Shepherd’s Tree Game Lodge

The Shepherd’s Tree Game Lodge in the Pilanesberg offers game drives all year round, either in the early morning or late afternoon.

Besides the ‘Big Five’, guests have the chance to encounter the nocturnal brown hyena, cheetah, hippo, crocodile and even sable. The Pilanesberg mountains offer guests sightings of a wide diversity of animal and plant life including 360 species of birds, the ‘Big Five’ and almost every type of animal found in Southern Africa.

The Pilanesberg National Park lies within the transition zone between the dry Kalahari and wetter Lowveld vegetation, commonly referred to as “Bushveld”. Unlike any other large national parks in South Africa, unique overlaps of mammals, birds and vegetation occur because of this transition zone.

Springbok, brown hyena, the red eyed bulbul, and camel thorn trees usually home in arid areas are found cohabiting with moist-area-limited impala, black eyed bulbul and Cape chestnut trees. Wildlife includes lions, elephants, white and black rhinos, buffaloes, leopards, zebras, hyenas, giraffes, hippos and crocodiles.

• Game Drives
• Game Walks
• Swimming
• Game Viewing
• Boma Dinners
• Bird Watching
• Quad Biking & Archery
• Spa treatments