Pilanesberg & Elephant Encounter
Departure 06h00 to 18h00
The tour will comprise of the following;
- Shuttling to and from the Hotel.
- 3-hour Open Game drive in the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve.
- Elephant Encounter Tour in Open viewer.
- Light Lunch at Pilanesberg Centre Restaurant.
- Cooler box containing ice cold water.
- During the tour photos will be taken and placed onto your mobile phone.
Tour itinerary
Feel the excitement of knowing you are about to take a journey on an Open Game Viewer into uncharted areas where it is you and Africa’s most feared creatures by exploring their territory, by their rules. You will be collected from the Hotel at 06h00 and proceed to the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve that spans an area of 550 square kilometers, the home of the BIG FIVE. Here we will drive around for at least 3 hours and feel the tension mounting that at any moment just around a corner you could drive into a herd of elephant or the king himself the lion or if lucky spot the ever-elusive leopard as he lies on a rock or in a tree watching you and enticing you to make a mistake. With hunger setting in we will stop off at the Pilanesberg Centre where we sit on the deck overlooking the water hole and have a light snack whilst watching the game come to have their daily drink. You will then be returned back to the park entrance and without a doubt, feel the sensation of total tranquility of the African bush and know that the feeling will linger with you for eternity. After about 3 hours of game drive, we will set of once again for the Elephant Interaction On arrival we then all get onto an open 4 x 4 Game Viewer and head off in search of the elephants, the matriarch (Known as Three) and her two calves Marti and Hanna as your escort. During the drive you will
encounter a host of different antelope such as Blesbok, Blue Wildebeest, Impala and many more. On finding the Elephants we then spend time with them as they roam freely in their natural habitat. Here I will be taking picture for you so that you can enjoy the full moment of it, and not through the lens of a camera. After the personal relationship that you have built with her, we then head back to the lodge knowing you have connected with one of Mother Nature’s most awesome creatures.