Visit Pilanesberg Game Reserve from Johannesburg for a full-day safari. Join a ranger in an open vehicle and see lions, giraffes, cheetahs, hippos, crocodiles, and more with insightful commentary.
About this activity
- Free cancellation
- Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
- Reserve now & pay later
- Keep your travel plans flexible — book your spot and pay nothing today.
- Covid-19 precautions
- Special health and safety measures are in place. Check your activity voucher once you book for full details.
- Duration 12 hours
- Check availability to see starting times.
- Live tour guide
- English
- Pickup included
- Be picked up from your hotel in Johannesburg.
- Wheelchair accessible
Experience
2 pickup location options:
Johannesburg, Pretoria
Bus / coach
(2 hours)
Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
Game drive (2.5 hours)
Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
Lunch (50 minutes)
Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
Game drive (2 hours)
Bus / coach
(2 hours)
2 drop-off locations:
Pretoria, Johannesburg
For reference only. Itineraries are subject to change.
- Feel the dryness of the Kalahari and the wet Lowveld vegetation in an open Jeep
- Encounter the Big 5 in their unusual, ecologically rich, and natural environment
- Spot birds like fish eagles, kingfishers and cormorants circling the dam
- Have a delicious lunch at a rest stop overlooking a water hole
- Leave the city lights of Johannesburg behind and discover another world
Visit Pilanesberg Game Reserve on a full-day safari from Johannesburg, where over 7000 animals roam freely. Have the chance to see big 5 game animals (elephants, rhinos, leopards, buffalos, and lions). Enjoy 2 extensive game drives in a jeep with a guide and a delicious lunch.
Be picked up from your hotel in Johannesburg in the early morning and relax on the 2.5-hour drive to the Pilanesberg Game Reserve. Follow your guide on a drive to encounter animals like zebras, giraffes, cheetahs, hyenas, hippos, crocodiles, jackals, antelopes, and over 300 species of birds. A total of 4.5 to 5 hours are spent on Game Drives. During the heat of the day, sit down for an hour-long delectable lunch at one of the many rest camps in the Game Reserve. After lunch, depart on an afternoon safari drive in an open vehicle. Ask your guide any questions you might have about the animals and the natural environment.
Leave Pilanesberg in the late afternoon to get back to your hotel in Johannesburg before sunset.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Two open safari drives (4,5 to 5 hours in total)
- National park entrance fee
- Lunch (1 hour)
- Additional food and drinks
Select participants and date
Participants
Date
What to bring
- Passport or ID card
- Sun hat
- Camera
Not allowed
- Pets
- Smoking
Know before you go
- Pack a jumper for the open drive as it can be chilly
- Dress light as it is hot during the day