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Best Rest Camps
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Lower Sabie (p391)
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Olifants (p395)
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Skukuza (p391)
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Letaba (p397)
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Satara (p396)
Best Private
Lodges
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Singita Boulders (p400)
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Londolozi Varty Camp
(p401)
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Outpost (p394)
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Rhino Post Safari Lodge
(p395)
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Singita Lebombo (p396)
When to Go
Jun–Sep Wildlife
viewing is best in
winter when the
park is driest and
animals meet at
waterholes.
Jan–Mar It's
hot but quiet as
school holidays
are over; accom-
modation's easy
to find.
Mar–May Rutting-
season spectac-
ulars see impala,
wildebeest and
other species go
head to head.
F D N O S A J J M A M J
Skukuza
°C/°F Temp
Rainfall inches/mm
0
10/250
2/50
4/100
10/50
0/32
-10/14
30/86
40/104
20/68
6/150
8/200
12/300
Kruger National Park
Why Go?
In terms of wildlife alone, Kruger is one of the world's great-
est national parks. The diversity, density and sheer number
of animals is almost unparalleled, and all of Africa's iconic
safari species – elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah, rhino, buf-
falo, giraffe, hippo and zebra – live out their dramatic days
here, along with a supporting cast of 137 other mammals
and over 500 varieties of bird.
The landscape is on a grand scale, stretching over 19,485
sq km, and although less in your face than the wildlife, it
certainly has the power to charm. Beautiful granite kop-
jes (hills) pepper the bushveld in the south, the Lebombo
Mountains rise from the savannah in the east, and the trop-
ical forests cut across the far north.
But what makes Kruger truly special is the access and op-
portunities it provides the visitors. A vast network of roads
are there to explore on your own (incredibly), guided wild-
life activities are everywhere and accommodation is both
plentiful and great value.
Includes ¨
Kruger
National Park . . . . . . 385
Sabi Sand
Game Reserve . . . . . . 400
Manyeleti
Game Reserve . . . . . . 402
Timbavati Private
Game Reserve . . . . . . 402
