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Kruger Park Game Viewing Routes
 Albasini Road
One of the main features on the S3 is Shabeni Mountain, the largest undisturbed rock face in Kruger Park. One of the most exciting drives in Kruger is the loop around Shabeni...
[more information] Berg-en-Dal Loop
The drive to Berg-en-Dal (S110) takes you into the granite koppie region of the south, where you will be surrounded by some of the oldest rocks in the World. The most impressive of these is Khandizwe Mountain...
[more information] Biyamiti, Bume, Randspruit
A more scenic alternative from Crocodile River Road is to drive towards Bume Road (S26). This region is defined by low hills with rough and sandy soil on the hilltops...
[more information] Crocodile Bridge Gate
Crocodile Bridge Gate is the most eastern entrance to Kruger National Park. It is one of the hottest areas, going over 40 degrees C (104 degrees F) in summer. It's also in close proximity to the...
[more information] Joburg Int to Kruger
The drive from Johannesburg International Airport to Kruger National Park is 3 to 4 hours long, which can be seen as tiresome, but this is South Africa, a land filled with scenic beauty...
[more information] Kanniedood Dam
Kanniedood Dam is situated southeast from Shingwedzi Camp on the S50. This drive is one of the best in northern Kruger as it follows the Shingwedzi River...
[more information] Letaba Routes
Letaba is one of the most delightful camps in the Park. It offers spectacular views of the Letaba Rive, prolific bird life and a few tame bushbuck that live in the camp...
[more information] Lower Sabie Routes
Lower Sabie Rest Camp is the perfect base from which to see game and birds in southern Kruger National Park. The camp overlooks Lower Sabie Dam, which attracts a variety of animals and birds...
[more information] Mahogany Loop
The Mahogany Loop is about 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) long and is named after the pod Mahogany tree which can be found throughout the area. On this route you will find plants and animals that are rare...
[more information] Malelane Gate Routes
Entering Kruger National Park through Malelane Gate gives you a feeling that you stepping back in time. Behind you is South Africa's subtropical export industry based on the growing and processing...
[more information] Masorini to Mopane
The Mopani Phalaborwa Road (H14) passes through Shikumba Mountain. This mountain used to be occupied by the same 19th century iron making communities that inhabited Masorini...
[more information] Mopani Camp Routes
Mopani is a recently built camp that has thatched buildings which blend into the bushveld surroundings. The only disadvantage is that Mopani is not located in a very game rich part of the Park...
[more information] Mphongolo Loop
The Mpholongolo Loop is an imperative route to take if you are traveling between Shingwedzi and Punda Maria. The Mpholongolo Loop offers one of the best drives in the Kruger Park...
[more information] Numbi Gate Routes
Numbi Gate is one of the loveliest entrances to the Kruger Park because its higher altitude gives one a sweeping vista over the lowveld to the east and the granite foothills to the north and south...
[more information] Nwatimhiri Road
Nwatimhiri Road (S21) traverses along Nwatimhiri River past Siyalu Koppie (341m), and onto Nhlotini and the Nwatimhiri pans. Black and white Rhino can be found around here...
[more information] Nyala Drive
Nyala Drive is to the right of the H1-8 (the main road between the Luvuvhu River and Punda Maria). There is a good chance of spotting Nyala, Eland, Kudu, suni antelope, Lichtenstein's hartebeest...
[more information] Olifants Routes
Oliphants Camp offers the most breathtaking river views similar to that of Letaba. A delightful restaurant, cafe and verandah sit on top of a cliff and offers views over the grasslands...
[more information] Orpen Gate Routes
Lions abound once you have driven through Orpen Gate in Kruger National Park. The open grasslands that stretches through Satara and N'wanetsi is where you will find some of the biggest herds of herbivores...
[more information] Pafuri Gate Routes
Pafuri is easily accessible from Johannesburg (about 6 and a half hours), but Punda Maria gate is the usual option for visitors coming from the south wanting to experience the Pafuri area...
[more information] Phabeni / Paul Kruger
Phabeni Gate is the best way to get into Skukuza from Gauteng. Phabeni Gate was constructed in 2002 to ease entrance into the Park for people coming from Johannesburg or Pretoria via Hazeyview...
[more information] Phalaborwa Gate
Phalaborwa Gate offers an interesting landscape; granite stands forms a series of kloppies that have been used as navigational landmarks for centuries...
[more information] Pretoriuskop
Pretoriuskop is the oldest camp in Kruger National Park, and the only one that contains non-indigenous plants. The nice temperatures of Pretoriuskop make it the ideal place to stay during the hot summer...
[more information] Punda Maria and Pafuri
The far north of Kruger is indeed a unique place due to its geological features. Punda Maria is the most accessible entrance to the Pafuri area of the Park. Punda Maria offers the thickest stands of Mopane...
[more information] Red Rocks Loop
This route traces the Shingwedzi River into the Mopane woodlands. It can also be reached through the main road to Mopane which runs parallel to the southern bank of the Shingwedzi...
[more information] Satara Routes
Satara offers good Lion viewing due to its abundance of game and water. Sightings of Lion are likely on any of the roads that lead to the camp.Satara is also relatively child friendly...
[more information] Shingwedzi Routes
Shingwedzi provides a rugged, bushveld atmosphere. It is situated close to 3 major rivers. This camp offers panoramic views over the floodplains of Shingwedzi, home of the biggest Elephant in the Kruger Park...
[more information] Skukuza and Surrounds
Skukuza is the capital and biggest camp of Kruger National Park. Skukuza is perfect for the first time visitor to Kruger Park; at Skukuza you can learn about the history of Kruger Park...
[more information] Timbavati Road
This is one of the best routes in the Park. Get to see the famous White Lion of Kruger drinking at the Leeubron waterhole or keep an eye out for the elusive Leopard in the lush riverine bushes...
[more information] Voortrekker Road
The Voortrekker Road (H2-2) descends from the mountainous Pretoriuskop sourveld into the rolling hills of mixed bushwillow woodland. If you want to get into the game rich plains south of Skukuza...
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