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