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Kruger National Park

Kruger is one of the world's greatest wildlife-watching destinations. All of Africa's iconic safari species – elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah, rhino, buffalo, giraffe, hippo and zebra – share the bushveld with a supporting cast of 137 other mammals and over 500 varieties of bird.

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  • Elephant Hall Museum

    Elephant Hall Museum

    Kruger National Park

    Even if you're not staying at Letaba Rest Camp, it's worth swinging by to check out this excellent museum. It has life-size skeletons and dozens of…

  • Giraffes in Kapama Private Game Reserve near Kruger National Park, South Africa.

    Kapama Private Game Reserve

    Kruger National Park

    With four luxury lodges and the Big Five in residence (as well as occasional passing wild dogs and great birding), 13,000-hectare Kapama gets all of the…

  • Mother and baby monkey at Sabi Sands Game Reserve. Lonely Planet Traveller Magazine, Issue 103, July 2017, South Africa

    Sabi Sand Game Reserve

    Kruger National Park

    Within the borders of the large Sabi Sand Game Reserve are some of Southern Africa’s most luxurious safari lodges and the best wildlife watching on the…

  • Tourists in a safari vehicle observing an African leopard in Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, South Africa.

    Timbavati Private Nature Reserve

    Kruger National Park

    Timbavati abuts Kruger National Park's western boundary and has an excellent mix of wildlife, conservation and good accommodation. Its accommodation…

  • Crooks Corner, situated where South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique borders meet.

    Crooks Corner

    Kruger National Park

    On the outskirts of a beautiful fever-tree forest, Crooks Corner marks not only the confluence of the Luvuvhu and Limpopo Rivers but also the historic…

  • Manyeleti Game Reserve

    Manyeleti Game Reserve

    Kruger National Park

    During the apartheid era, the 23,000-hectare Manyeleti was the only wildlife reserve that blacks were permitted to visit. Due to its unfenced boundary…

  • Thornybush Private Game Reserve

    Thornybush Private Game Reserve

    Kruger National Park

    This 13,816-hectare reserve is a collaboration between 12 lodges (the number keeps going up every year), with a focus on high-end comforts and excellent…

  • Nkuklu Picnic Spot

    Nkuklu Picnic Spot

    Kruger National Park

    One of Kruger's designated picnic spots. Between Skukuza and Lower Sabie. It's in a wildlife-rich area (elephants in particular love the riverbed when it…

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