 A popular weekend safari destination out of Johannesburg just three hours drives north of the International Airport. A malaria free zone and has the famous Big Five. This attractive terrain is in the rusty-red foothills of the Waterberg (Water mountain), whose pleats and folds are thickly layered with bush willow.
The narrow valleys of golden rocks course with streams and a variety of fauna including succulents like Euphorbia candelabra, whose name gives away its shape.
Because of the heavy summer rainfall, the soil is leached of nutrients and therefore the vegetation is predominantly sour bush, as opposed to the sweet bush of the lower-lying hotter Kruger area. However, the animals don't seem concerned and game watching is good.
The Big Five, the rhino, elephants, buffalo, leopard's and lions - apart from these animals you could also find the zebras, antelopes, hyena, although not in the same density as around the Kruger region. It's really good to do bird watching during the rainy season.
Due to its elevated position the Waterberg has winter months starting from June to August and rainy season from February to March with spectacular thunder and lightening showers. Due to the thickly grown bushes during the rainy months game viewing becomes difficult. April to September are the cool dry winters with bright clear warm days.
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