Kruger National Park Safaris and Holidays

The Kruger National Park

Explore the famous Kruger National Park to find wildlife and to find yourself.  The essential safari is a soulful journey into Africa to see wild animals in their natural habitats. An adventure into South Africa’s greatest tourist destination is paved with awesome safari lodges and camps. 

Accommodation in the Kruger National Park starts with rustic bush camps, rest camps and rugged tented camps for the nature trail enthusiast. Private game reserves adjoining Kruger promise special safari packages including lavish accommodation, game drives and walks, 3 gourmet meals daily and exquisite wellness facilities.  Accommodation in Kruger suits all budgets and needs.

Kruger’s striking landscapes, rich biodiversity and breathtaking solitude in nature create a veritable sanctuary for all things living. This famous National Park boasts upmarket infrastructure for all visitors: good roads, supermarkets, fuel points, banks, restaurants and cafes.

Did you know?

  • Kruger National Park is the biggest and most renowned protected area in South Africa, its vast 20,000 square km attracting 2 million global visitors annually. 
  • The 184,000-ha Greater Kruger National Park includes Timbavati, Klaserie, Balule, Umbabat and Thornybush Private Nature Reserves.

Kruger is South Africa’s most popular destination.

Highlights

  • One of the best wilderness trails is the captivating Olifants Trail that crosses both the Letaba and Olifants Rivers.
  • Spend the night at Sable Dam Hide, one of the largest dams in the park, best for birding.  
  • The Big Five: buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard and black rhino.
  • The Little Five: buffalo weaver, elephant shrew, leopard tortoise, ant lion and rhino beetle. 
  • Big Six Birds: Kori bustard, Martial eagle, Lappet-faced vulture, Pel’s fishing owl, Saddle-billed stork and Ground hornbill. 
  • Big Five Trees:  Baobab, Fever tree, Knob thorn, Marula and Mopane. 

Combo Beach-Bush Safaris

The joy of a combined beach-bush safari in South Africa’s Kruger and Mozambique’s Bazaruto Archipelago – pristine beaches, perfect diving conditions and captivating wildlife viewing. Flawless island and bush lodge accommodation. 

Plan a Kruger National Park tour and safari with Voyage2Africa, the African travel experts, and enjoy signature experiences to premier wildlife destinations south of the equator. 

OUR SELECTION: THE BEST DESTINATIONS TO VISIT IN the Kruger National Park

exterior view of the building with private pool at Sabi Sabi Earth Lodge in Kruger Park

This piece of African paradise is world-renowned for some of the best game viewing in Africa. It’s especially famous for its regular and almost guaranteed leopard sightings for guests on safari in South Africa. And it consistently produces some unparalleled big five safari experiences that are very difficult to beat. There are over 300 bird species, incredible vegetation and high game density’s, and Sabi Sabi just has to be on your safari bucket list. With no fences along Kruger south-west border game roams freely as it used to do hundreds of years ago.

the exterior of the AndBeyond Ngala Tented Camp in Kruger Park

Bordering the western flank of Kruger National Park the Timbavati Game Reserve stretches for close to 600 square kilometres and hosts an abundance of wildlife including the big five and plains game like wildebeest, kudu, waterbuck and giraffe. The mammal’s list in the Timbavati Game Reserve is impressive with over 40 mammals to be seen. As it’s a private reserve your game viewing vehicles can go off-road – so expect to get close and personal with the wild animals of Africa.

Outside pool and wooden deck at Kapama Southern Camp in Kruger National Park

The world-famous Kruger National Park is the oldest wildlife park in all of Africa and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in South Africa. With almost two million hectares of African bush to explore, this is the ultimate big five safari destination. There is a great range of safari accommodation ranging from budget South Africa National Parks camping and bungalows to private five star camps and lodges. It offers some of the best game viewing in Africa and is a must to be included as part of your holiday to South Africa.

the african sunset going over the bush and mountains in the distance

In 1972 landowners in the Klsaerie River valley next to Kruger combined their properties to form a huge conservation area called Klaserie Private Nature Reserve. This biodiversity hotspot is today one of the largest private nature reserves in South Africa and dedicated to sustainable tourism. Come on safari to legendary luxury lodges deep in the wilderness on the river or overlooking the bushveld landscape. We love Simbavati Camp Geroge with its eye-catching design and lush green gardens leading down to the river, and Simbavati Amani under the indigenous trees for a modern yet traditional game viewing venue.

The bar interior at Thornybush Game Lodge in Kruger Park

Thornybush is the ultimate intimate safari destination in the Greater Kruger region with fewer 4×4 vehicles at game sightings and a range of rustic chic safari camps to choose from. Families will love safari lodges like Royal Malewane with 5-star facilities and entertainment, and kids get special treatment on safari. Look out for the rare Pangolin and Black Rhino in this reserve dedicated to conserving endangered species. Explore 14 000 ha of mostly open golden grasslands on game drives.

Swimming pool outside with wooden deck around it at night in Kapama River Lodge

Not long ago, Kapama Private Game Reserve dropped its fences with Thornybush Private Game Reserve to form a single, larger conservation area and to allow animals to move freely. Game drives into Kapama are therefore more enriching, and Big 5 sightings ultra-rewarding. Kapama is proud of its 5 unusual luxury lodges for guests who love their comfort after a game drive – a restaurant, bar, swimming pools, spas and gyms. Choose Camp Jabulani for real elephant encounters or go on rhino and lion darting safaris.

safari game drive in the Botswana bush

Visit this beautiful “Place of the stars” and enjoy night drives to see the bright density of stars above the unpolluted wilderness areas close to Kruger National Park. Visitors enjoy this untouched destination covering an enormous 23 000 ha of dense bushveld where the Big 5 are constantly encountered and diverse birds and smaller creatures abound. Sharing boundaries with Sabi Sands and Timbavati Private Game Reserves, Manyeleti is known for its bush trails, rustic chic tented suites, luxury Tintswalo lodges and rich riverine vegetation.

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