You will be collected at the location in Johannesburg/Pretoria area supplied by you by one of our fully qualified National Tour Guides.Travel across Hartbeespoort Dam situated against the impressive backdrop of the cliffs of of the Magaliesberg 2,000 million year old mountains. In the area too, are the Ukutula Lion Centre, the Elephant Sanctuary, Mountain Cableway, and the Chameleon Market, Africa’s biggest craft market, then and past the world’s richest platinum mines . You can discuss this tour you can discuss with us stopping at some of these attractions. Entering the Pilanesberg Reserve gate you will see your first animals as we drive to the lodge and also while you are having lunch on the lodges sunny terrace looking into the reserve. Our guide will assist with check in to your room the safari lodge and leave you to get ready for your first open vehicle safari drive with other lodge guests starting around 3.30pm.Spend the night at Bakubung Bush Lodge ( or Kwa Maritane).

After arriving at Pilanesberg on and entering the reserve on Day 1. If we have picked you up before 10.00am this morning ( you can decide this)you will be taken on a private 5 hour safari in one of our special game viewing SUV's by your very experienced guide. All our guides know Pilanesberg and its animals very well. You will stop for lunch at one of the terraced restaurants overlooking the reserve with animals often approaching close. After your game drive you will check in to Bakubung or Kwa Maritane lodge and have dinner. If this 5 hour drive is achieved today, the next day at dawn join a shared open vehicle game drive in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve returning for breakfast on the dining terrace overlooking the Pilanesberg.

Kwa Maritane is the sister lodge to Bakubung . Both are operated by Legacy Hotels to their impeccable standards and supplying exactltly the same level of service. Depending on availability for your dates you will stay at either Bakubung or Kwa Maritane.

Enjoy an extended private game drive inside Pilanesberg Game Reserve. This drive will be up to 5 hours long. It will include sunset or sunrise the time when the predators Lion, Leopard and Cheetahs are most active. It is impossible to predict what will happen and what you will see in such a wild place but all of the iconic animals of Africa are here in Pilanesberg 1000's of them roaming free and you will see many of them. The Big 5 Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Rhinoceros, African Buffalo, many aim to see these but how important to see the different animals is largely something you decide. After all the Big 5 are what the hunters wanted to see during colonial times but their "aims" were different if you can pardon the pun. The variety and diversity of African wildlife, plants, animals right down to the tiniest insects is stunning. So look for the smaller things too. This can be done on a dawn bush walk with one of the rangers. You will need to stay an extra night for this.