pilanesberg 1000's of them roaming free and you will see many of them. The Big 5 Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Rhinoceros, African Buffalo, many aim to see these but how important to see the different animals is largely something you decide. After all the Big 5 are what the hunters wanted to see during colonial times but their "aims" were different if you can pardon the pun. The variety and diversity of African wildlife, plants, animals right down to the tiniest insects is stunning. So look for the smaller things too. This can be done on a dawn bush walk with one of the rangers. You will need to stay an extra night for this.

the first day and so if it hasnt been done enjoy a shared game drive with other guests for 3 hours in open sided safari vehicle. The aim is to give you as long and as varied experience in the wild as possible during one 3 hour game drive and one 5 hour game drive. Then return to the lodge for multi-coursed buffet style breakfast Return to your room for a short relax or perhaps a quick dip in the large swimming pool. Your guide will collect you at around 10.30am to assist with check out and luggage and then return you to Joburg getting there by 1-2.00pm. Each time we do this trip we adapt it to your time schedule. If time allows on the way you may want to see Elephant Sanctuary, Ann Van Dyk Cheetah Centre, Sun City, Ukutula Lions, Sterkfontein Caves, Pretoria City Centre and the Voortrekker Monument/Museum and get back later. ( Entrance and extra time will be chargeable by your guide).