Pilanesberg Park Safari
I am on the Board of a Company based in Johannesburg so I travel to Jo'burg for meetings a few times each year. Kate and I had discussed Ada and her tagging along for a long weekend trip to a Game Park but we were waiting for the opportunity. The opportunity presented in the form of Student led Parent/Teacher meetings which meant that the last two days of the school week were effectively days off. We decided to go but we were a little frustrated trying to get flights, accommodation and choosing a park. Kruger park was the most famous but was a five to six hour drive from Jo'burg and the flights didn’t really allow use to maximise time in the parks looking at animals. As a result we focused on the Pilanesberg Park which, with good traffic, was a two and a half hour drive. Our usual channels to find accommodation showing that the lodges in the Pilanesberg were full, due in the main to Indian school holidays, and th...