Kruger National Park · From Cape Town
Fly direct from Cape Town to Kruger Mpumalanga Airport and spend three nights inside Kruger National Park at Pretoriuskop Rest Camp, with flights and game drives included.
Staying at Pretoriuskop Rest Camp
Price confirmed for your travel dates on enquiry
This 4-day Kruger safari from Cape Town spends three nights inside Kruger National Park at Pretoriuskop Rest Camp, kruger's oldest rest camp, among granite hills 9 km from Numbi Gate in the south-west. The extra night gives you the two best times for game viewing, sunrise and sunset, more than once.
You fly direct from Cape Town to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP), and your guide meets you for the road journey into the park, then you join a SANParks sunset drive on day 1. Day 2 is a full day in the park, day 3 brings a sunrise drive and a sunset drive, and on day 4 a final sunrise drive comes before your flight back to Cape Town. The sunrise and sunset drives are SANParks guided drives in open vehicles from the camp, and the full day is with your own guide. Sightings are never guaranteed.
The price, the unit type at Pretoriuskop and the meal basis are confirmed for your travel dates when you enquire.
What this 4-day Pretoriuskop safari offers.
Hotel pick-up and direct flight to MQP
Guide meets you; road transfer into the park
Three nights; SANParks sunrise and sunset drives and a full-day safari
Flight from MQP (Airlink at about 1.20 pm or FlySafair at about 3.20 pm, subject to availability) and hotel drop-off on day 4
Route overview, not a map. The gate used and travel times are confirmed when you book.
View itinerary
You are collected from your Cape Town hotel about two hours before your Airlink flight to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP), which departs at about 8.00 am or 10.00 am depending on availability. The direct flight takes about 2½ hours, and your guide meets you on arrival for the road journey into Kruger National Park.
You reach Pretoriuskop Rest Camp in the early afternoon and check in. In the late afternoon you join a SANParks sunset drive in an open vehicle from the camp, about three hours, heading out before dusk and returning after dark with a spotlight to pick out nocturnal animals.
Overnight: Pretoriuskop Rest Camp
Set out as the camp gates open for a full day in the park with your guide. Your guide explores the granite hills and woodland around Pretoriuskop, home to sable, eland and Lichtenstein's hartebeest, and the roads towards the Sabie River for elephant, buffalo and big cats.
You return to Pretoriuskop before the camp gates close.
Overnight: Pretoriuskop Rest Camp
Join a SANParks sunrise drive, which leaves the camp about half an hour before the gates open, the best time to find predators still active after the night. Return to Pretoriuskop for breakfast and a rest through the heat of the day, with time for the pool or the camp's facilities.
In the late afternoon, set out on a SANParks sunset drive, returning after dark with a spotlight.
Overnight: Pretoriuskop Rest Camp
Enjoy a final SANParks sunrise drive of about three hours. Then check out of Pretoriuskop Rest Camp and your guide drives you to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP) in good time for your flight to Cape Town: Airlink at about 1.20 pm or FlySafair at about 3.20 pm, subject to availability. A representative meets you in Cape Town and transfers you to your hotel.
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 three nights at Pretoriuskop Rest Camp, a SANParks camp inside Kruger National Park. The camp has a restaurant, cafeteria and shop, a filling station, a laundromat, communal kitchens and a swimming pool. There is no ATM. Unusually for Kruger, the camp keeps red-flowering and exotic trees in its gardens, an exception to the park's indigenous-only planting policy. The unit type is confirmed for your travel dates.
The 4-day safari adds a third night at Pretoriuskop Rest Camp, so you get a sunset safari on arrival, a full day, sunrise and sunset drives on day 3 and a final sunrise drive: five game drives instead of three.
You fly direct from Cape Town to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP) with Airlink, departing at about 8.00 am or 10.00 am depending on availability; the flight takes about 2½ hours, and your guide meets you for the road journey into the park.
Return direct flights from Cape Town to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP), hotel transfers in Cape Town, road transfers between MQP and the camp, three nights at Pretoriuskop Rest Camp, four SANParks sunrise and sunset drives, a full-day safari with your guide and Kruger conservation fees are included; the meal basis is confirmed in your quotation.
Pretoriuskop is in the south-western corner of Kruger, near Shabeni Hill. Numbi Gate is 9 km from the camp, about 20 minutes' drive. From central Gauteng the drive to Numbi Gate takes about 4 to 5 hours via the N4, R40 and R538, and Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport is about 50 km from the gate.
SANParks rangers run the sunrise and sunset drives in open vehicles from the camp. Each lasts about three hours: sunrise drives leave about half an hour before the gates open, and sunset drives return after dark with a spotlight. SANParks does not allow children under 6 on these drives.
The higher, wetter granite country around Pretoriuskop suits sable, eland and Lichtenstein's hartebeest, and the rare red duiker and oribi also occur here. SANParks offers guided bush walks and game drives from the camp, and the Napi Wilderness Trail starts from here. Sightings are never guaranteed.
Yes, we can arrange this safari privately for couples, families and groups; ask when you enquire.
Kruger National Park · From Cape Town
3 days · 2 nights
Return direct flights Cape Town–Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP), hotel transfers in Cape Town and road transfers between MQP and the camp included
Kruger National Park · From Johannesburg
3 days · 2 nights
Return road transfers from Johannesburg or Pretoria included
Kruger National Park · From Johannesburg
4 days · 3 nights
Return road transfers from Johannesburg or Pretoria included
Make room for the extraordinary
Tell us what you have in mind. Your departure point, travel dates and the way you like to travel are a good place to start.
When enquiries open, share your dates and group size so the team can confirm availability, the total price and booking terms before you decide. This preview does not send or store enquiries.
Contact channels will be connected after the client confirms the details.
