The Kruger National Park is not only renowned for its diversity of wildlife, but also for its conservation record. You can see the famed Big 5, but you'll also be dazzled by hundreds of birds, ancient trees, mighty rivers and much, much more.
The Kruger National Park should be on everybody's bucket list.



Kruger National Park is not only about the famed Big 5, but thousands of giraffe. You'll encounter elephants galore – watch out for that tiny baby crossing the road – and herds of buffalo. There are so many different kinds of antelope your head will spin, fat crocodiles sunning themselves on sandbanks, hyenas mooching along, and, if you're very lucky, a pack of wild dogs on the prowl.

Sharing the park with you are over 100 000 impala, 10 000 blue wildebeest, 9 000 kudu, 5 000 warthog (everybody's favourite ugly duckling), 25 000 zebra, 180 cheetah, over 1 000 leopard and 1 500 lions, and that's just the start. You can now begin to understand the natural super-abundance of one of the world's best-loved game parks.

The Kruger National Park enjoys a great year-round sunny climate and offers all kinds of activities, from guided game drives and bush walks with an armed ranger to 3-night walking trails in deep wilderness areas.

The Kruger National Park gets over 1.4 million visitors a year, but because it's so big – 352 kilometres from north to south, and covering over 1.9 million hectares – you will be amazed at how often you are alone watching game on a 2 500 kilometre network of tar and dirt roads.

Where nearly 2 million hectares of unrivalled diversity of life forms fuses with historical and archaeological sights - this is real Africa.

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

How to get here
By road from Johannesburg it's approximately a 5-hour drive (depending where you enter the park). You can also travel by plane to Kruger Park International Airport in Nelspruit and drive from there.

Best time to visit
Winter is the best time for game-spotting. The grass is low and animals are dependent on waterholes. Summer is hot, but scenically very beautiful, and there are lots of baby animals to see.

Where to stay
email us @ habari@habariafrica.com for accommodation options. The bushveld camps are small but very exclusive. The bigger camps are best for children because they have swimming pools and lots of room to run around in.

Tours to do
A guided sunset tour. You get a glorious view of a spectacular African sunset, see game coming to drink, and then have the excitement of a spotlit night drive.

source:sanparks.org/parks/kruger/ and southafrica.net/sat/content/en/za/full-article?oid=314094&sn=Detail&pid=442&The-Kruger-National-Park