Explore Kruger Park
Feel the Roar
Five things to look out for
Five things to look out for
Buffalo
Elephant
Leopard
Lion
Rhino
Buffalo Weaver
Elephant Shrew
Leopard Tortoise,
Ant Lion
Rhino Beetle
Ground Hornbill
Kori Bustard
Lappet- faced
Vulture
Martial Eagle
Pel’s Fishing Owl
Saddle-bill Stork
Baobab
Fever Tree
Knob Thorn
Marula
Mopane
Letaba Elephant
Museum
Jock of the Bushveld
Route
Albasini Ruins
Masorini Ruins
Stevenson Hamilton
Memorial Library
Thulamela
The Park is 19,633 km² (7,580 miles²). large That’s bigger than a whole lot of little countries, from the smallest country in the world, Vatican City, up to New Caledonia. The first country bigger than the game reserve is Slovenia.
The Kruger Park is approximately 360 kilometers long, has an average width of 65 kilometers and, at its widest point, it is 90 kilometers from east to west. There is a network of some 1800 kilometers of well maintained roads and the Reserve has 21 rest camps, 2 private lodge concessions, and 15 private safari lodges!
The park was proclaimed in 1898 initially as the Sabie Game Reserve by Paul Kruger the then president of the Transvaal Republic He first proposed the need to protect the animals of the Lowveld in 1884, but it took another 12 years to be proclaimed when the area between the Sabie and Crocodile Rivers was set aside for restricted hunting.
James Stevenson-Hamilton was the park’s first warden and was appointed on 1 July 1902.
There are some 254 known cultural heritage sites in the Kruger National Park, including about 125 recorded rock art sites.
Bushman (San) and Iron Age people from about 1500 years ago were also present here.
The National Parks Act was proclaimed on 31 May 1926 and with it the combining of the Sabie and Shingwedzi Game Reserves the Kruger National Park was born.
The first motorists entered the park in 1927. The cost? One pound.
James Stevenson-Hamilton was the park’s first warden and was appointed on 1 July 1902.
There is ample evidence that Homo erectus (prehistoric man) lived in the area between 500 000 and 100 000 years ago.
There are important archaeological ruins at Thulamela and Masorini.
The southern hemisphere experiences summer from December to February and winter from July to August; the Kruger Park’s lowveld has a hot, rainy summer starting in October (our spring) and ending in autumn in March. The winter months of the park are dry and the vegetation takes on a golden barren sheen, a sight to behold in even the coldest climates while summers are rainy and warm bringing out a lush green in the Parks vegetation. Summer and winter months both have polar beauties and each season offers a new and exciting feel and look to the Kruger’s wildlife and atmosphere.
Worries of Malaria are often expressed by those visiting the Kruger Park, Malaria is a disease that is very possible to pick up while in the park and the park has been noted as one of the two South African Parks situated in Malaria risk areas. Malaria is, however, not a common occurrence even in the summer months of visiting the park. Malaria risk is mainly found near the borders of Mozambique and that the contraction of said disease is a highly unlikely outcome of your visit to our park.
Malaria is a mosquito borne disease transmitted exclusively through the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. The highest risk period is between November and April – the end of the summer rainy season. Following the bite of an infected mosquito, an individual may remain asymptomatic for 12 – 35 days, depending on the species of malaria. This is known as the incubation period.
Your safety and enjoyment of the Kruger National Park is of paramount importance to us. To ensure a pleasant and successful Safari, it is essential that you adhere strictly to the regulations which are intended for your protection and enjoyment. Kindly click on the link below for a comprehensive set of Park rules.
