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The best of Kruger and the African bush, reserve by reserve (2026)
Kruger National Park first, then the private reserves of Greater Kruger, the gateway towns, the rest of South Africa and Africa's other great safari countries. Pick a destination to see every guide we publish for it.
Kruger National Park
Two million hectares of Big Five country: SANParks rest camps, private concession lodges and nine entrance gates.
Greater Kruger
The unfenced private reserves on Kruger's western edge — off-road tracking, night drives and walking safaris.
Sabi Sand
South Africa's most famous private reserve, known for leopards and the most exclusive lodges.
Timbavati
Home of the white lions, unfenced with central Kruger and reached from Hoedspruit or Orpen Gate.
Klaserie
One of the largest private reserves in Greater Kruger, with small, quiet lodges and walking safaris.
Balule
Big Five reserve along the Olifants River, with some of Greater Kruger's best-value lodges.
Thornybush
A compact Big Five reserve near Hoedspruit, now unfenced with the Greater Kruger.
Kapama
A large private Big Five reserve beside Hoedspruit, with family-friendly lodges and easy access.
Hazyview
The busiest Kruger gateway town, 15 minutes from Phabeni Gate and close to Paul Kruger and Numbi.
White River
A green, upmarket town between Mbombela and Hazyview, with country lodges and good restaurants.
Malelane & Komatipoort
The southern edge of Kruger: river-view lodges near Malelane Gate and Crocodile Bridge.
Hoedspruit
The gateway to central Kruger and the Timbavati, Klaserie, Balule and Kapama reserves.
Phalaborwa
A mining town right at Phalaborwa Gate, the access point for Letaba and central-northern Kruger.
Panorama Route
Blyde River Canyon, God's Window and the waterfalls — the classic add-on to a Kruger safari.
South Africa
South Africa-wide lists: the best safari lodges, private reserves and malaria-free safaris in the country.
Madikwe
A malaria-free Big Five reserve on the Botswana border, three hours from Johannesburg.
Pilanesberg
The closest Big Five park to Johannesburg — a malaria-free reserve in an extinct volcano.
Waterberg
Malaria-free mountain reserves three hours from Johannesburg, including Welgevonden and Marakele.
Eastern Cape
Malaria-free Big Five reserves near Gqeberha: Addo, Shamwari, Kwandwe and Amakhala.
KwaZulu-Natal
Hluhluwe-iMfolozi, Phinda and the iSimangaliso coast: bush and beach in one trip.
Western Cape
Malaria-free safaris within a few hours of Cape Town, in the Karoo and the Garden Route.
Botswana
The Okavango Delta and Chobe: mokoro trips, huge elephant herds and fly-in camps.
Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls, Hwange's elephants and walking safaris in Mana Pools.
Zambia
The home of the walking safari — South Luangwa, Lower Zambezi and Livingstone.
Namibia
Etosha's waterholes, desert-adapted elephants and Sossusvlei's dunes.
Kenya
The Maasai Mara and its conservancies, Amboseli's elephants and Laikipia's rhino.
Tanzania
The Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater and the Great Migration year-round.
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