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User Reviews of Pilanesberg Game Reserve (98 Reviews)

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4.3367 / 5 4.3 /5
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Female avatar icon Colleen Williamson United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: March 2025 Reviewed: May 11, 2025

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

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I have been to this Game Reserve many times on trips to SA and this was my partners first trip to a Game Park where wildlife is in its natural habitat. It is so scenic and a very pretty park to visit.

Male avatar icon Laurent France flag FR       Visited: July 2025 Reviewed: Jul 3, 2025

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

Paradise, just a few hours from Joburg

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Amazing day in paradise. You spend your whole day in a Caldera with more than 10,000 animals, elephants herds, hippos, lions, tons of rhinos, giraffes… all in the wild.

You get such a freedom feeling being able to roam around with a 4WD guided tour that you feel lost in time, just relaxing with these amazing animals.

Best things I did in SA, real highlights of my trip!

Thanks Petros, great relaxed, friendly and knowledgeable driver;-)

Female avatar icon Debbie Caine United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: March 2026 Reviewed: Apr 29, 2026

Email Debbie Caine  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Amazing one day safari experience.

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Our time was limited staying in Johannesburg for only 4 days after a business trip to Eswatini, so we wanted to make the most of our time there. We were picked up at approx. 5.45am from the hotel and the mini-bus was fine, comfy and clean. Our driver was really friendly and knowledgeable and told us about what to expect and pointed out places of interest along the way to Pilanesberg. We had a comfort stop and there was an opportunity to buy refreshments.
Once at Pilanesberg, after a few administrative checks, we were met by our safari guide Petrus ( I believe his name was) and we were quickly on the road. He pointed out animals and names of plants and birds, he was very knowledgeable and friendly and very witty.
To name what I can remember, we saw; elephants, giraffe, rhinos, hippos (in the far distance in the lake), a crocodile, a leopard (just caught sight of the back of it), zebras, impala, toilet seat deer thing which I can't remember the name of and loads of birds
Read more and other smaller deer type animals. So out of the big 5 we saw 3 - which ain't bad. The lions were there but the grass was too long for us to see them (we know this because the rangers had seen them earlier in the day).
The chase to see the leopard was my favourite part - as we were in a different part of the game reserve when news of a sighting came through - I loved that.
This experience has made me want to experience a full safari holiday. I will definitely visit South Africa again in the future given the opportunity and I 100% recommend Safari Bookings and Mo-Africa. Petrus was fabulous and the communication with Safari Bookings was brilliant.