Pilanesberg & Madikwe Reserves
The Pilanesberg Game Reserve is located in North West Province in South Africa, west of Pretoria. The park borders with the entertainment complex Sun City. The park was originally owned by three local tribes. It is one of the largest volcanic complexes of its type in the world, the rare rock types and formations make it a unique geological feature. A number of rare minerals occur in the park. Pilanesberg Game Reserve rates high amongst the world's outstanding geological phenomena. The park has an area of 572 km²(220 sq mi). One can travel through in a standard road vehicle as although most of the 188 kilometres of track are not surfaced, they are well maintained. The park has a rich array of southern African wildlife including the Big Five and the Bird life diversity is excellent with over 360 species having been recorded.
To the north of Cape Town, near Upington in the Kalahari Desert is the fabulous Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve. Tswalu Kalahari, owned by the Oppenheimer family, is South Africa’s largest private game reserve, covering an area of over 100,000 hectares (1,000sqkm or almost a quarter of a million acres). For comparison, this is twice the size of Pilanesberg National Park and bigger than the entire Madikwe reserve. At maximum capacity Tswalu will take only 30 guests in total. This represents the lowest imaginable density of visitors. The emphasis here is on privacy and exclusivity – your own private Kalahari. Tswalu is located in a malaria-free area, welcomes families and actively encourages children to participate fully in the safari experience. The Kalahari is the ancestral home of the San people (Bushman). Tswalu has superlative game and offers sightings of some of South Africa’s rarest and most extraordinary wildlife,
