Safari Information for Parks - Safari Holidays - South Africa

Kruger as in the case of all the National Parks in South Africa is a great 'do it yourself' wilderness experience.  The roads are well maintained and the facilities within the Park are good. Designed so that visitors can discover the 'magic within', so to speak, entirely at your own pace, with map in hand, venturing forth in your own vehicle to experience this wild and beautiful wilderness sanctuary. One can comfortably self drive throughout the Kruger National Park, perhaps even staying at different rest camps the length of the Park, to experience the variety of flora, fauna and wildlife that Kruger has to offer.

The Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve
The renowned Sabi Sand is one of the oldest and largest proclaimed private reserves in South Africa. Well-known for fantastic leopard sightings, this fact alone being testimony to the incredible wildlife experience that this healthy, game-rich area has to offer. 

The Timbavati Game Reserve
The vast terrain of the Timbavati enables the wide ranging and rare wild dog to thrive. Another rarity to the area was announced in the early 1970s, with the birth of majestic white lions. By 1992 the last white lion had disappeared, most likely killed by other lions. More recently however, in May 2006, an awesome sighting of a lioness with two white lion cubs has once again confirmed their presence in the area.

In both of these incredible game reserves, you will not only experience heart-racing encounters with Africa’s ‘Big Five’ – elephant, lion, rhino, buffalo and leopard – but a spectacular variety of other wildlife species... not to mention the astounding diversity of birdlife. These parks also share an unfenced border with the Kruger National Park and we refer to these reserves as being a part of the ‘Greater Kruger National Park’.

The Hluhluwe (Pronounced Shu-shluwi) / Imfolozi Park is located 2.5hours north of Durban, in the heart of Zululand. It is the oldest game reserve in Africa, and one of the largest in South Africa, having been established in 1895 to protect the White Rhino, which was on the brink of extinction.

The reserve is steeped in rich cultural & conservation history, with Zulu battles having been fought here, and the hilly bushveld of the Imfolozi section having once been the private hunting ground King Shaka, King of the Zulus, and is home to the "Big Five" as well as cheetah, wild dog, hyena and all other general game species.

The Madikwe Game Reserve, just north of the Pilanesberg National Park and right up against the border of Botswana, is the fourth largest reserve in South Africa. Bordered in the south by the Dwarsberg Moun-tains, the reserve comprises 60 000 hectares of mostly bushveld, dotted with rocky hills. Madikwe conserves all the main African game species and has the second largest elephant concentration in South Africa, after the Kruger National Park. Madikwe is well-known for the nearly extinct African wild dog.

The Eastern Cape boasts a wealth of flora and fauna, with a wonderful range of animal species including the ‘Big Five’ (elephant, lion, leopard, rhino and buffalo). The Addo Elephant National Park was proclaimed in 1931, to save the last of the Cape elephant from extinction, and is now the most concentrated elephant reserve in Africa. However the boundaries of this originally small park are growing and many exclusive private game reserves now form part of the Greater Addo Elephant National Park.