Safari Vacations.
Book only your flights, we will handle
the rest, transfer to the guest house, meals and accommodation,
tailor made trips to the game farms, transport, accommodation, meals etc. return
trip to guest house and transfer back to the airport for your flight home. All
safely done by a personal driver.
Pilanesberg National Park 
Departs From: Gold Reef Place
- Johannesburg
Duration: 12 Hours
Departure Dates: Daily Early departure time
given upon reservation.
Routing: Johannesburg - Pilanesberg Nature
Reserve - Sun City - Johannesburg
Excludes: Lunch
Price Per Person (1/11/10-31/07/11): ZAR1600.00
for personal tailor made
trips, Email: Your requests
HERE
Pilanesberg
National Park - in an ancient volcanic crater
"The Volcano that gave birth to a game reserve"
The crater of a long extinct volcano is the setting of Pilanesberg National Park
- a fascinating alkaline complex produced by volcanic eruptions some 1300
million years ago. Pilanesberg is one of the largest volcanic complexes of its
kind in the world. Its rare rock types and structure make it a unique geological
feature.
The area is fringed by three concentric ridges or rings of hills - the formation
rises from the surrounding plains like a bubble. The structure of the park is
termed the "Pilanesberg National Park Alkaline Ring Complex".
Ancient, even by geological time scales, this extinct volcano is the most
perfect example of an alkaline ring complex. A number of rare (but not
necessarily economically important) minerals occur in the park. Pilanesberg
National Park rates high amongst the world's outstanding geological phenomena.
Pilanesberg has survived ages of erosion and stands high above the surrounding
bushveld plains. The early presence of man can be seen in the numerous Stone and
Iron Age sites that are scattered throughout the park.
The park exists within the transition zone between the dry Kalahari and wetter
Lowveld vegetation, commonly referred to as "Bushveld". Unlike any other large
park, unique overlaps of mammals, birds and vegetation occur because of this
transition zone.
Springbok, brown hyena, the red eyed bulbul, and camel thorn trees usually found
in arid areas are found cohabitation with moist-area-limited impala, black eyed
bulbul and Cape chestnut trees.
The colourful hues, varied habitats and panoramas will delight and entertain
photographers and visitors.
The very topography makes the area a feast for the eye. Here are syenite koppies,
thickly forested ravines, typical bushveld and also rolling grasslands and
lightly wooded areas.
Off the centre of the park is Thabayadiotso, "the Proud Mountain". The Park
ranks among the largest of the national parks in South Africa (it is in fact the
fourth largest park) and covers an area of 55 000 hectare.
The beauty of Pilanesberg is reflected in a large central lake, the Mankwe Dam.
Over time, wind and water have carved a spectacular landscape with rocky
outcrops, open grasslands, wooded valleys and thickets.
The creation of the Pilanesberg National Park is considered one of the most
ambitious programmes of its kind to be undertaken anywhere in the world. The
Operation Genesis, which involved the game-fencing of the reserve and the
reintroduction of long-vanished species, began during the late 70's.
Today, Pilanesberg National Park accommodates virtually every mammal of southern
Africa. Also home to the Big Five.