Pilanesberg National Park, Game reserve in North West Province, South Africa.
The 550-square-kilometer Pilanesberg National Park rises within a volcanic crater, featuring alternating ridges and valleys that form concentric rings.
Operation Genesis in 1979 reintroduced 6,000 animals into the previously agricultural land, leading to a current population of over 7,000 animals.
The name originates from Chief Pilane of the Tswana people, who governed the regions of Bogopane, Mmamodimokwana, and Mmasebudule during the 1800s.
The park maintains various lodging options from luxury establishments with spa services to basic safari tents, along with guided nature walks and balloon safaris.
The geological formation contains the Pilanesberg Alkaline Ring Complex, recognized as one of the largest volcanic configurations of its type worldwide.
Location: North West
Inception: 1979
Elevation above the sea: 1,140 m
Website: https://parksnorthwest.co.za/pilanesberg-national-park
GPS coordinates: -25.26110,27.10080
Latest update: May 21, 2025 03:34
From the windy tip of the Cape to the blue line of the Drakensberg, South Africa stacks landscapes that do not resemble each other. A morning on Table Mountain, an evening facing the whales of Hermanus, and between them red trails, deep canyons, lagoons, vineyards, and reserves where large animals pass through. Kruger opens its roads at dawn, Pilanesberg sketches an ancient crater, iSimangaliso blends reefs and wetlands. Further afield, the rugged coast preserves its cliffs, the Richtersveld its succulent deserts, and the Valley of Desolation its frozen lava columns. Here, travel is at eye and light level, to the rhythm of a vast land that changes its face at every turn.
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