TRANSPORT
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- Mashatu Game Reserve is a 5 hour drive from Johannesburg.
- Mashatu Game Reserve is a 6 hour drive from Gaborone.
- Guests travelling from South Africa must clear South African immigration before being personally met by a Limpopo Valley Hores Safari representative. Transfer of guests and their luggage to open 4-wheel drive vehicles is made at this point and all guest vehicles are safely left within the precinct of the South African border post.
- The LVHS representatives will assist guests through Botswana Immigration before transferring them to the camp of their choice.
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ROAD TRANSFER
Waterberg offers a return road transfer from Johannesburg to the Pont Drift Border.
| TO |
Airlink
( 1 hour) |
+ Charter Flight
(40 min) |
+ Road Transfer
(2 hours) |
| Daily |
JNB/ PTG
SA 8104 08h15 / 09h15 |
PTG/ TLD
10h15 / 10h55 |
PTG/ Pont Drift
10h00 / 11h45 |
| FROM |
Charter Flight
(50 minutes) |
+ Road Transfer
(2 hours) |
+ Airlink
(1 hour) |
Daily |
TLD/ PTG
12h00 / 12h40 |
Pont Drift/ PTG
11h45 / 13h30 |
PTG/ JNB
SA 8103 14h30 / 15h35 |
CODES:
JNB – Johannesburg International Airport
PTG – Polokwane Airport (previously Pietersburg)
TLD – Limpopo Valley Airfield Please note that additional flights are available on the Johannesburg / Polokwane route. However we are only able to offer the above fares based on the above flight times. Any flights outside of these times will incur additional costs based on the number of guests travelling in the party. SELF DRIVE
- The Border Post between South African and Botswana at Pont Drift opens at 08h00 and closes at 16h00.
Please note these Pont Drift Border Post hours are strictly enforced.
- Mashatu Game Reserve is a 5 hour drive from Johannesburg (Toll fees are payable on the N1 to Polokwane - previously known as Pietersburg).
- Mashatu Game Reserve is a 6 hour drive from Gaborone.
- Please note that the rendezvous time for collection by Mashatu rangers is 13h00 at the Pont Drift Border Post. Variation of this time can be made by special arrangement.
- Guests travelling from South Africa must clear South African immigration before being personally met by a Mashatu representative. Transfer of guests and their luggage to open 4-wheel drive vehicles is made at this point and all guest vehicles are safely left within the precinct of the South African border post.
- Should the Limpopo River be in flood, transfer across the river into Botswana is made by cable car or by boat at an additional cost of P20.00 per person one way.
- The Mashatu representatives will assist guests through Botswana Immigration before transferring them to the camp of their choice.
The estimated driving time from the Pont Drift Border Post to Fort Jameson : 15 minutes Approximate Distances from Johannesburg to Pont Drift : JHB to Polokwane (previously known as Pietersburg) 300 km (187 miles)
Polokwane to Pont Drift 204 km (127 miles)
JHB to Pont Drift approximately 5 hours drive
Approximate Distance from Gaborone to Pont Drift:
- via Palapye, Mogapi, Bobonong and Motlhabaneng ± 516 km
- Tarred ± 490 km (304 miles)
- Untarred ± 50 km (31 miles)
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