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While visiting the Pilanesberg Game Reserve,

right next door to Sun City, why not take

the oppor tunity to do something different

and experience Pilanesberg from a different

perspective. Only a few hours’ drive from

Johannesburg, Pilanesberg lies in the bowl of

an extinct volcano and is one of South Africa’s

largest game parks.

Only three decades ago, this 55 000ha game

reserve was nothing more than overused and

abandoned farmland. Then, in 1979, along came

Operation Genesis – at the time one of the most

ambitious rehabilitation and game-stocking

programmes in the world. Today over 7000

animals (including the famous Big Five) roam the

reserve’s diverse ecosystems.

Pilanesberg is also home to hundreds of bird

species and you may well find yourself eye-to-

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HOT AIR

If you’ve been on a safari game drive and it was

a magical experience, but why not take it to the

next level - literally. Take an aerial safari in a hot air

balloon over the breath-taking Pilanesberg National

Park. Have an adventure you will never forget!

eye with a Verreaux’s or tawny eagle as your

hot air balloon floats high over the surrounding

countryside. Depending on wind and weather

conditions, you’ll fly at anything from treetop

height to just over 1800m.

You’ll see lots of game on this aerial safari

– herds of antelope, grazing white rhino

(Pilanesberg is one of the best places in the world

to see white rhino), stately giraffe, scampering

zebra, browsing elephants, herds of buffalo, if

you’re lucky, lions and maybe even a leopard if

you’ve got a good eye.

But ballooning is not just about game-spotting.

As you float above the Ear th, you can simply soak

up the tranquillity, shed your stress, and watch

Africa’s majesty drif t beneath you.

Source:

https://www.southafrica.net/za/en/travel/article/soar-

over-the-pilanesberg-national-park-in-a-hot-air-balloon

Soar over the Pilanesberg National Park