World-famous Kruger National Park (KNP) is the flagship of South African national parks and one of South Africa’s top attractions. The 20.000 square kilometre park is divided into 16 different eco-zones, each of which supports an amazing array of wildlife.
Kruger Park, run by the South African National Park Organization (SANParks), is probably the best managed national park in Africa. SANPark’s main objectives are the sustainable combination of wildlife conservation with tourism and educating the public at large.
Africa’s Big 5 – lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo – and countless other game species roam Kruger Park. During a game drive you are bound to see interesting animals. The northern part of the park is the wildest and most difficult area to access and therefore is particularly alluring to the adventurously minded.
Kruger Park offers a wonderful variety of activities, including night drives and guided wilderness hikes on San (Bushman) trails.
Paul Krüger, the president of the former South African Republic, established this wildlife reserve already in 1898, but it was opened to the public only in 1927.
Kruger Park borders on Mozambique in the east and Zimbabwe in the north, while the Crocodile River forms the southern border. Kruger National Park together with the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique, the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe and the neighbouring Manjinji Pan Sanctuary and Malipati Safari Area now form a huge conservation area, the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park.
