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SA10 · South Africa · Greater Kruger

Kruger and Sabi Sand

Kruger National Park · Sabi Sand Game Reserve
Duration
8 Days · 7 Nights
The route
Kruger National Park · Sabi Sand Game Reserve
Style
Big cats & bushveld
Best season
May–Sep · dry-season game
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Lion
Across the bushveld.
Leopard
Along the rivers.
Elephant
At the waterholes.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Nelspruit → Kruger

Into Kruger

Out at first light.

Arrive in Kruger, met and transferred to your accommodation.

02Kruger

Self-drive Big Five

Cats before the heat.

Game drives across Kruger's roads and waterholes for the Big Five, by self-drive or with a ranger.

03Kruger

Self-drive Big Five

The bush wakes.

More of the park — working the rivers and waterholes for lion, leopard, elephant and more.

04Kruger → Sabi Sand

On to Sabi Sand

A sundowner to close.

Transfer to Sabi Sand and settle in, with time to get your bearings.

05Sabi Sand

Off-road leopard country

Eyes on the tracks.

Off-road, tracker-led drives for the world's finest leopard viewing, with the full Big Five.

06Sabi Sand

Off-road leopard country

Out at first light.

Dawn and dusk drives following the cats by sign — leopard, lion and more, up close.

07Sabi Sand

Off-road leopard country

Cats before the heat.

Off-road, tracker-led drives for the world's finest leopard viewing, with the full Big Five.

08Sabi Sand → onward

Departure

A last morning, then the road home.

A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

May – Sep

Dry-season bush

Prime bushveld safari — sparse cover, game at water, cool and clear. The Cape is wetter, but the whales are in.

Nov – Mar

Green summer & the Cape

Lush bush with newborns and migrants; peak, dry, sunny season for Cape Town, the coast and the winelands.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Leopard Lion Rhino

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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