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Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa

cover photo by Petervdh

Location added by Marcom

The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator.

Rank : 9.0 (average on 7 votes)

Coordinates : -25.234044,27.048626 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : beautiful landscape! the big five and many other species of mammals that are a bit 'all the wildlife of South Africa. are several species of water birds that frequent the lakes, plus the normal birds of the area.

Recommended equipment : even with a 70-200 possoo you get satisfaction, but as always for wildlife photography is recommended to have at least a 300.

Best months : in our visit in February 2009 due to a rainy year above average, the vegetation was really an obstacle preventing the vision of a jackal for example, already at 3 meters from the road. our summer (their winter) are thus the best time to solve this problem. in particular, the guide told us in August and September as the best time.

How to get there : from Johannesuburg follow to Pretoria and then to Sun City: fornitevi anyway road maps. the park is about 2 and a half hours drive from the airport.

Visits : the ticket should be bought at the entrance and not worth the wild card for this park. must already have a reservation for your stay if you want to sleep in it.

Notes : the park has dimensions almost circular with a diameter of 25 km. is therefore not very large, but it is extraordinarily beautiful landscape as seen which is provided in 'ancient crater of an extinct volcano, and it is also interesting from a geological point of view. the park was created with the operation genesis of 1979 leading into the newly formed park animals taken from various areas. is then constructed a natural environment in that they are brought here also animals such as oryx living in desert areas to the west. The park is also outside fenced so animals can not get out. but in the park made up as nature takes its course and the animals are free to move from one point to another. and is not at all easy to spot various species present, many interesting since the park is a compendium of South African wildlife. for example the wild dogs are present, but are not spotted by time. a guide we talked to did not see the leopard for weeks, maybe months (although the day before had been seen by others). more than 7000 animals of many species are a nice property, but do not think to a zoo where it is easy to see the animals on the contrary, I found it much easier to Kruger and Kgalagadi. The proximity of the park to the city is of course due to increased tourist traffic, also hit & run. In particular, it would be best to avoid the weekend ... The park can be visited with any vehicle. the main roads are paved, unpaved other (lifeline that jump if you're there on the weekend).

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