When we arrived I found some yellow marks on the duvet cover but they changed it quickly. Second day we had a buffet breakfast and dinner but still were good. When there were not many guests they provided a course meal for dinner and it was so nice. Elephants came to the water dam to drink and bath in the accommodationĤ. This might be our first visit to Black Rhino Game Reserve, but not our last, we will be back.Īlso A BIG thank you, to Santie, Matthew and their teams!!Ģ. I can recommend Black Rhino Game Lodge to all visitors from all over the world. Although the Elephants quickly became also a favourite, watching them and learn more about their family life’s and behaviour. We saw so many animals and birds, the Kori Bustard, Hamerkop and Rufous Naped Lark were a few of my favourite birds. The Park is beautiful with a wide diversity and endless landscapes, animals & birdlife! During an afternoon safari the sunsets were just so dramatic and we even got to experience a thunderstorm! We learn a lot from our guide and completely fall in love again with the SA Bushveld. These are the stages leading up to what we observe today as the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.īlack Rhino Game Lodge) itself was lovely designed and layed out, therefore we as a family loved our “family hideaway” (Suites 1 & 2 + 19 very much!! Here we enjoyed awesome family time with our own private splash pool inside the bush! Our food was perfectly done, delight and plentiful.Īll the staff and chefs were exceptionally well trained, friendly, helpful and went out of their way to be there for us at all times, making sure we are feeling welcome, comfortable and satisfied. Families were moved to a new town to the east of the reserve in an agreement with tribal authority. Chief Tsidmane Pilane from the Bakgatla tribe agreed to the inclusion of a mountainous region owned by them, to be included in the new reserve. Now was the time for the re-introduction of wildlife into the area and the conversion of Pilanesberg into a game reserve. This land was then passed onto Bophuthatswana (an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity – ‘Bophuthatswana’ means gathering of the Tswana people).
The Bakubung tribe decided to settle on this land, arriving from the nearby town of Ventersdorp. The Government during the 1960s under the apartheid regime then bought these farms in the south of the park. The southern area of the park was formerly a set of farms owned by local farmers in the 1860s and they were responsible for the development of the Mankwe Dam in the reserve. The northern part of Pilanesberg National Park was originally owned by the Bakgatla – ba – Kgafela tribe (also known as the Bakgatla tribe).
The park was named after a Tswana chief who went by the name ‘Pilane’.
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