Wildlife of the Kruger National Park

Whether it's the lions that roared in your bedtime stories or the cartoon elephants that flew across your childhood movie screens, the Kruger Park is home to everyone's favourite animals...for real.

The combined wilderness areas of the Kruger Private Reserves are also home to abundant wildlife and birdlife.

Technically, there are larger populations of animals within the Park's boundaries, but as most of the private reserves are unfenced, the animals have access in and out of the park proper.

The Kruger National Park is filled with wildlife, with nearly 150 species of mammals that are commonly sighted by visitors.

Whether it's the prestigious members of the Big Five, stealthy predators, mangy-haired scavengers or merely the striking likes of zebra and giraffe, you're sure to find whatever it is you're looking for somewhere within the park and its surrounds.