The drives were great but if early morning I suggest you take a coat or scarf to help block out the cold wind.
Kurhula Lodge organised Excellent trips to both Kruger Park as well as on their own huge premisses. I've seen all big 5 and much more with good information from the rangers !
Went on a 4 hour game drive accompanied by a ranger. While driving around the Big 5 werespotted. You were quite close to elephants, giraffes, rhino & buffalo but the cats were quiteelusive but finally were spotted. The ranger is full of information about the park & its animals.As you leave about 5.30 am & it is still cold I would recommend you wear a beanie as you aresitting up high in an open vehicle.
The game viewing is so spectacular in Kruger Park ...Accommodation and stores great. We were there in 2000 and had to bring many supplies, now the stores seem to stock all from food to supplies and at good prices. Restaurants have many healthy selections and it taste good
Went on an evening drive and mentioned to the guide we had not yet seen any leopards or white rhinos. He made sure to drive us to the places he knew were good for these animals and we were not disappointed. Fantastic evening, guide was very knowledgeable, friendly and patient, wish we could have gone on another drive but had to leave the next day.
Buy direct from the reception at Phalaborwa Kruger gate. Way cheaper than booking at your hotel.Always good value and highly informed ranger/ drivers. Only slight downside is the lack of genuine off road safari viewing.
Rangers giving you the ultimate experience of KNP - go, enjoy and benefit from the knowledge and serviceminded SAN Parks guides....
David, Donovan, Stanley were all wonderful guides to Kruger National Oark at Phalaborwa Gate. We went on a 6 hour half day safari drive starting at 5am when we saw elephant, giraffe, warthog, hyena, zebra, hippopotamuses, waterbuck, Impala, kudu, steenbock, tortoises and many birds - and we enjoyed breakfast at one of the caps. We also went on a night safari drive from 5pm to 8pm, seeing animals and watching the sun go down. An early morning walk with guides Stanley and Donovan gave us a chance to see some of the small details of the bush - a baboon spider's nest, a baobab tree up close, leopard paw prints - that can't be seen from a vehicle. The guides are great - informative, helpful, devoted to KNP. Good advice to take a jacket or a sweater on early morning and evening safaris - it was chilly in the open vehicles even in December.
Fabulous river stop : you are permitted to alight from your vehicle and further on delightful, unusual fever trees and further on from that Crookes Corner, the junction of Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Well managed picinic spots along the way.
Kruger National Park is the kind of place you can't get enough of, and that is very lucky for the people living in Phalaborwa, where there is absolutly nothing to do. And lucky for me, who think it is fantastic with a town, where you can count the cars in the streets without problems. - Kruger has all the wild animals of Africa you can dream of. I have been there quite some times and the highlight this last time was the small herd of female elephants guarding the baby rolling in the mud before taking a dip in the small pond.