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If you’re planning on visiting the Kruger National Park it is best to know a couple of things about this world-well-known park earlier than you arrive.

The park is likely one of the oldest and largest parks in Africa and it presents many opportunities for game viewing, learning, recreation, and nature photography.

Right here is an outline of the Kruger National Park:

1. Uniqueness – The park is the flagship of the South African national parks and is home to a powerful number of species: 336 bushes, 49 fish, 34 amphibians, 114 reptiles, 507 birds and 147 mammals. The park is 350 kilometers from north to south, about 60 kilometers wide and has 5 perennial rivers traversing it.

2. Location and history – The park is located within the North East of South Africa in two provinces, namely Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces. The park borders Mozambique to the east and Zimbabwe to the north. The Kruger Park was first proclaimed in 1898 because the Sabie Game Reserve and in 2002 the fences between Kruger and Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park and Zimbabwe’s Gonarezhou, were taken down to create the Better Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP).

3. Measurement – practically 20 000 sq. kilometers just in South Africa. The Kruger parks gets about 1.5 million visitors per yr making it South Africa’s second hottest vacationer attraction behind only the city of Cape Town.

4. Known for – a mix of comfortable and affordable accommodation, good quality roads, distinctive rest camps, superb diversity of wildlife, about one hundred twenty waterholes alongside the vacationer roads and excellent photographic opportunities for animals each out and in the camps.

5. Roads – There are about 850 kilometers of tarred roads in the Park, 1444 kilometers gravel roads and more than 4200 kilometers of fire breaks in the park. You don’t want a 4×4 unless you are going into Mozambique or occurring one of the 4×4 trails within the park. The southern Kruger park is situated 440 km from Johannesburg and the northern part about 530 kilometers from Johannesburg. You possibly can fly to Nelspruit, Phalaborwa or Skukuza and then hire a automotive or drive from Johannesburg. The roads leading to the nine park entrance gates from cities in South Africa are all tarmac and in good condition.

6. Climate – The Kruger has important seasons; the wet season and the dry season. The subtropical climate has hot wet summers starting in October and ending round March. The summer rains transform the park right into a lush flowering paradise, however the elevated plant life can make game viewing and photography more difficult. The winter months from April to September are nice with warm dry days and funky to cold nights. Traditionally, the most effective game viewing is in late winter because the vegetation turns into sparse and water is restricted to rivers and water holes but we now have had good game viewing in all seasons.

7. Lodging – The Kruger has the full spectrum from luxurious lodges to camping. When you enjoy a self-drive finances safari then this is the park for you! There are 25 relaxation camps with huts, tents, guest houses, cottages, and bungalows; most with fully equipped kitchens, air conditioners, en-suite bogs and all the units are serviced daily

8. Activities and Facilities – you may have a alternative from 5 wilderness trails, 4×4 adventure trails, backpacking trails, mountain bike trails, evening drives, self-drive safaris, bush walks and bush barbeques. There are nearly 3000 kilometers of game viewing roads, 11 hen hides (including which can be ‘sleep-over’ hides), 14 picnic sites, shops and eating places at all the principle camps and swimming swimming pools at most most important camps. Skukuza, the biggest camp, has an ATM machine, a bank, a library, a health care provider, a church, two eating places, a plant nursery, two swimming pools, conference centre, golf course – you name it Skukuza has it!

9. Safety Ideas – Please keep in your vehicles when within the park and please stick to the speed limit. People have been attacked by animals when getting out of their automobiles while others have died when dashing caused their vehicle to end up in the Letaba river!