Pilanesberg Game Reserve & Pilanesberg National Park - South Africa

How to get here

From Johannesburg/Pretoria take the N1 north towards Polokwane. Take the N4 Rustenburg split. A signboard indicates Pilanesberg to the left on route 91.

Best time to visit

Summers can get hot, but visitors to Pilanesberg will enjoy the park all year round.

Where to stay

Pilanesberg offers a variety of affordable accommodation, like the self-catering Manyane, Bakgatla and Metswedi camps. The Tshukudu, KwaMaritane and Bakubung game lodges are also situated in the reserve.

Around the area

Sun City, with its entertainment centre, golf course, water world and casino, is right next door.

Tours to do

Activities include game drives, either self-driven or guided, game walks and birding. Pilanesberg also operates balloon safaris.

Did You Know?

There is an initiative underway to join Pilanesberg with Madikwe, creating a new superpark.

Kwa Maritane WebCam

Live waterhole webcam at Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve

Pilanesberg Weather

Rustenburg, South Africa

Temp:	12°C
Wind Chill:	12°C
Humidity:	62%

Speed:	8 km/h
Direct.:	190°
Barom.:	1028.1 mb

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Pilanesberg Game Reserve Newsflash

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Pilanesberg Geology

Geologically, the area is world famous. Its structure, termed the "Pilanesberg National Park Alkaline Ring Complex" was formed by volcanic eruptions some 1 200 million years ago. Ancient, even by geological time scales this extinct volcano is the most perfect example of an alkaline ring complex. There are only two other alkaline volcanoes in the world, in Russia and in Greenland. Neither are as clearly defined as Pilanesberg National Park. A number of rare (but not necessarily economically important) minerals occur in Pilanesberg National Park. Pilanesberg National Park clearly rates high amongst the world's outstanding geological phenomena.

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