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Ultimate Greater Kruger

Klaserie Private Nature Reserve · Kruger National Park · Sabi Sand Game Reserve · Timbavati Private Nature Reserve
Duration
12 Days · 11 Nights
The route
Klaserie Private Nature Reserve · Kruger National Park · Sabi Sand Game Reserve · Timbavati Private Nature Reserve
Style
Big cats & bushveld
Best season
May–Sep · dry-season game
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Leopard
The best viewing on earth.
Lion
On the traverse.
Elephant
Through the bush.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Skukuza → Sabi Sand

Into Sabi Sand

Out at first light.

Arrive in Sabi Sand, met and transferred to your accommodation.

02Sabi 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.

03Sabi Sand

Off-road leopard country

The bush wakes.

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

04Sabi Sand → 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 → Klaserie

On to Klaserie

Cats before the heat.

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

08Klaserie

Wild bush & walking

The bush wakes.

Off-road drives and walking safaris across one of the Greater Kruger's largest, wildest traverses.

09Klaserie → Kruger

On to Kruger

A sundowner to close.

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

10Kruger

Self-drive Big Five

Eyes on the tracks.

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

11Kruger

Self-drive Big Five

Out at first light.

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

12Kruger → 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 Whales

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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