Set just 2 hours from Johannesburg, the Pilanesberg Game Reserve offers you the wonderful opportunity to spot the Big 5. The park is malaria-free, located in a crater of an extinct volcano and boasts a huge variety of fauna and flora. Along with the Big 5 there are brown hyaena, serval, caracal, cheetah, wild (Cape hunting) dogs, hippo, giraffe, sable, tsessebe and eland.