Pilanesberg National Park is 50 000 hectares in size and is located in the North West Province of South Africa, 150 kilometres north west of the Gauteng metropolis and 60 kilometre north of Rustenburg.

It is a two hour drive from Johannesburg.

Since late 1979, thanks to Operation Genesis - the largest game translocation ever undertaken at the time, tourists have been able to take note of nature's alphabet - from aardvark to zebra.

The park boasts healthy populations of lion, leopard, black and white rhino, elephant and buffalo - Africa's "Big Five".

A wide variety of rare and common species exist with endemic species like the nocturnal brown hyaena, the fleet-footed cheetah, the majestic sable, as well as giraffe, zebra, hippo and crocodile, to mention but a few.

The roads in the park (some 200 kilometres) are not tarred, but very well maintained and can be travelled with a normal vehicle.

There are various types of accommodation available in the park: two restcamps with chalets, three restcamps with safari tents and some luxurious lodges and hotels.

The park offers a number of wonderful picnic spots, numerous hides for game watching, huge walk-in aviaries, safe hiking trails, safari drives at night and flights over the park in a hot-air balloon.

e-mail: pilanesberg@nwpg.gov.za
Tel: + 27 (0)14 555 5354-7
Fax: +27 (0)14 555 5525