What to expect on a Kruger Park guided safari tour.
A Kruger Park guided safari tour is designed to give safari enthusiasts a true African safari experience.
Conducted by a professional guide who has excellent knowledge of the Kruger National Park, with all its history, cultural heritage wildlife and fauna, your guide will share all his or her knowledge with you during your safari tour.
In addition to driving the vehicle on game drives your guide will prepare excellent meals for you in true South African style, and would include meals such as barbecue’s, traditional South African stews or vegetarian stir fry, depending upon dietary requirements.
Your guide will assist you in checking in to your accommodation, and makes sure you are comfortable and satisfied with the facilities.
A Kruger Park safari tour is conducted in two types of vehicles, namely an air-conditioned mini bus or an open game viewing safari vehicle. Both are excellent for game viewing, and the choice of vehicle is entirely your choice, but is subject to availability.
There are advantages and disadvantages to both vehicle options, and a description of the vehicles including pictures can be found on our vehicle options page.
Your accommodation on a guided safari tour will be in an air-conditioned, en-suite bungalow, and you will stay in the main rest camps of the Kruger Park, but is also subject to availability. Should there be no available space in the Kruger Park for your desired dates, alternate arrangements can be made to still conduct your safari; however accommodation will be outside the Kruger Park. All game drives will still be conducted inside the Kruger Park, and you will not miss out on any game viewing opportunities.
A Kruger Park guided safari tour is all about game drives to see as many wildlife species, beautiful landscapes, birds and reptiles the Kruger Park has to offer.
Early mornings are a must, so your guide will wake you up around 5:30am every morning. Before embarking on your game drive you will normally have time for a cup of tea or coffee and then you will depart in search of the wildlife you have not yet seen on your safari tour.
Breakfasts are normally prepared around 9 – 10 am, and depending if you are moving camps, you will have breakfast at one of the Kruger picnic sites or back at your camp.
Normally there are a few hours free between mid day and about 2pm, as this is in the heat of the day, and wildlife viewing opportunities are limited. Should you be moving camps, you will possibly be traveling to your new camp.
At around 2:30pm your guide will give you a call to signal the departure of your afternoon game drive.
You game drive will end at around 5:30pm, subject to gate closing times as well as unscheduled stops.
Most guided safari tours offer guests the opportunity to conduct a sunset or night game drive, making use of the Kruger Park’s open game viewing vehicles.
The duration of the sunset or night game drive is normally 3 hours long.
Should guests be participating on a sunset or night game drive, it is recommended that they do not attend the afternoon game drive with their guide, as they may not be able to make it back in time for the sunset or night drive departure.
On returning from your game drive, your guide would have a prepared meal ready for you to enjoy. The meal will be served outside of your bungalow, weather permitting. In some instances depending upon unforeseen circumstances your guide may recommend that dinner will be available in one of the Kruger Parks restaurants.
After dinner, the rest of the evening will be spent at your discretion, but after a long day’s activities, and the prospect of another early morning, most guests retire to their bungalows for the evening.
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