Kruger National Park · From Johannesburg
Two nights inside Kruger National Park at Skukuza Rest Camp, with three guided game drives and return road transfers from Johannesburg.
Staying at Skukuza Rest Camp
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This 3-day safari from Johannesburg spends two nights inside Kruger National Park at Skukuza Rest Camp, kruger's largest rest camp and park headquarters, on the Sabie River near Paul Kruger Gate. Staying in a rest camp means you wake up in the park, ready for the first game drive as the camp gates open.
You travel by road from Johannesburg or Pretoria and enter the park at Paul Kruger Gate, 12 km from the camp, with game viewing on the way to camp. A full day with your guide in an open safari vehicle follows, and a final morning drive before the journey home. Sightings are never guaranteed.
The price, the unit type at Skukuza and the meal basis are confirmed for your travel dates when you enquire.
What this Skukuza safari offers.
Early pick-up and road transfer
Enter Kruger National Park and game drive to camp
Two nights, full-day safari on day 2
Morning drive, then road transfer on day 3
Route overview, not a map. The gate used and travel times are confirmed when you book.
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We collect you from your Johannesburg or Pretoria accommodation early in the morning for the road journey east into Mpumalanga. You enter the park at Paul Kruger Gate, 12 km from the camp, and your guide begins the game drive as soon as you are in the park.
You reach Skukuza Rest Camp in the afternoon to check in, with time to settle before the camp gates close. The evening is yours at the camp.
Overnight: Skukuza Rest Camp
Set out as the camp gates open for a full day in the park with your guide in an open safari vehicle. Your guide explores the Sabie River roads and the bush around Skukuza, where hippo and buffalo are often seen along the river and all of the Big Five occur, with a stop at Lake Panic Bird Hide when time allows.
You return to Skukuza before the camp gates close for your second night in the park.
Overnight: Skukuza Rest Camp
Join a SANParks sunrise drive in an open vehicle, which leaves the camp about half an hour before the gates open and lasts about three hours, when animals are most active. Then check out of Skukuza Rest Camp and leave the park for the road journey back to Johannesburg or Pretoria, arriving in the evening.
Rates depend on your travel dates, group size and room type. Send us your dates and we will confirm the rate for this safari.
You stay two nights at Skukuza Rest Camp, a SANParks camp inside Kruger National Park. Skukuza has the widest range of facilities in the park: a restaurant, deli and shop, communal kitchens, a filling station, a laundromat, a bank facility and post office, and two swimming pools for overnight guests. There is also a golf course, a spa, the Stevenson-Hamilton Memorial Library and a plant nursery, and wildlife films are shown every evening except Sundays. Lake Panic Bird Hide is about 7 km from camp. The unit type is confirmed for your travel dates.
Skukuza lies on the southern bank of the Sabie River in southern Kruger. The nearest entrance is Paul Kruger Gate, 12 km from the camp and about 30 minutes' drive; Phabeni Gate is 39 km away. Skukuza is the park's largest rest camp and its administrative headquarters.
Return road transfers from Johannesburg or Pretoria, two nights at Skukuza Rest Camp, three guided game drives in an open safari vehicle and Kruger conservation fees are included; the meal basis is confirmed in your quotation.
Staying in a rest camp means you sleep inside Kruger National Park, so you are already in the bush when the camp gates open in the morning.
All of the Big Five can be seen near Skukuza. Hippo and buffalo are often seen along the riverfront, especially early in the morning, while warthog and vervet monkeys live in the camp itself. After dark, look out for genets, thick-tailed bushbabies and fruit bats. Sightings are never guaranteed.
Yes, we can arrange this safari privately for couples, families and groups; ask when you enquire.
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