Kruger National Park · From Cape Town
Fly direct from Cape Town to Kruger Mpumalanga Airport and spend three nights inside Kruger National Park at Skukuza Rest Camp, with flights and game drives included.
Staying at Skukuza Rest Camp
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This 4-day Kruger safari from Cape Town spends three 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. 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 Skukuza and the meal basis are confirmed for your travel dates when you enquire.
What this 4-day Skukuza 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.
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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 Skukuza 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: Skukuza Rest Camp
Set out as the camp gates open for a full day in the park with your guide. 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.
Overnight: Skukuza 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 Skukuza 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: Skukuza Rest Camp
Enjoy a final SANParks sunrise drive of about three hours. Then check out of Skukuza 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 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.
The 4-day safari adds a third night at Skukuza 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 Skukuza 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.
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.
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.
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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