Kruger & Timbavati
7 nights, 2 stops — big cats & bushveld.
From Kruger to Timbavati, the route is built around the Greater Kruger’s big cats and bushveld.
Round trip · returns to Kruger
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Into Kruger
Arrive in Kruger, met and transferred to your accommodation.
Self-drive Big Five
Game drives across Kruger's roads and waterholes for the Big Five, by self-drive or with a ranger.
Self-drive Big Five
More of the park — working the rivers and waterholes for lion, leopard, elephant and more.
On to Timbavati
Transfer to Timbavati and settle in, with time to get your bearings.
White-lion bush
Off-road drives across wild Greater-Kruger bush for the Big Five and the famed white lions.
White-lion bush
More of the wild bush — lion, elephant and leopard, with fewer vehicles.
White-lion bush
Off-road drives across wild Greater-Kruger bush for the Big Five and the famed white lions.
Departure
A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Dry-season bush
Prime bushveld safari — sparse cover, game at water, cool and clear. The Cape is wetter, but the whales are in.
Green summer & the Cape
Lush bush with newborns and migrants; peak, dry, sunny season for Cape Town, the coast and the winelands.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Singita Lebombo
Singita's glass-and-steel lodge on a private Kruger concession, perched over the Lebombo hills — design-led and superb.
Singita Sweni
Singita's intimate riverside lodge in its private Kruger concession, all light and quiet luxury.
Tanda Tula Safari Camp
A celebrated tented camp in Timbavati — classic canvas safari in white-lion country.
Jock Safari Lodge
A polished safari lodge, for the self-drive roads and the Big Five.
Hamiltons Tented Camp
A polished tented camp, for the self-drive roads and the Big Five.
Kings Camp
A polished tented camp, in the white-lion bush.
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.