Kruger Safari Tour

Kruger safari tour is a 3 day South African safari tour to the famous Kruger National Park. The 3 day Kruger safari tour showcases the best of big five African safari tour in South Africa.

About 3 Day Kruger Safari Tour

Kruger Safari Tour is one of our most popular Kruger safari packages. This 3 Day South African Safari is for those who want a novel experience and takes you to Kruger National Park.

The first night of the Kruger Park Safari Tour is spent at a pleasant Private Game Lodge. This is in the Balule Game Reserve home to the Big Five.

The second night is spent in an enchanting Treehouse Camp near Kruger National Park. The treehouse is located on the banks of the unspoiled Klaserie River. Here you will be captivated by your surrounds in a private game reserve. This is home to the Big Five and many other animals.

Your journey back to Johannesburg is by way of the celebrated Panorama Route. This route is renowned for its spectacular scenery. The 3 Day Kruger Safari tour in Africa is an unforgettable wildlife experience, not to be missed.

3 Days Kruger Safari Tour Highlights:

This 3 day South African Safari highlights focuses on wildlife with game drives in Kruger National Park in South Africa.

• Great African wildlife game drives
• Beautiful Scenery, topography and landscape
• Nature walk
• Big Five Tracking

3 Days Kruger Safari Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Johannesburg to Private Game Reserve

You will be met on arrival for the Kruger Safari Tour by our South African safari guide. This will be followed by departure to the private game reserve. On arrival at your Game Lodge, we leave on a 3-hour sunset game drive.

This will be done in an open sided land cruiser in search of the Big Five. The sunsets over the bush are magnificent rapidly followed by nightfall.

With the aid of a spotlight, you’ll scout for the nocturnal animals roaming this African wilderness. Dinner is a bush braai (barbecue) cooked over an open fire. This is at the Marula Tree Boma under a canopy of stars.

Dinner over, you’ll continue the search for prowling predators as you head back to our lodge. With luck, we may see lion, hyena, jackal or perhaps the elusive leopard.

Back at your private lodge, you may unwind in your en-suite, air-conditioned chalets. You can decide to wander in the sub-tropical garden. Dinner and overnight on this 3 days Kruger safari package will be at your lodge.

About Kruger National Park

The Kruger National Park is the flagship of the South African national parks and has been rated as one of the best wildlife parks in Africa, renowned for its incredible game viewing and Big 5 safaris.

The best way to experience this untamed African bush is to get your feet on the ground and explore the magnificent region.

The Kruger National Park offers an abundance of wildlife including approximately 507 bird species, 147 mammals as well as bushman rock paintings and archaeological sites like Masorini and Thulamela.

Apart from Big 5 game drives, guests can also enjoy bush walks, night drives, sleep-outs under the stars, bird-watching and off-road game drives in private areas of the Greater Kruger area.

There are numerous private reserves bordering the Kruger National Park as well as private concessions with in the national park. Within these private areas are safari lodges to suit all travelers and all budgets.

Day 2: Kruger National Park

Your day on Kruger Safari Tour starts with an early hearty breakfast. This will be followed by boarding the open sided game viewing vehicles. You will head out to Orpen Gate, Kruger National Park. The elevated safari vehicle is ideal for game spotting and photo opportunities.

The game drive will concentrate the search in the Orpen / Satara area of the Park. Satara is renowned as an excellent game viewing area.

The bush is open and there are large plains that support vast herds of giraffe, zebra and other antelope. These always draw hungry predators as there are many food opportunities on offer.

The Satara region of Kruger National Park boasts one of the largest concentrations of lions in Africa. At the end of an exciting day we head off to the delightful Treehouse Camp. This is located in a private game reserve near Kruger National Park. You will relax around the campfire reliving our unforgettable bush experience.

Day 3: Private Game Reserve to Johannesburg

This is the last day of your Kruger Safari in South Africa. You will begin this day of Kruger park safari tour early. With an armed game ranger, you will head into the bush to explore on foot.

The silent approach means you are able to get up close to the animals. This is safe in the knowledge you are accompanied by our armed game ranger.

The ranger is a bush expert and will point out various interesting details. They include animal tracks, scats, insects, and birds. You will drive back to camp for breakfast. Your Kruger Safari Tour will then head out via the Drakensberg Escarpment back to Johannesburg.

This route takes you on the scenic Panorama Route. It includes sections of the Blyde River Canyon, one of which is Three Rondavels viewpoint.

You will arrive back into Johannesburg at about 17h00. End the 3 days Kruger National Park safari with a drop off at your accommodation of choice in Johannesburg or at Oliver Tambo International Airport.

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3 Days Kruger Safari Tour Costs:

What is included in the 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour Cost?

• Accommodation in a Kruger national park safari lodge on full board basis
• Transport in a 4 X 4 Safari vehicle with pop up roof
• Meals on full board basis while on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour
• All park entrance fee
• All Government tax

3 Days Kruger Safari Tour Price excludes:

• Visa
• Items of personal use
• Deviation from the above program
• Drinks and beverages
• Tips and porterage

What to Carry on the 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour

• Sun glasses
• Light and some few heavy clothing
• Sun screen
• Insect repellant
• Hat
• Comfortable shoes

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3 Days Kruger Safari Tour Destination

The 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour takes you to the most popular national park in South Africa. Kruger National Park is both the first national park established in South Africa as well as the largest in the country.

The park extends across an area of 7,523 square miles (19,458 sq km) making it the sixth-largest national park across the entire continent of Africa.  It is recognized by the Alliance as the Ambassador Park of South Africa.

Because of the large expanse of the park those on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour can access Kruger national park through 9 different gates.  It is 220 miles (360 km) long and reaches a width of 56 miles (90 km) wide.

On 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour our safari guide will help with both navigation and wildlife spotting as much as Kruger National Park allows for self-guided safari drives.

The roads are paved and fairly easy to navigate.  However, it becomes more challenging to spot wildlife when your eyes are also focused on the road.

Kruger National Park is part of the collaborative effort between Zimbabwe and Mozambique known as the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park.  It is a peace park that includes Kruger, Gonarezhour National Park in Zimbabwe, and Limpopo National Park in Mozambique.

Guests on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour can spend several days experience the abundant wildlife available in the three parks by adding more days.  Together these parks create the largest protected area in Africa.

Flora and Fauna of Interest on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour

Kruger national park is part of the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere as recognized by UNESCO.  The vegetation of the park features four key areas: thorn trees with red bush-willow veld, knob-thorn, and marula veld, red bush-willow, and mopane veld, and shrub mopane veld.

The park has elevation changes ranging from the lowest spot at 660 feet (200 m) to the highest point at 2,760 feet (840 m).  The highest point is known as Khandzalive.  There are six different rivers running through the park which include: Sable, Olifants, Crocodile, Letaba, Luvuvhu, and the Limpopo River.

The 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour takes you to the home to 147 species of large mammals, which is more than any other game reserve.  Bird-lovers will also thrive in Kruger with approximately 517 species of birds found throughout the park.  The black mamba, rock python, and crocodiles sit atop the 114 species of reptiles calling the national park home.

Without question, a safari throughout the park is the highlight for Kruger National Park.  It represents one of the largest collections of wildlife throughout the continent.  The predators of the park include lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, wild dog, and the crocodile.

The Big 5, which include the lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and buffalo are all found here.  The mountain gorilla is the only one missing in the park of the Big 7.  Africa’s Big 7 include lion, leopard, elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, crocodile, and mountain gorilla.

Some of the more popular large mammals found in the park include elephant, black and white rhinoceroses, eland, giraffe, greater kudu, cape buffalo, hippopotamus, roan antelope, sable antelope, and the waterbuck.

Kruger is considered the premier safari destination in southern Africa.  It is the most renowned national park in Africa and draws people from around the world.  The wilderness and wildlife will provide you with an unforgettable experience with nature.

Why visit Kruger National Park?

There's a reason why Kruger National Park consistently ranks among the very best of Africa's long lineage of treasures. This is South Africa's most acclaimed safari destination and where you'll find the country's most famous private safari lodges and some of the best wildlife viewing in the world. 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour is among the best safaris experiences you can get.

If ever you wanted to spot a leopard in its natural habitat, stumble upon a pride of lion slumbering beneath anthills or come face to face with the earthly majesty of an elephant, you need to experience this true African legacy for yourself while on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour.

This diamond in Africa's trunk of natural treasures is set in the most accessible yet un-spoilt wilderness on the continent, spread across 6 million acres in the far northeastern corner of South Africa.

But Kruger didn’t become the travel hotspot of Africa by accident. It seems to have been born with it all - world-class wildlife encounters, ridiculous epicurean appeal and outrageously impressive thrills for those on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour.

Here, Big 5 game-viewing territory is flanked by grand scenery overflowing with stories as old as her majestic mountains. But those on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour should expect to find much more beneath the surface, after all, safari adventures needn’t mean roughing it: silver-plated service and swimming pools await.

As your Travel Experts on the ground, we know the lay of this land like a tracker knows its spoor. Therefore, we can’t possibly afford you anything less than the most exceptional 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour experience possible, regardless of your pocket or preference.

Where to Stay on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour

Not all Kruger National Park properties are created equal! Our Travel Experts have slept in these beds and are thus well equipped to match your individual needs and requirements when on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour!

You can choose to stay in a number of different accommodation units in a number of different camps when on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour. We sample some of the accommodation facilities here.

Saseka Tented Camp

Saseka Tented Camp is part of a handful of lodges located in the privately-owned Thornybush Game Reserve, adjacent to the Kruger National Park.

As the newly crowned member of The Thornybush Collection, a lot of work went into redefining the quintessential African safari experience, combining naturally sustainable architecture and luxurious, cutting-edge design.

World-class game viewing when on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour here makes up much of the Saseka experience. Game drives occur in the morning and in the evening, accompanied by a safari guide and tracker in an open game-viewing vehicle.

Each of the eight spacious safari tents also overlook the Monwana riverbed, ensuring a variety of animal sightings, including the Big 5, right from the comfort of your own private deck.

Meticulous attention to detail has been paid to the aforementioned accommodation, ensuring the innovative design and comfortably luxurious interiors maximize a completely immersive experience into the surrounding wilderness on your 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour.

Don’t let the word ‘tent’ put you off. These are large, reinforced, canvas tents based on permanent foundations with glass doors opening up to private decks and pools, complete with sun loungers and chairs.

Each tent has been designed in a way to guarantee the level of comfort expected from a 5-star luxury safari lodge; with air-conditioning, en-suite bathrooms, outdoor showers and a host of other amenities, which will ensure your stay on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour is completely unforgettable.

Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp

This small and delightful camp is situated in the south-eastern corner of the Kruger National Park, on the northern bank of the Crocodile River, from which it derives its name near Crocodile Bridge.

After an early morning game drive on the 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour, one can retire from the Lowveld heat to a lunch of prawns before coming back for late afternoon game viewing.

The game viewing area is known as the ‘Southern Circle’ and is renowned for its concentration of different prides of lion with different hunting techniques and behavior. It has an abundance of prides, herds, troops, packs and swarms.

It is home to a larger percentage of the Kruger National Park‘s total rhino population. Come and experience humans living in harmony with nature. Here one has the ability to experience the sharp contrast between the wilderness and the world out there.

Punda Maria Rest Camp

The camp is situated in the Sandveld region that is often described as the botanical garden of the Kruger National Park. There are numerous plant species which occur that are unique to the area. Game species most likely to be sighted on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour here include impala, zebra, buffalo, elephant, eland and sable and the area is a bird paradise.

Pafuri Border Rest Camp

The Pafuri Border Camp lies in the northern most part of the Kruger National Park, in close proximity to Punda Maria, near the confluence of the Luvubu and Limpopo rivers. Visitors on 3 Days Kruger Safari Tour will find themselves in some of the most potentially productive birding territory in South Africa.

Roodewal Bush Lodge

Roodewal Bush Lodge is a secluded lodge situated 44km north of Satara, on the banks of the Timbavati River.

Riverine plant life, like Natal Mahogany and Jackalberry trees, create a picturesque view from the braai area, only to be crowned by the brightness of the stars at night.

The unique quality of this camp is due to the extreme privacy of each individual sleeping unit, making it ideal for celebration parties, corporate think-tanks and small intimate wedding parties.

Not only is the whole camp occupied by the party making the booking, but the units are spaced to offer privacy to each guest / family occupying that unit. Another special feature is the private viewing deck, built on stilts and overlooking the Timbavati River.