Skilpadshek is a border post (checkpoint) on the South African border with Botswana, situated 52 km north-west of Zeerust in the North West Province of South Africa.
The word Skilpadshek means “tortoise gate” in Afrikaans.
The corresponding checkpoint on the Botswana side of the border is called Pioneer Gate. The Trans-Kalahari Corridor passes through Skilpadshek, and it is the western end of the N4 National Route (Platinum Highway), which continues in Botswana as the A2.
Skilpadshek falls within the Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality under the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality of the North West Province.