A couple of months ago my husband was in South Africa and some of his colleagues spoke to him about the Pilanesberg safari park (close to Sun City) as probably the best option in national parks because it is supposed to have the Big Five while still reasonably sized, so that you are certain to have a chance to see lots of animals, often just staying in your lodge not too far from water springs.

Upon his return, he asked me to organise a family journey there, and so I got in touch with a travel agent who however has instilled a lot of doubts in my mind by saying that Pilanesberg is nothing special, that its major claim to renown is the fact of being malaria-free (which, in his opinion, is true for many other parks in August), and mostly that it is a private park, hence much more expensive than normal.

Is there anyone among us who has been to Pilanesberg and can shed some light on the subject for me? This is the link to the site, but I have not found enough information here to settle the matter.