Game Reserves & Nature Parks
Kgaswane Reserve
Rustenburg to Kgaswane Reserve 3km
Situated above the town of Rustenburg across a varied habitat of quartzite mountain peaks, Kgaswane is open to hikers as well as vehicle visitors. It is a reserve that offers a great range of viewing experiences to wildlife enthusiasts. Activies include game drives, hiking, bird watching, photography, picnics, and barberques.
Open Hours: 06:00-18:00; Tel: +27(0)14533 2050
Pilansberg Game Reserve
Rustenburg to Pilansberg 45km
The Pilansberg Game Resverve is one of the most accessible South African game reserves. It is located almost a stone's throw from Rustenburg. It is the fourth largest National Park in South Africa and is set high in the Pilansberg range, traversing the floor of an ancient, long-extinct volcano. Pilansberg conserves all the major mammal species including lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and buffalo.
Madikwe Game Reserve
Rustenburg to Madikwe 111km
Madikwe Game Reserve is a huge reserve north of Pilansberg, almost half the size of Belgium. It is a conservation and transition zone between the Kalahari sandveld and thornveld. Madikwe hosts all the major plains species, including the Big Five and has the second largest concentration of elephants in South Africa. The rerserve is one of South Africa's great natural treasures.
Marakele National Park
Rustenburg to Marakele 180km
The Marakele National Park in the heart of the Waterberg Mountains, as its Tswana name suggests, has become a place of sanctuary for an impressive variety of wildlife due to its location in the transitional zone between the dry western and moister eastern regions of South Africa. Contrasting majestic mountain landscapes, grass-clad hills, and deep valleys characterize the park. Rare finds of yellowwoods, cedar trees and five-metre-high cycads and tree ferns are just some of the plant species found here. All the large game species from elephant and rhino to the big cats as well as an amazing variety of birds (including what’s probably the largest colony of endangered Cape vultures more than 800 breeding pairs in the world) have settled here.