Kruger National Park · From Johannesburg
A 4-day Kruger safari from Johannesburg with three nights at Pretoriuskop Rest Camp: a sunset safari on arrival, a full day in the park, sunrise and sunset drives, and a final sunrise drive.
Staying at Pretoriuskop Rest Camp
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This 4-day Kruger safari from Johannesburg 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 travel by road from Johannesburg or Pretoria and enter the park at Numbi Gate, 9 km from the camp, then head out on a sunset safari 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 the journey home. 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.
Early pick-up and road transfer
Enter Kruger National Park
Three nights; SANParks sunrise and sunset drives and a full-day safari
Sunrise drive, then road transfer on day 4
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 Numbi Gate, 9 km from the camp, and reach Pretoriuskop Rest Camp to 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, about three hours, then check out of Pretoriuskop 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 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.
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.
Return road transfers from Johannesburg or Pretoria, 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.
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.
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