Kruger Game Reserve Safari Lodges

The Kruger National Park is rated as one of the top game parks in Southern Africa and renowned to offer guests one of the best wildlife experiences on the continent.

A camping safari is ideal for families or guests looking for an adventure holiday. Camping in the Kruger National Park offers guests an inexpensive way to explore this magnificent area. Guests can choose a safari that would suit their needs may it be a self-drive camping safari or a more comfortable camping safari where guests can sit back and relax and not participate in camp duties.

Kruger Safari Price Guide

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Kruger Safari Camping Options

The Kruger National Park offers guests a variety of parks and reserves to choose from to complement their camping experience. 

4 Day Kruger Walking and Camping Safari | 5 Day Kruger Walking and Camping Safari | 4 Day Camp Wild in the Kruger | 4 Day Camping & Lodge Combo Safari | 4 Day Ngala Walking & Camping Safari

How to get there

Air
There are daily flights from OR Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg International) to Hoedspruit Airport (also called Eastgate) as well as Kruger Mpumalanga Airport (KMIA) airport. Once guests arrive at the various airports they have a choice between, a car hire option (self-drive) or a road transfer, SUNSAFARIS can arrange these road transfers for guests. Certain camping packages are inclusive of road transfers to and from Johannesburg.

Land
All the parks and reserves in the Kruger National Park are accessible via self drive with a sedan rental car from anywhere in South Africa. Obviously the drive time depends on where you are driving from! To self drive from Johannesburg will take approximately 6 hours. SUNSAFARIS can arrange a rental car for you.

Kruger Game Viewing and Seasons

Introduction

The Kruger National Park is the largest game reserve in South Africa, consisting of approximately 2 million hectares of pristine African Bushland. No fences exist in the region, which allows animals to move freely and offers guests a better game viewing experience. The Kruger National Park is an ideal self-drive destination which makes it suitable for a camping safari.

Game Viewing

The Kruger National Park is world renowned to offer some of the best game viewing in Africa. The area includes the "big five", lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, buffalo as well as cheetah and wild dog. All antelope and gazelle species such as buffalo, blue wildebeest, bushbuck, impala, kudu, waterbuck, Burchell's zebra can be seen. Hippo, spotted hyena as well as baboon can also be found in the area. Nocturnal species such as civet, genet, honey badgers, bush-babies and owls can be seen while out of night drives. Breeding herds of elephant are popular in the area. White rhino sightings increase during the dry season. Large breeding herds of buffalo, numbering up to 400, have been moving through the area using the waterholes. The park is a bird-watcher’s paradise with over 350 species of birds. Species include the Woodland Kingfisher, Scops Owl, Crested Barbet, Marico Sunbird, Spotted-backed Weaver and White-throated Robin. Colourful birds to look out for are the Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill and the Redbilled Hornbill, hornbills are among the most conspicuous birds in African savannahs. Vultures and eagles soaring through the Ngala sky include the Lappet-faced Vulture, White-backed Vulture, Martial Eagle, African Hawk Eagle and Bateleur. All game activities will be accompanied by expert guides.

Seasons

The climate in the Kruger National Park is regarded as subtropical; the summer months are hot and humid with occasional afternoon showers. The winter’s months are cool and dry with clear blue skies.

Summer is usually from October until March with hot and humid days as well as afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures during the day reach approximately 32 degrees Celsius with cooler more pleasant evenings following. The summer rains turn the region into a lush green bushland, the vegetation becomes dense, hence finding animals is more difficult.

Winter, also called the dry season, is usually from April to September, with warm days and spectacular blue skies. The early mornings and evenings are fairly cold. Water is scarce during the winter months; hence animals gather around the waterholes and are easier to find which offers better game viewing opportunities.