5-Day Baderukwe (Greater Kruger) 4x4 Wild Camping Tour

• A transfer from the airport is not included. You can use a taxi, request your hotel to arrange a transfer or prearrange a transfer yourself.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Drive to Phalaborwa in convoy behind your guide (500 km)

You will meet your guide in Pretoria and then drive in convoy to Phalaborwa. The place where you will meet your guide will be communicated before the start of the tour. Tonight, we camp at the Phalaborwa Safari Park just outside the Phalaborwa Gate. This campsite has ablution facilities with water and electricity.

Tonight, you will pitch your own tent while the guide makes a fire. Afterwards, you will prepare your meal on the open fire or use the gas appliances available in your vehicle. The other option is to spoil yourself with a delicious dinner at the hotel across the road from Safari Park.

Main Destination:

Phalaborwa (Town)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• Meals at own expense
• Drinks not included

Drive in convoy to the first unfenced campsite of the tour (± 50 km)

We enter Letaba Ranch at 12:00. We travel on tarred roads to the entrance of Letaba Ranch and then on management trails to the Mtomeni Safari Camp next to the Letaba River. The surrounding wilderness, the remoteness and the seclusion of travelling through rarely-seen areas are the main thrills of this trail. This campsite has no ablution facilities, no water and no electricity.

Tonight, you will pitch your own tent while the guide makes a fire. Afterwards, you will prepare your meal on the open fire or use the gas appliances available in your vehicle.

Main Destination:

Letaba Ranch Provincial Park (Greater Kruger)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Letaba Ranch (Greater Kruger)

Meals & Drinks:

• Meals at own expense
• Drinks not included

Follow the 4x4 eco-trail in a southerly direction (± 95 km)

Join a guided morning walk. An experienced (and armed) field guide shares his knowledge of the fauna and flora to explain natural wonders. The walk is relaxed and doesn’t take longer than two hours, so no over-exhaustion will take place.

After you have made yourself breakfast, we follow the 4x4 trails past several water holes to maximise the game viewing opportunities and we stop at the Baderukwe Dam. Who knows what animals we will see? Continue along the 4x4 trails to our campsite, which is located next to the Baderukwe River. Spend the night there. The river flows underground, and elephants dig holes to drink from. These waterholes also benefit other animals.

This campsite has no ablution facilities, no water and no electricity. Use your shower bag to shower under the stars.

Tonight, you will pitch your own tent while the guide makes a fire. Afterwards, you will prepare your meal on the open fire or use the gas appliances available in your vehicle.

Main Destination:

Letaba Ranch Provincial Park (Greater Kruger)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Letaba Ranch (Greater Kruger)

Meals & Drinks:

• Meals at own expense
• Drinks not included

Follow the 4x4 eco-trail in a northerly direction (± 60 km)

After breakfast, we visit a large quartz outcrop on top of a hill. We follow 4x4 trails to the confluence of the Little and Large Letaba Rivers and visit viewpoints overlooking the Letaba River. Once we reach our campsite next to the Letaba River, we set up camp for the night.

This campsite has no ablution facilities, no water and no electricity. Use your shower bag to shower under the stars.

Tonight, you will pitch your own tent while the guide makes a fire. Afterwards, you will prepare your meal on the open fire or use the gas appliances available in your vehicle.

Main Destination:

Letaba Ranch Provincial Park (Greater Kruger)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Letaba Ranch (Greater Kruger)

Meals & Drinks:

• Meals at own expense
• Drinks not included

Drive to Pretoria

Sit on the "sandy beach" next to the river and reflect on the events and sightings of the past 4 days. We depart from the campsite and make our way in a westerly direction. We drive on tarred roads back to Pretoria.

Main Destination:

Pretoria (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Meals at own expense
• Drinks not included

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• A transfer back to the airport is not included. You can use a taxi, request your hotel to arrange a transfer or prearrange a transfer yourself.