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SA11 · South Africa · Greater Kruger

Kruger and Timbavati

Kruger National Park · Timbavati Private Nature Reserve
Duration
8 Days · 7 Nights
The route
Kruger National Park · Timbavati Private Nature 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 → Timbavati

On to Timbavati

A sundowner to close.

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

05Timbavati

White-lion bush

Eyes on the tracks.

Off-road drives across wild Greater-Kruger bush for the Big Five and the famed white lions.

06Timbavati

White-lion bush

Out at first light.

More of the wild bush — lion, elephant and leopard, with fewer vehicles.

07Timbavati

White-lion bush

Cats before the heat.

Off-road drives across wild Greater-Kruger bush for the Big Five and the famed white lions.

08Timbavati → 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.

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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