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User Reviews of Pilanesberg Game Reserve (98 Reviews)

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Average User Rating

4.3367 / 5 4.3 /5
4.4583 / 5 4.4105 / 5 4.0549 / 5 4.1622 / 5

Rating Breakdown

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4 star 32 / 10 32
3 star 8 / 10 8
2 star 3 / 10 3
1 star 2 / 10 2
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Female avatar icon Princess Lindy South Africa flag ZA       Visited: March 2016 Reviewed: May 26, 2017

Email Princess Lindy  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

4 / 5 4 /5
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The wild life we saw was limited to Zebras and Springboks mostly. We had fun during our Brazil lunch in the middle of the game reserve.

Male avatar icon rudyerasmus South Africa flag ZA       Visited: April 2014 Reviewed: Mar 24, 2017

Email rudyerasmus  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

4 / 5 4 /5
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Close to Big cities, Good Camps and Good Roads , Big 5 , an Plenty of Bush veld birds , and Bird Hides

Male avatar icon noel South Africa flag ZA       Visited: September 2016 Reviewed: Jan 25, 2017

Email noel  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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Some unique wildlife to be seen here, including Brown Hyena.

Female avatar icon Raffaella Italy flag IT       Visited: August 2016 Reviewed: Nov 28, 2016

Email Raffaella  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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Really full of animals, nice scenic beauty

Male avatar icon brunogarennealabadi France flag FR       Visited: September 2006 Reviewed: Sep 18, 2016

Email brunogarennealabadi  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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Slightly more than 2 hrs from joburg, it is really great , you can spend a great day, and be back in joburg at night.
The whole park can be nearly completely seen throughout one single day.
really a must.

Male avatar icon zapiture South Africa flag ZA       Visited: July 2016 Reviewed: Aug 7, 2016

Email zapiture  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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Well known for the Noah's Arch project, the wildlife in this reserve was replenished with all the wildlife that could be found in this area before it was destroyed by hunting and farming

Male avatar icon Harold Brown United States flag US       Visited: April 2009 Reviewed: Aug 6, 2016

Email Harold Brown  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

4 / 5 4 /5
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Pilanesberg was my first experience visiting a game reserve. That was in 1998 and it was a nice experience. Many of the larger animals I saw were at quite a distance away so it wasn't like visiting Kruger, but I did see lions trying to chase down their dinner without success which was my only experience of the chase. So each experience can bring something new.

Male avatar icon Gareth South Africa flag ZA       Visited: June 2016 Reviewed: Jun 14, 2016

Email Gareth  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

4 / 5 4 /5
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A great big 5 park, with a great chance of seeing game based on the varying types of terrain.

Male avatar icon thewildlifephotographer United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: December 2015 Reviewed: Apr 26, 2016

Email thewildlifephotographer  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of thewildlifephotographer and not that of SafariBookings.
2 / 5 2 /5
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More like a small safari park, with no feeling of being 'wild'. I won't be visiting again.

Male avatar icon Bert South Africa flag ZA       Visited: November 2015 Reviewed: Mar 25, 2016

Email Bert  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

A Must Visit

5 / 5 5 /5
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Pilanesberg has become one of South Africa's 'must visit' destinations. It's a compact game park which can be reasonably covered in a day visit, with a great variety of large and small game, as well as birdlife. Should you have the privelage to spend more than a day, that would be even better. Accommodation is great and does not lose the bushveld atmosphere. The service is good and friendly and in the many times that I have been there I have not been able to fault the food once. There is a low security risk but as tourists we all need to be security concious no matter where one goes in the world, so don't leave expensive equipment lying around. The weather is great whether sunshine or rain, but keep in mind that December - February are hot months in South Africa, so if you come in those months please don't complain about the heat, just enjoy it. Over-all I can assure anyone that they will look back at a visit to Pilanesberg and never regret making it part of
Read more their itinerary. It's a thoroughbred African experience with an entrance fee through the gate of less than 5 Euros per person for the day. (Accommodation in the luxury catagories could of course be quite expensive, but you normally get good value for your money) I hope you consider making Pilanesberg part of your life experience - I'm addicted :-)