PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK TOUR

Pilanesberg National Park:

The circular layout of the park can be traced to prehistoric times, when this area was the fiery crater of a volcano.  Around the central Mankwe Dam lie three rings of little hills 0 mounds of cooled lava – and the whole are is raised above the plain.  The decision to establish a reserve here was economic; to benefit the local people, and to complement the nearby resort of Sun City.  Re-stocking the overgrazed farmland turned into one of the most ambitious game relocation ventures ever attempted in South Africa.  Appropriately called Operation Genesis, it involved the release of 6000 mammals of 19 species into a new reserve.  Elephant, black rhino and leopard head an impressive list of wildlife that can be seen at Pilanesberg today.