Water at the bush camps comes from boreholes and is drinkable, but salty. While groceries are available in the rest camps, the towns of Komatipoort and Malelane, with their supermarkets and off licences, are close by. Rangers are available to guide walks or drives, with rates from £12 per adult for a night drive from Skukuza. Managers and support staff are available around the clock at rest and bush camps, to ensure guests’ comfort and safety. The Kruger, like all the SANParks, is set up to make self-driving and self-catering holidays easy, even for novices. White rhino are relatively plentiful in South Africa’s game reserves. Giraffe, kudu, eland, impala, zebra, rhino and buffalo are all often to be seen from the cottages’ verandas. Cottages sleeping two cost from £66 a night.
At Talamati, residents enjoy the bonus of privacy, as only they are allowed to use its access roads, waterhole and hide. Cottages along the Shimuwini dam cost from £66 a night for two. Shimuwini is Shangaan for “home of the baobab” and refers to the huge 3,000-year-old trees that line the Letaba river. Wild dog, white-tailed mongoose, cheetah and leopard are often seen around this camp. A bush cottage at Biyamiti, on the banks of the Mbiyamiti river, which comfortably sleeps a family of four, costs from £150 a night. If getting that intimate with wildlife is too daunting, but regular camps are too big and crowded, a good compromise might be one of Kruger’s many bush camps: three of the most popular are Biyamiti, Shimuwini and Talamati. At Tamboti, on the Kruger’s western edge, a two-person tent costs from £32 a night. Those who dream of a truly isolated bush experience might prefer an electricity-free tent at one of the wilderness camps, where only a low fence separates people from animals.
A cottage for four costs from £138 a night.īiyamiti bush camp, in the Kruger national park, is a good place to see cheetahs. The largest of these, Skukuza, offers cottages of various sizes, shops, a decent steakhouse chain restaurant, as well as play areas and swimming pools for families.
In Kruger, sociable types can self-cater in one of the rest camps. Bookings should be made online in advance (fee £1.20).Īccommodation options in the national parks range from campsites, huts and chalets to cottages and guesthouses, all bookable through the parks’ central website. Entrance for foreign adult visitors, called the standard conservation fee, is £18 a day (child £9). The most traditional South African family holiday is a self-drive trip from Johannesburg to the 19,500 sq km (approximately the size of Wales) Kruger national park. SANParks (South African National Parks, ) is responsible for 20 parks across the country, and its properties are much cheaper than privately operated lodges, including those that have their own concessions in the national parks.
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