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Kruger & 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
The route

7 nights, 2 stops — big cats & bushveld.

From Kruger to Sabi Sand, the route is built around the Greater Kruger’s big cats and bushveld.

Kruger
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Lion
Lion
Across the bushveld.
Leopard
Leopard
Along the rivers.
Elephant
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 Rhinos

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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