Kruger National Park, Greater Kruger Park, South Africa

The Kruger National Park is one of the finest game reserves in Africa - a vast wilderness of thorn trees, prolific game and sub-tropical heat. It covers nearly 2 million hectares and stretches some 400km from north to south along the border between South Africa and Mozambique making it easily the largest game reserve in South Africa. The Kruger Park is home not only to the Big Seven - elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino, cheetah and wild dog, but also to an abundance of smaller, equally fascinating animals and birdlife with 147 game species in total.

The Kruger National Park can be divided into three distinct areas – the busy but game-rich southern area from Skukuza to the southern border of the Kruger; the slightly more remote central Kruger Park broadly between Skukuza and Letaba which also offers good game-viewing, and the wild and scenic far northern Kruger Park with the Pafuri and Makulele private concessions.

The Kruger National Park has already dropped the fences between the private game reserves of the Sabi Sands, Timbavati & Manyeleti. A new exciting development is that the fences are partly down between the Kruger National Park and Mozambique’s game reserve to the east. This will further enhance breeding patterns in many wildlife species as it restores their natural migratory routes.

A number of luxurious private safari concessions now operate within the Kruger National Park itself such as the ultra-exclusive Singita Lebombo and Singita Sweni, Rhino Post Safari Lodge, Jock Safari Lodge and the family-friendly Lukimbi Safari Lodge. These safari lodges allow you to have a private game lodge experience within the Kruger National Park itself ,with early morning and evening game drives in open 4x4 vehicles. Unlike the traditional Kruger restcamps, these private safari lodges are allowed to conduct night drives after the park gates are closed and off-road safaris to big five sightings such as lion or leopard. One Kruger Park concession, Rhino Plains Camp, even specializes in walking safaris.

A less luxurious, and less intimate, alternative to the private concessions is to stay at the traditional Kruger Park rest camps which are comfortable but basic. Your Kruger Park safari would be self-guided, though day and night drives are available with park rangers at an extra cost. This is an inexpensive way to enjoy the delights of the Kruger.

A final alternative is to stay at one of the country lodges, such as Buhala Game Lodge or Kruger Gate Lodge which are only minutes from the park and offer a more convivial alternative to the Kruger rest camps. They also conduct open vehicle game drives into the park.

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