SOUTH AFRICA · PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK SAFARIS
Good pilanesberg national park safaris fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Review of the Pilanesberg safari from Johannesburg, with Big Five sightings, open-vehicle drives, lunch, costs, timing, and practical tips.
“Guide Martin was excellent. Friendly, funny man with extremely large knowledge about animals. This was a day to remember.”
Review of the full-day Pilanesberg safari from Johannesburg, with two game drives, lunch by a waterhole, hotel pickup, and practical tips.
“The tour was really great! Perfect timing and pickup in the morning, friendly drivers, a great guide in the national park :))) Not only the elephants were amazing! Thank you very much for this wonderful day!!!”
Review of the 3-hour Pilanesberg game drive from Sun City, with Big Five sightings, guide tips, pricing, timing, and practical advice.
“very good guide, provided detailed information about animals. Free snacks and beverages.”
Review of a full-day Pilanesberg safari from Johannesburg, with open-jeep viewing, Big Five wildlife, lunch, transfers, and practical tips.
“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.”
Review of the Pilanesberg hot air balloon safari, with wildlife sightings, park transfers, breakfast, price, practical tips, and honest drawbacks.
“Absolutely brilliant! We had confirmation delivered to our hotel door and communication on WhatsApp was excellent!! The whole team were superb with a safari ride first then getting to the balloon with our pilot Mark who was great fun!! We spotted cheetahs, giraffes and zebra and finished with a glass of bubbles on landing! Breakfast at the lodge just topped off the morning and we even spotted a rhino on the way back to the hotel! An absolutely superb experience and a huge thanks to everyone for making this truly magical!”
Review this 3-hour Pilanesberg game drive from Sun City, with Big Five sightings, open vehicles, guides, costs, and practical booking advice.
“Excellent guide, very knowledgeable and good communication. Efficient transfer to and from hotel. Love the smaller group size. Highly recommend”
Review of Pilanesberg Nature Reserve safari with hotel pickup, lunch, open game viewer, Big Five sightings, guides, price, and tips.
“What a wonderful day! We got to see so many animals and were able to learn about them a lot! Tim and the driver Elvis were an amazing host and provided a personalized feel to the journey! Tim even provided coffee and homemade biscuits in the morning which was great! Definitely recommend!”
Review of the Pilanesberg safari from Johannesburg, with Big Five sightings, transport details, costs, group size, timing, and practical booking advice.
“From reading the description of this tour we expected a private tour. After we were picked up 30 minutes late we went to pick up another passenger. Upon arrival at Pilanesburg NP we were asked to get into a large approx 30 passenger safari tRead more”
Review of the 10-hour Pilanesberg safari from Johannesburg, with Big Five sightings, park details, transport, guides, costs, and practical tips.
“It could be of more hours with break of water or light lunch. We were provided with poor quality rain bags and no water even was given! Will never recommend”
Private transfer from Johannesburg or Pretoria to Sun City or Pilanesberg, with flexible pickup, bottled water, and helpful drivers.
“The trip was perfect, but it was professional when we had to search and call to find our driver when we arrived OR Tambo Intl. They had «forgotten» us and our booking which was private transfer roundtrip to Sun City (how is that possible?) We were about one hour late because of this, other than that, the trip was really good”
Review of a 10-hour Pilanesberg safari from Johannesburg, with Big Five game drives, guide commentary, lunch, transport, and practical tips.
“Le guide du parc fait vraiment son maximum pour trouver les fameux big five. 4/5 sur la journée, certains ne font pas mieux à Kruger donc satisfaits de notre journée Repas du midi médiocre et très long dans le parc. 1h30 perdue au grand désarroi de notre guide.”
Review of a private Pilanesberg safari from Johannesburg, with Big Five sightings, open vehicle drive, guides, price, timing, and practical tips.
“Amazing experience mostly with our knowledgeable guide Chris! Everything was smooth and learned everything about plants and animals of the park”
Review of a 3-day Johannesburg tour with Soweto, Apartheid Museum, Lesedi Cultural Village, and a Pilanesberg safari.
“We were group of 10 adults we visited South Africa for one week and decided to used this company because this company offer all what we wanted to do in Johannesburg and we decided to booked our three days tours with this compRead more”
Review of a Johannesburg day trip to Pilanesberg and Sun City, with safari tips, timing, price advice, guides, and practical booking details.
“Brian my guide was awesome and great when explaining the area and animals”
Review of a 12-hour Pilanesberg safari from Joburg, with Big Five viewing, park entry, guides, transfers, meals, value, and practical tips.
“Our trip to Pilanesberg Park was an unforgettable experience, and we owe so much of it to our incredible guide, Emmanuel. From start to finish, Emmanuel made the day extraordinary with his deep knowledge of South Africa’s history and culture, his exceptional driving skills, and his constant helpfulness. We were incredibly lucky on our safari! We saw a large herd of impalas, including dozens of adorable baby impalas, which was such a heartwarming sight. Zebras and rhinos seemed to be everywhere, and then came the highlight: a stunning herd of 17 giraffes together. It was breathtaking! The excitement didn’t stop there. We witnessed three cheetahs stalking their prey and, as…”
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