Getting there - Kruger Park

Driving

The Kruger National Park area is networked with good-quality roads and road maps are readily available. Navigating around the region is easy.

The Kruger National Park itself is also an excellent self-drive destination, and the southern gates are only a few hours drive from Johannesburg on excellent roads. Tourist roads in the park are either paved, or good gravel roads. The speed limit is 50 km/h on tarred roads and 40 km/h on gravel roads but we recommend driving at 30km/h to maximize your safety and game-sightings.

Car hire

It is possible to fly to one of the airports closer to the Kruger Park and hire a car there. Car hire is available at Johannesburg International, Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, Hoedspruit and Phalaborwa airports, as well as within the park at Skukuza Camp. Since entrance gates and rest camp gates are closed at night, allow sufficient travelling time to ensure you arrive in time.

The Panorama Route

A self-drive Kruger Park safari gives you the opportunity to explore the scenic Panorama Route. This is an area of outstanding natural beauty within the vicinity of the Kruger Park, with attractions like the Blyde River Canyon, Bourke's Potholes, Pilgrim's Rest, and God's Window.

Flying

If you are traveling to one of the private game reserves, or you are staying at a private lodge with its own safari vehicles, it is much more practical and convenient to fly in and not to hire a car at all. Most of the private lodges will arrange transfers to and from the closest airports.

Airports and Flight Schedules

There are daily flights from Johannesburg to, Hoedspruit, Phalaborwa, and Kruger/Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA). KMIA also has daily flights from Durban and Cape Town. There is also a flight between Cape Town and Hoedspruit.

Air charters

Many of the lodges in the private game reserves are also serviced by light air charters, which land on airstrips within the reserves, just a few minutes drive away from the lodges themselves. This is also the only way to reach the camps in the far north of the Kruger National Park, like the Outpost and Pafuri.

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