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Game reserve · North West
Pilanesberg National Park
Pilanesberg National Park is a game reserve in North West, about 47 km north of Rustenburg. It covers 550 km² — number 2 by size of the 6 North West areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1979.
550km² recorded size
1979year established
1 140 melevation of the point
47 kmnorth of Rustenburg
Facts
- Type
- Game reserve
- Province
- North West
- District
- Bojanala
- Local municipality
- Moses Kotane
- Size
- 550 km² · 55 000 ha
- Rank by size
- 20 of 115 nationally · 2 in North West
- Established
- 1979
- Elevation
- 1 140 m
- Coordinates
- -25.2611, 27.1008
- Nearest large town
- Rustenburg, 47 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 14 languages
Nearby
- Pilanesberg Private LodgeNature reserve1 km west
- McGregor Private Nature ReserveNature reserve6 km south
- Deon Privaat NatuurreservaatNature reserve24 km north-east
- Impala Ranch Nature ReserveNature reserve29 km north-east
- Sporting Chance Nature ReserveNature reserve34 km north-east
- Franko Private Nature ReserveNature reserve35 km east
Address and visiting
Listed address
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 14 km
Wildlife recorded around Pilanesberg National Park
6 658 mammal and 258 241 bird occurrence records within 14 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- CheetahAcinonyx jubatus1 223
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga479
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus448
- African elephantLoxodonta africana420
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus414
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa394
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros328
- White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum315
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius308
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus302
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus239
- SteenbokRaphicerus campestris151
- LionPanthera leo141
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus137
Birds
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor4 943
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus3 788
- Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis3 786
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola3 762
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis3 604
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens3 527
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca3 512
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris3 505
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis3 283
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus3 144
- Pied CrowCorvus albus3 113
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor3 084
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis2 970
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis2 774
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.