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Kruger National Park
The world-renowned Kruger National Park offers a wildlife experience that ranks with the best in Africa.
Established in 1898 to protect the wildlife of the South African Lowveld, this national park of nearly 2 million hectares, SANParks - Kruger National Park is unrivalled in the diversity of its life forms and a world leader in advanced environmental management techniques and policies.
Truly the flagship of the South African national parks, Kruger is home to an impressive number of species: 336 trees, 49 fish, 34 amphibians, 114 reptiles, 507 birds and 147 mammals. Man's interaction with the Lowveld environment over many centuries - from bushman rock paintings to majestic archaeological sites like Masorini and Thulamela - is very evident in the Kruger National Park. These treasures represent the cultures, persons and events that played a role in the history of the Kruger National Park and are conserved along with the park's natural assets.
The park was first proclaimed in 1898 as the Sabie Game Reserve by the then president of the Transvaal Republic, Paul Kruger. He first proposed the need to protect the animals of the Lowveld in 1884, but his revolutionary vision took another 12 years to be realised when the area between the Sabie and Crocodile Rivers was set aside for restricted hunting.
The Scottish born James Stevenson-Hamilton (born in 1867) was appointed the park’s first warden on July 1, 1902. On 31 May 1926 the National Parks Act was proclaimed and with it the merging of the Sabie and Shingwedzi Game Reserves into the Kruger National Park. The first motorists entered the park in 1927 for a fee of one pound. Many accounts of the park’s early days can be found in the Stevenson-Hamilton Memorial Library.
MAIN ATTRACTIONS
The Big Five – Buffalo, Elephant, Leopard, Lion and Rhino.
The Little Five – Buffalo Weaver, Elephant Shrew, Leopard Tortoise, Ant Lion and Rhino Beetle.
Birding Big Six – Ground Hornbill, Kori Bustard, Lappet- faced Vulture, Martial Eagle, Pel’s Fishing Owl and Saddle-bill Stork.
Five Trees – Baobab, Fever Tree, Knob Thorn, Marula, Mopane.
Five Natural/Cultural Features – Letaba Elephant Museum, Jock of the Bushveld Route, Maserini Ruins, Stevenson Hamilton Memorial Library, Thulamela.
Adventures
Night drives: take part in the nocturnal activities of Kruger's secretive creatures. Experienced guides drive the groups. Inquire at the reservations offices or at the camp you are staying at and going on the drive.
Morning drives leave at around 04.30 in summer and 05.30 in winter. Clients are to confirm with reception the previous night when they book in to their accommodation. As per day walks, accommodation must be booked for the previous night at the camp, as walks/drives leave before the gates open officially. The drive’s duration is 3-4 hours.
Guided bush walks: trained field guides and backup rifles take groups of up to 8 people out into the bush for a few hours. Track rhino, elephant and lion on foot and learn and observe fascinating facts about the African bush.
Golf Course
The golf course was built in 1972 as a recreational facility for the Skukuza personnel, and is now available to visitors to the Kruger National Park. Here is a first for South Africa and the world - a unique opportunity for golfing enthusiasts within one of the world's greatest conservation establishments. The Skukuza Golf Course is designed for all levels of golfers. Please bring along your golf clubs next time you visit the Kruger National Park and enjoy one of the most unique 9-hole golf courses in the world.
Natural and Cultural History
There is ample evidence that prehistoric man – Homo erectus roamed the area between 500 000 and 100 000 years ago.
Cultural artifacts of Stone Age man have been found for the period 100 000 to 30 000 years ago.
More than 300 archaeological sites of Stone Age man have been found
Evidence of Bushman Folk (San) and Iron Age people from about 1500 years ago is also in great evidence.
There are also many historical tales of the presence of Nguni people and European explorers and settlers in the Kruger area.
There are significant archaeological ruins at Thulamela and Masorini
There are numerous examples of San Art scattered throughout the park.
Distances and approximate traveling time from Skukuza to Main Kruger National Park Camps and Gates:
Berg-en-dal: 72 km / 02:55
Crocodile Bridge: 77 km / 03:05
Letaba: 162 km / 06:30
Lower Sabie: 43 km / 01:45
Malelane: 64 km / 02:35
Mopani: 209 km / 08:20
Numbi Gate: 54 km / 02:10
Phabeni Gate: 39 km / 01:34
Olifants: 147 km / 05:55
Orpen: 137 km / 05:30
Pafuri Gate: 380 km / 15:10
Paul Kruger Gate: 12 km / 00:30
Phalaborwa Gate: 213 km / 08:30
Pretoriuskop: 49 km / 02:00
Punda Maria: 342 km / 13:40
Satara: 93 km / 03:45
Shingwedzi: 271 km / 10:50
Distances and approximate traveling times from Phalaborwa Gate to Main Kruger National Park Camps and Gates:
Berg-en-dal: 285 km / 11:25
Crocodile Bridge: 246 km / 09:50
Letaba: 51 km / 02:00
Lower Sabie: 213 km / 08:30
Malelane: 277 km / 11:05
Mopani: 74 km / 03:00
Numbi Gate: 267 km / 10:40
Phabeni Gate: 251 km / 10:02
Olifants: 83 km / 03:20
Orpen: 167 km / 06:40
Pafuri Gate: 246 km / 09:50
Paul Kruger Gate: 224 km / 09:00
Pretoriuskop: 261 km / 10:25
Punda Maria: 201 km / 08:00
Satara: 119 km / 04:45
Shingwedzi: 137 km / 05:30
Skukuza: 213 km / 08:30
Distances and approximate traveling times from Paul Kruger Gate to Main Kruger National Park Camps and Gates:
Berg-en-dal: 83 km / 03:20
Crocodile Bridge: 88 km / 03:30
Letaba: 173 km / 06:55
Lower Sabie: 53 km / 02:10
Malelane: 74 km / 03:00
Mopani: 220 km / 08:50
Numbi Gate: 65km / 02:35
Phabeni Gate: 34 km / 01:22
Olifants: 158 km / 06:20
Orpen: 152 km / 06:05
Pafuri Gate: 392 km / 15:40
Phalaborwa Gate: 224 km / 09:00
Pretoriuskop: 60 km / 02:25
Punda Maria: 354 km / 14:10
Satara: 104 km / 04:10
Shingwedzi: 283 km / 11:20
Skukuza: 12 km / 00:30
Distances and approximate traveling times from Pafuri Gate to Main Kruger National Park Camps and Gates:
Berg-en-dal: 453 km / 18:10
Crocodile Bridge: 415 km / 16:35
Letaba: 218 km / 08:45
Lower Sabie: 380 km / 15:10
Malelane: 444 km / 17:45
Mopani: 172 km / 06:55
Numbi Gate: 434 km / 17:20
Phabeni Gate: 418 km / 16:43
Olifants: 250 km / 10:00
Orpen: 335 km / 13:25
Paul Kruger Gate: 392 km / 15:40
Phalaborwa Gate: 246 km / 09:50
Pretoriuskop: 438 km / 17:30
Punda Maria: 76 km / 03:00
Satara: 287 km / 11:30
Shingwedzi: 109 km / 04:20
Skukuza: 380 km / 15:10
Distances and approximate traveling times from Orpen Gate to Main Kruger National Park Camps and Gates:
Berg-en-dal: 213 km / 08:30
Crocodile Bridge: 175 km / 07:00
Letaba: 117 km / 04:40
Lower Sabie: 141 km / 05:40
Malelane: 204 km / 08:10
Mopani: 164 km / 06:35
Numbi Gate: 195 km / 07:50
Phabeni Gate: 175 km / 07:00
Olifants: 102 km / 04:05
Pafuri Gate: 335 km / 13:25
Paul Kruger Gate: 152 km / 06:05
Phalaborwa Gate: 167 km / 06:40
Pretoriuskop: 184 km / 07:20
Punda Maria: 297 km / 11:55
Satara: 48 km / 01:55
Shingwedzi: 226 km / 09:00
Skukuza: 137 km / 05:30
Distances and approximate traveling times from Phabeni Gate to Main Kruger National Park Camps and Gates:
Berg-en-dal: 90 km / 03:36
Crocodile Bridge: 115 km / 04:36
Letaba: 200 km / 08:00
Lower Sabie: 81 km / 03:14
Malelane: 82 km / 03:17
Mopani: 247 km / 09:53
Numbi Gate: 22 km / 00:53
Olifants: 185 km / 07:24
Orpen: 175 km / 07:00
Pafuri Gate: 418 km / 16:43
Paul Kruger Gate: 34 km / 01:22
Phalaborwa Gate: 251 km / 10:02
Pretoriuskop: 24 km / 00:58
Punda Maria: 380 km / 15:12
Satara: 131 km / 05:14
Shingwedzi: 309 km / 12:22 km
Skukuza: 39 km / 01:34
Distances and approximate traveling times from Numbi Gate to Main Kruger National Park Camps and Gates:
Berg-en-dal: 97 km / 03:50
Crocodile Bridge: 130 km /05:10
Letaba: 216 km / 08:40
Lower Sabie: 95 / 03:50
Malelane: 94 km / 03:50
Mopani: 263 km / 10:30
Phabeni Gate: 22 km / 00:53
Olifants: 201 km / 08:00
Orpen: 195 km / 07:50
Pafuri Gate: 434 km / 17:20
Paul Kruger Gate: 65 km / 02:35
Phalaborwa Gate: 267 km / 10:40
Pretoriuskop: 9 km / 00:20
Punda Maria: 396 km / 15:50
Satara: 147 km / 05:55
Shingwedzi: 325 km / 13:00
Skukuza: 54 km / 02:10
Distances and approximate traveling times from Malelane Gate to Main Kruger National Park Camps and Gates:
Berg-en-dal: 12 km / 00:30
Crocodile Bridge: 141 km / 05:40
Letaba: 226 km / 09:00
Lower Sabie: 105 km / 04:10
Mopani: 272 km / 10:55
Numbi Gate: 94 km / 03:50
Phabeni Gate: 82 km / 03:17
Olifants: 210 km / 08:25
Orpen: 204 km / 08:10
Pafuri Gate: 444 km / 17:45
Paul Kruger Gate: 74 km / 03:00
Phalaborwa Gate: 277 km / 11:05
Pretoriuskop: 85 km / 03:25
Punda Maria: 408 km / 16:20
Satara: 156 km / 06:15
Shingwedzi: 333 km / 13:20
Skukuza: 64 km / 02:35
Distances and approximate traveling times from Crocodile Bridge Gate to Main Kruger National Park Camps and Gates:
Berg-en-dal: 149 km / 06:00
Letaba: 196 km / 07:50
Lower Sabie: 34 km / 01:20
Malelane: 141 km / 05:40
Mopani: 243 km / 09:45
Numbi Gate: 130 km / 05:10
Phabeni Gate: 115 km / 04:36
Olifants: 181 km / 07:15
Orpen: 175 km / 07:00
Pafuri Gate: 415 km / 16:35
Paul Kruger Gate: 88 km / 03:30
Phalaborwa Gate: 246 km / 09:50
Pretoriuskop: 125 km / 05:00
Punda Maria: 377 km / 15:05
Satara: 127 km / 05:05
Shingwedzi: 306 km / 12:15
Skukuza: 77 km / 03:05
Source: South African Tourism
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Hotels in Kruger Park - MP - Show all accommodation in Kruger Park - MP »»
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| | Leadwood Lodge
From $367 per person per night
 | Leadwood Lodge sits on the western side of the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, nestled against a well wooded bank of the Sand River, where jackalberry and leadwood trees lend their shade. Its four suites are distanced from each other to offer solitude and serenity. Experience close up sightings of Africa 's Big Five (Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Rhino and Buffalo ) on open vehicle game drives with professional rangers and trackers. |
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| | Jock Safari Lodge
From $372 per person per night
 | Jock Safari Lodge is one of the very first privately owned camps situated in the world famous Kruger National Park, with exclusive traversing rights in what is regarded as the best Big Five game viewing area in the Kruger National Park.
Situated at the confluence of the Mitomeni and Biyamiti Rivers, this luxury lodge offers stunning views, with the pool literally on the confluence. Each air-conditioned luxury suite is set along the rivers, offering all the luxuries yet evoking the style and romance of the past as well as the indigenous Swazi and Shangaan cultures. |
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| | Simbambili Lodge
From $428 per person per night
 | Simbambili Lodge is set amongst magnificent trees along the meandering Manyeleti River with views over extensive savannah grassland that teems with wildlife in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, part of the world renowned greater Kruger National Park. |
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Tours covering Kruger Park - MP - Show all safaris & tours covering Kruger Park - MP »»
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| | Safari & Cape Town - Kruger & Cape Peninsula
From $1023 per person per night
 | Join guided walking safaris, game drives and birding safaris in an area where you enjoy exclusive traversing rights in the best Big Five game viewing area in the Kruger National Park. Continue your trip with a stay in a five star waterfront retreat right on the beach in the picturesque lobster-fishing village of Kommetjie, a short thirty-minute drive from Cape Town.
Tour Duration: 6 days |
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| | Safari & Cape Town - Sabi Sands & Cape Boutique
From $1817 per person per night
 | Catch the sun as it rises over the Kruger National Park, surrounded by trees dating back 800 years. Enjoy a professional, informative & holistic safari experience. Next, visit Cape Town and stay in beautiful accommodation known for its comfortable, luxurious atmosphere.
Tour Duration: 6 days |
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| | Safari & Wine - Kruger & Franschhoek
From $1023 per person per night
 | Join guided walking safaris, game drives and birding safaris in an area where you enjoy exclusive traversing rights in the best Big Five game viewing area in the Kruger National Park. From here, you travel to what many regard as the most charming and picturesque village in the Cape Winelands, Franschhoek.
Tour Duration: 6 days |
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