The Pride of Kruger National Park

Duration: 14 Days / 13 Nights
Depart: Johannesburg
Return: Johannesburg
Tour type: Scheduled departures

Scheduled tour dates:
10 January 2009 – 22 January 2009
23 May 2009 – 04 June 2009
16 January 2010 – 28 January 2010
01 May 2010 – 13 May 2010

Kruger National Park (KNP) is one of the largest controlled national parks in the world. With 520 bird species recorded, 114 reptile species, 49 Fish species, 146 mammal species, which include the Big Five, you are guaranteed a great time in the bush!

Game drives during the day keeps your binoculars sweaty, as your guide does his/her best to find as many predators, browsers, grazers, reptiles and birds! KNP is a haven for raptors and circling vultures can direct us to a kill and experience the feeding frenzy of the hunters and scavengers. Cocky Black-Backed Jackals irritating the hastily feeding lions or cheetah while the ever present scavenging Spotted Hyenas' laughs are getting closer and closer, as they follow the smell of partially decomposed carcasses and/or the smell of blood - miles away. Patiently, Vultures await their chance, in the large Apple Leave Trees adjacent to the “kill”, for a spot at “the table of plenty”.

Night game drives, as an optional activity, are available to guests who wish to see the “darker” side of African wildlife – the nocturnal species. Maybe a Spotted Genet feeding on the eggs and chicks from weaver nests!