Kruger National Park Nightlife Tips by diver-x

Nightlife Spot: Night Drives At all major rest camps

All of the major rest camps offer night and early morning game drives. For R100 per person (about $15 USD), you get a 3 hour tour of the surrounding park area back roads in an open-air bus, often spotting some wildlife that you might not see during the day. Things we saw on game drives that we didn't see on our own are: rhino, hyena and jackals. We did catch a glimpse of a male lion on our own, but we got a much better look at one on a game drive.

If you are very lucky, you might also see lions on the hunt. We did see giraffes, zebra and wildebeests running a lot at night, as if they were running from something. But we didn't actually see what they might be running from.

Some of the guides are very knowledgeable and will tell you things about the wildlife you might not otherwise find out. For instance, one guide told us that studies show that the average giraffe will, at any given moment, have 1000 ticks on it. That was all the information I needed to stay out of the grass!

Night drives usually leave at 5:00 PM, but during the winter, they leave at 4:30 PM. The tours last about 3 hours.

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Dress Code: Not sure how it is in the summer (Jan-Feb), but we were there in the fall (May) and the game drives were quite chilly. A hat, sweatshirt and windbreaker were essential clothing. Long pants were also very helpful.
Address: Check with reception at your rest camp.
Website: http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/