Kruger National Park · Southern Kruger
Skukuza Rest Camp is the largest camp in Kruger National Park and the park's administrative headquarters, set among tall trees on the southern bank of the Sabie River in southern Kruger. Paul Kruger Gate is 12 km away, and all of the Big Five can be seen in the surrounding area.
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 Cape Town
4 days · 3 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
4 days · 3 nights
Return road transfers from Johannesburg or Pretoria included
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.
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.
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.
Yes. Skukuza’s central position in the south, close to Paul Kruger Gate and the busy Sabie River roads, makes it a practical base for a 2- or 3-night safari, and its facilities suit travellers who want a restaurant and shop on hand.
Kruger’s gates and camp gates open and close at set times that change through the year, and you must be inside your camp before it closes. SANParks publishes the current times and notes that they may change without notice; on our safaris, your guide plans each day around them.
Compare Skukuza with the other camps in our guide to Kruger National Park rest camps, or see all our Kruger National Park safaris.
A riverside camp on the Sabie River in south-eastern Kruger, with hippos often visible from the camp.
Kruger's oldest rest camp, among granite hills 9 km from Numbi Gate in the south-west.
A small camp at Crocodile Bridge Gate on the Crocodile River, in lion and rhino country in the far south-east.
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