Six parks/zoos near Johannesburg

[MRJ]

I am currently staying in the Mulders Drift district just a little North-west of Johannasburg. This region has a number of wedding venues, country hotels, wineries etc. While here I became aware of the following six private parks in the region. My schedule (I am attending a wedding) prohibit me from visiting any of them but I thought I might mention them so that another zoo-chatter visiting the region might be able to include a visit.

The Elephant Sanctuary
Rhino and Lion Reserve
Lion & Safari Park
Monkey Sanctuary
Hattie’s Horse Trail Safari
Mountain Sanctuary Park (this one at 1000ha is much closer to a wild environment)

I would be interested to hear if anybody has visited any of them.

 

[Nix]

I am currently staying in the Mulders Drift district just a little North-west of Johannasburg. This region has a number of wedding venues, country hotels, wineries etc. While here I became aware of the following six private parks in the region. My schedule (I am attending a wedding) prohibit me from visiting any of them but I thought I might mention them so that another zoo-chatter visiting the region might be able to include a visit.

The Elephant Sanctuary
Rhino and Lion Reserve
Lion & Safari Park
Monkey Sanctuary
Hattie’s Horse Trail Safari
Mountain Sanctuary Park (this one at 1000ha is much closer to a wild environment)

I would be interested to hear if anybody has visited any of them.

You're probably no longer in SA but I've been to every one of these except monkey Sanctuary.
If you ever do visit again, Rhino and Lion Safari Park will be the nicest and have the most species out of the list.

 

[MRJ]

You're probably no longer in SA but I've been to every one of these except monkey Sanctuary.
If you ever do visit again, Rhino and Lion Safari Park will be the nicest and have the most species out of the list.

You would be right, I'm no longer in SA. In fact I was only there for I think 3 or 4 nights attending a wedding, then 4 nights at Chobe National Park in Botswana then back home to Australia, and all that was back in 2018, I'd encourage you to write a short review on these properties (what they are like, what animals they have) if you have the time. I am sure others on Zoochat would appreciate it, and I am interested to learn a little about what I missed.