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Elephant Back Safari (Letsatsing Game Reserve, Pilanesberg National
Park)
For queries and bookings on the Elephant Back Safari or accommodation,
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Guests staying in the Pilanesberg area are invited to join Pilanesberg
Elephant Back Safaris on a unique and extraordinary African adventure.
Join Chikwenya, Sharu, Sapi, Mana, Michael & Lesego for a game viewing experience
with a difference, on elephant back, as though part of this special herd.
These
elephants are all orphans as a result of reduction exercises carried
out by the Zimbabwe National Parks Department in the 1980's. Most orphans were sold to
Zoo's and Circus's around the world,
however these were fortunate enough to stay on African soil and passed
their early lives on private game farms. They were soon to outgrow this
lifestyle and Wild Horizons in an effort to improve and secure the elephants
existing lifestyle, created this amazing safari experience. In 2002,
Wild Horizons created Pilanesberg Elephant-Back Safaris. Join Chikwenya
and her herd for an amazing safari and at the same time a deeper insight
into their lifestyle and history.
PILANESBERG ELEPHANT-BACK SAFARIS - An Age Old Concept:
A New Adventure
* ELEPHANT BACK SAFARI *
Pick up from the Gametrackers Outdoor Adventures desk located
at the Welcome Centre. Transfer to “The Elephant Wallow” will
be approximately 20 minutes through the Letsatsing Game Reserve giving
guests an opportunity to view game along the way. On arrival, welcome drinks
are served and guests are given an introductory talk and introduced to
the elephants and their handlers. The elephants are then saddled and the
safari commences. After approximately an hour on elephant back guests return
to “The Elephant Wallow” for light snacks. Guests are returned
to the Welcome Centre, Sun City.
DURATION: approximately 2-3 hours MAX 10 people – No
under 5 years
R 1350.00 per person
(from 1st December 2012 until 30th November 2013)
* SUNRISE ELEPHANT BACK SAFARI *
Pick Up: 06.00 summer 1 Sept – 30 April
08.00
winter 1 May – 31 August
* MID-MORNING ELEPHANT-BACK SAFARI *
Pick Up: 08.00 summer 1 Sept – 30 April
10.00
winter 1 May – 31 August
* SUNSET ELEPHANT BACK SAFARI *
Pick Up: 15.30 summer 1 Sept – 30 April
15.30
winter 1 May – 31 August
* EXCLUSIVE ELEPHANT SAFARI *
Any of the above may be booked on an exclusive basis.
Pay for 10 and walk with the entire herd yourself!
* DAILY ELEPHANT INTERACTION EXPERIENCE (Lunch
Included) *
Available throughout the year.
Join Chikwenya, Sharu, Mana, Sapi, Michael & Lesego at their home in the Letsatsing Game Reserve, only 20 minutes from Sun City. Join these five for an interaction - filled Elephant Experience. Guests will be collected from the Welcome Centre at 12.30 and transferred to “The Elephant Wallow” where they are met by their hosts and offered a welcome drink. Take time to touch, feed and photograph these truly amazing animals, Marvel at their intelligence, diversity and majesty, or simply sit back and reflect on this unusually harmonious relationship in a beautiful, secure and pristine environment. Guests will be returned to the Welcome Centre at 14.00.
DURATION: approx. one and a half hours/minimum 2 pax - (inclusive of transfer and a welcome drink & lunch)
Rates: R 350.00 per person (from 1st December 2012 until 30th November 2013)
Included in the rate is:
• Transfer from the Welcome Centre at the Sun City Resort
• Light snacks
• Educational talk about elephants, as well as about the flora and fauna in the game reserve
• Transfer back to the Welcome Centre at the Sun City Resort.
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* GROUP ELEPHANT INTERACTION EXPERIENCE*
Available Throughout the Year
Situated only 20 minutes from Sun City is “The Elephant Wallow”,
a large thatched boma overlooking a magnificent waterhole catering for
up to 65 guests under thatch. Bush dinners and finger lunches can be
taken with the elephants themselves providing the main attraction.
A presentation will be given on the elephants, their lifestyle and
history. Have a chance to interact with these gentle giants on a personal
level. Afterwards, sit down and relax whilst enjoying your meal with
the elephants in the background mud wallowing, swimming or just settling
down to a meal themselves.
DURATION: one and a half hours, interaction only 2 – 3 hours
with interaction and meal
Elephant Interaction only (inclusive of transfer,
welcome drink)
Pick-up 12.30 (Min 10 pax - Max 150 pax)
Pick-up unscheduled time (Min 20 pax – Max 150)
Rates: R 390.00 per person (from 1st December 2012 until 30th November 2013)
Interaction & Stand Up Lite Sandwich Menu
(inclusive of transfer, welcome drinks & lite lunch)
Pick-up 12.30 (Min 10 pax - Max 150 pax)
Rates: R 550.00 per person
Elephant Interaction with Finger Lunch
(inclusive of transfer, welcome drinks & finger lunch)
Pick-up 12.30 (Min 10 pax - Max 150 pax)
Rates: R 680.00 per person
Interaction & Hot & Cold Buffet Menu (seated)
Min 20 pax - Max 72 pax
Rates: R 680.00 per person
Elephant Interaction & Braai Menu (seated)
R885-00p.p.
(Min 20 - Max 72)
The above group rates include the exclusive use of the facility, transfers
and welcome drinks. The
above prices exclude costs of beverages however a bar can be provided.
All bookings for an elephant interaction with a lunch/dinner (50 pax & above)
are to be
booked with Events and Incentives at Sun City Resort.
Included in the rate is:
• Transfer from the Welcome Centre at the Sun City Resort
• Elephant Back Safari
• Light snacks
• Educational talk about elephants, as well as about the flora
and fauna in the game reserve
• Transfer back to the Welcome Centre at the Sun City Resort.
For queries and bookings on the Elephant Back Safari or accommodation,
please contact us per email at
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While staying at one of the following hotels and game lodges, we recommend
our guests to participate in this exciting outdoor adventure:
• Bakubung
Bush Lodge
• Kwa
Maritane Bush Lodge
• Tshukudu
Bush Lodge
• Ivory
Tree Game Lodge
• Cabanas
Hotel at the Sun City Resort
• Sun
City Hotel at the Sun City Resort
• Cascades
Hotel at the Sun City Resort
• Palace
Hotel at the Sun City Resort
For more information call +27 (0)21 433 0142 or dial Ext. 583 from
within the Sun City complex or simply enquire at the Gametrackers Outdoor
Adventures desk located at the Welcome Centre.
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