Black Rhino in Pilansberg

The jewel of the Pilansberg.

Black Rhino Game Reserve is located 33 kilometers north of Sun City in a Malaria-free area adjacent to the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve. Less than 2 hours drive from Johannesburg this Big 5, eco-tourism area offers nature lovers an alluring combination of rolling hills and tumbled mountains, graceful valleys, deep dark ravines, grassland plains covered with pristine bushveld and tamboti forests.

The reserve is 1800 hectares in size with only 25 secluded 1 hectare stands. A 54 room hotel is being developed and the reserve has been incorporated into the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve which consists of approximately 58,000 hectares. A fence-drop initiative with the North West Parks & Tourism Board allows traversing rights throughout the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve.

The Reserve is situated just 20 minutes away from Sun City Resort home to the world famous golf courses; the Gary Player Country Club and the Lost City. Sun City also offers many other activities for the whole family such as The Valley of the Waves, gambling and live entertainment.

The beauty, the elegance, the nature, the peace, the architecture, the value, the quality, the safety, the charm, the glamour, the dignity, the finesse, the vitality, the bliss, the oppulence, the delight, the harmony, the character, the spirit, the pleasure, the desire, the energy, the aspiration, the yearning, the essence, the promise, the zeal, the ardour, the status, the solace and the lifestyle that is Black Rhino Reserve.

Black Rhino is a private game reserve, incorporated into the Pilanesberg National Park on the North Western side. This lower lying reserve's sweet veld vegetation complements the Pilanesberg's predominantly mixed sour veld. This type of habitat is known to carry a wide variety of game species, and sighting of elephant, black rhino and white rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard are very common.

The Pilanesberg National Park is 47 000 Hectares in extent and borders on the Sun City entertainment complex. The most remarkable feature of this destination is the 1200 million-year old volcano crater with Mankwe Lake in the center. Because of its positioning between the Kalahari and Lowveld, the vegetation from both areas are located on this terrain.

The Pilanesberg National Park is home to virtually all of the animal species native to southern Africa including the big five, wild dog, and rarer species such as Roan, Tsessebe and Sable antelope.

The Park also offers a number of wonderful picnic spots, numerous hides for game watching, a walk in aviary, safari game drives and hot air balloon flights over the park.