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Kruger Safari

Kruger National Park
Duration
5 Days · 4 Nights
The route
Kruger National Park
Style
Big Five safari
Best season
May–Sep · dry-season game
The route

4 nights, 1 stop — big five safari.

From Kruger National Park to Kruger National Park, the route is built around the Big Five and the bush.

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 National Park

Into Kruger National Park

Out at first light.

Arrive in Kruger National Park, met and transferred to your accommodation. Most of Africa's great wildlife sits behind a high price. <strong>Kruger is the exception — a world-class Big-Five park you can drive yourself</strong>, on almost any budget, staying in a rest camp and finding your own lions. That openness is exactly what makes it special, and what the exclusive reserves next door are not.

02Kruger National Park

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

03Kruger National Park

Self-drive Big Five

The bush wakes.

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

04Kruger National Park

Self-drive Big Five

A sundowner to close.

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

05Kruger National Park → 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
Elephants Leopard Lion

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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