Kruger Park game drives
Kruger Park game drives can be done daily either morning, afternoon or full day. Drives start from Hazyview into the Kruger National Park.
Take a trip into South Africa’s flagship game reserve offering 2-million hectares of diversity. World renowned for its wildlife experience, the park also houses more than 300 archaeological sites dating back to the Stone Age.
In addition to the Big 5, look out for wild dog, cheetah, spotted hyena, zebra, giraffe, nyala, eland, waterbuck to name just a few of the 147 mammal species in the park.
not operational 2023
Kruger Park full day trips morning or afternoon
This park was proclaimed in 1926 and covers an area of about 21 497 km2 and extends over a distance of approximately 380km from the Limpopo river in the north to the Crocodile river in the south.
As one of Africa’s largest and well known game sanctuaries, Kruger plays home to the Big 5 (lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, rhino) there is a huge variety of other mammals, predators, reptiles and birds.
Little known is the fact there are more than 200 cultural heritage sites within the park as well as numerous rock art sites.
Artifacts from the Stone Age have been discovered dating some 100 000 – 30 000 years ago
Overview
Departures : daily
Departing from : Protea Hotel Kruger
Vehicles used: open safari vehicles
Number of guests: 2 – 10 guests per vehicle
Included: Kruger National Park conservation fee
Excluded: lunch
Collection Times
Half day pm : ±15h30 (Nov-Feb) ±14h30 (May-Jul)
±15h00 (Oct-Mar) ±15h00 (Aug-Oct)
Spanning across the Mpumalanga region into the Limpopo Province lies the Kruger National Park.
Originally known as the Sabie Game Reserve. the President at the time, Paul Kruger. He was something of a visionary, realising that a place was needed to protect the wildlife of the Lowveld.
And so in May 1926 the National Parks Act was proclaimed incorporating the Sabie and Shingwedzi Game Reserves into what we know as the Kruger National Park.
The park stretches 350 km from south to north along the Mozambican border. Here South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe meet at the infamous Crooks’ Corner on the confluence of the Luvuvhu and Limpopo rivers.
The far north of the park is the wildest and most difficult area to access.
This remoteness adds to its alluring qualities for the real adventurer.
The Northern area also offers many archaeological and historical sites, such as Masorini and Thulamela.
With greater ecological co-operation across African borders, several countries bordering South Africa have agreed to take down fences.
As a result those between Kruger and Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park and Zimbabwe’s Gonarezhou, have been removed to create the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park.