Kruger National Park · From Johannesburg
A 4-day Kruger safari from Johannesburg with three nights at Satara Rest Camp: a game drive to camp on arrival, a full day in the park, sunrise and sunset drives, and a final sunrise drive.
Staying at Satara Rest Camp
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This 4-day Kruger safari from Johannesburg spends three nights inside Kruger National Park at Satara Rest Camp, a large camp on Kruger's open central plains, known for lion, leopard and cheetah. The extra night gives you two sunrise drives and a sunset drive, the best times for game viewing.
You travel by road from Johannesburg or Pretoria and enter the park at Orpen Gate, 48 km from the camp, with a game drive all the way to camp 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 drive to camp and the full day are with your own guide. Sightings are never guaranteed.
The price, the unit type at Satara and the meal basis are confirmed for your travel dates when you enquire.
What this 4-day Satara safari offers.
Early pick-up and road transfer
Enter Kruger National Park and game drive to camp
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 into Kruger National Park. You enter the park at Orpen Gate, 48 km from the camp, and your guide game drives the roughly 2 hours to Satara.
You reach Satara Rest Camp in the late afternoon to check in before the camp gates close. The evening is yours at the camp.
Overnight: Satara Rest Camp
Set out as the camp gates open for a full day in the park with your guide. Your guide explores the open plains around Satara, where lion, leopard and cheetah are recorded regularly and herds of zebra, wildebeest and buffalo graze, with a stop at a bird hide when time allows.
You return to Satara before the camp gates close.
Overnight: Satara 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 Satara 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: Satara Rest Camp
Enjoy a final SANParks sunrise drive, about three hours, then check out of Satara 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 Satara Rest Camp, a SANParks camp inside Kruger National Park. Satara has a restaurant, deli and shop, a mini ATM, a filling station, a laundromat, communal kitchens, and a swimming pool with a children's playground. Most accommodation is arranged in circles, and there is an eco information centre and amphitheatre. Wildlife films are shown every evening except Sundays. The unit type is confirmed for your travel dates.
The 4-day safari adds a third night at Satara Rest Camp, so after the game drive to camp on day 1 and a full day on day 2, you get SANParks sunrise and sunset drives on day 3 and a final sunrise drive: five game drives instead of three.
Satara is about 2 hours' drive from Orpen Gate, so after the journey from Johannesburg there is no time for a SANParks sunset drive on arrival. Instead, your guide game drives you to camp, and you have a SANParks sunset drive on day 3.
Satara is in central Kruger. The nearest entrance is Orpen Gate, 48 km from the camp and about 2 hours' drive. From central Gauteng the drive to Orpen Gate takes about 4 to 5 hours, and Eastgate Airport at Hoedspruit is about 68 km from the gate.
Return road transfers from Johannesburg or Pretoria, three nights at Satara Rest Camp, a game drive to camp and a full-day safari with your guide, three SANParks sunrise and sunset drives 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.
Satara is known for big cats: lion, leopard and cheetah are recorded regularly, and spotted hyena often whoop from the camp perimeter at night. Rhino, buffalo, elephant, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest and waterbuck are common, and the birdlife is prolific. Sweni and Ratel Pan bird hides are within about 35 km. Sightings are never guaranteed.
Yes, we can arrange this safari privately for couples, families and groups; ask when you enquire.
Kruger National Park · From Johannesburg
3 days · 2 nights
Return road transfers from Johannesburg or Pretoria included
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