Car hire at Pilanesberg International Airport (NTY) is a small-scale, pre-arranged affair: Avis publishes a branch guide for the airport, which sits on Sun City's doorstep and handles mainly charters and limited scheduled traffic rather than a steady airline bank. Most Sun City and Pilanesberg visitors actually land at Johannesburg - O.R. Tambo or Lanseria - and drive the 2.5 to 3 hours northwest, which keeps the fleet at NTY itself modest; book ahead and confirm the desk will be staffed for your specific arrival. The reward for having a car here is the park at the gate: Pilanesberg National Park is a malaria-free Big Five reserve with a well-graded self-drive road network where a normal sedan genuinely suffices - four-wheel drive is comfort rather than requirement on the public loops.
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