The Pilanesberg National Park is not far from Sun City and occupies an area of 580 m2. It is the third largest natural wildlife reserve in South Africa. The national park is situated 
in the crater of an extinct volcano and you can visibly see plenty of granite reefs on the grassland. It is hard to imagine that 1,200 million years ago, the area was a barren volcano crater.

Toward the end of the 1970s, the South African government initiated its "Operation Genesis", which involves introducing species of wildlife that used to roam the area from other national parks. In addition, the reserve was enclosed by the government to officially establish the "Pilanesburg National Park". There are currently are more than 10,000 animals inhabiting at Pilanesberg National Park. Visitors at the national park are required to take 4WD jeeps led by professional jungle guides to seek out trails of wildlife such as elephants, lions, cheetahs and so forth. The experience of viewing the ecologies of these wildlife up close is guaranteed to be an exciting one.

The most precious animals at the Pilanesberg National Park are the white and black rhinos. During the initial period of the park's establishment, the elephants and rhinos did not get along too well and the administration would often find injured elephants with puncture wounds caused by rhino's horns or wounded rhinos with injuries created by elephant tusks. Things quickly escalated into havoc and led to severe losses for the park. After an extensive investigation, the park administration found that the bulls of the elephant family introduced the park were too young to reach adolescence and their uncontrolled behavior came about due to the lack of parental control. The problem was adequately resolved when the administration successfully introduced mature bulls and rhinos from Kruger National Park to keep things under control.