Our third day in SA was an organised day safari to Pilanesberg National Park about 2 hours north west of Johannesburg and rather incongruity close to the hedonist development of Sun City but you would not know so. We travelled with Felleng Tours run by husband and wife team Agnes and Rudie. They were great. (see my separate blog.)
Pilanesberg is basically a collapsed volcano now set aside for free ranging and protected natural wildlife. Mike and I had previously been to the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro and it was truly wonderful - humbling. Pilanesberg is much smaller - it is managed - it is not big sky Africa but by any standards it is a wonderful place and a fantastic privilege to be able to spend a day there. Africa's animals are in their natural habitat living free. Pilanesberg Reserve takes advantage of incredible natural geography/ geology and it is a fantastic initiative to set aside this massive area entirely for the animals without the conflicting needs of farmers and protected from wicked poachers.
Here is a downloaded description of Pilanesberg.
The Pilanesberg Game Reserve is located in North West Province in South Africa, west of Pretoria. The park borders with the entertainment complex Sun City. The park is currently administered by the North West Parks and Tourism Board.
Pilanesberg is basically a collapsed volcano now set aside for free ranging and protected natural wildlife. Mike and I had previously been to the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro and it was truly wonderful - humbling. Pilanesberg is much smaller - it is managed - it is not big sky Africa but by any standards it is a wonderful place and a fantastic privilege to be able to spend a day there. Africa's animals are in their natural habitat living free. Pilanesberg Reserve takes advantage of incredible natural geography/ geology and it is a fantastic initiative to set aside this massive area entirely for the animals without the conflicting needs of farmers and protected from wicked poachers.
Here is a downloaded description of Pilanesberg.
The Pilanesberg Game Reserve is located in North West Province in South Africa, west of Pretoria. The park borders with the entertainment complex Sun City. The park is currently administered by the North West Parks and Tourism Board.
The area is fringed by three concentric ridges or rings of hills, of which the formation rises from the surrounding plains. Pilanesberg is named after aTswana chief, Pilane,[1] the 'Pilanesberg Alkaline Ring Complex' is the park's primary geological feature. This vast circular geological feature is ancient even by geological standards as it is the crater of a long extinct volcano and the result of eruptions some 1,200 million years ago. It is one of the largest volcanic complexes of its type in the world, the rare rock types and formations make it a unique geological feature. A number of rare minerals occur in the park. Pilanesberg Game Reserve rates high amongst the world's outstanding geological phenomena.
Here are some photos I took today ( mob camera only - better to come when I can download from my main camera.) However the best ones will come from Rob I am sure. He will be rewarded for bringing his top notch SLR and he really enjoyed himself putting it to full use. It was an incredible day. A great privilege.
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| Three Tenners on safari |
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| Ostrich burger for lunch. Please note from farmed Ostrich and not from the Reserve. Delicious non the less. |
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