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Gaston Coma
CO
Visited:
November 2024
Reviewed: Dec 20, 2024
Email Gaston Coma | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kruger is way too big for encountering wild animals
The Kruger National Park is incredibly vast, which can make wildlife spotting more challenging. A better option, in my experience, is visiting private game parks. These parks are smaller, and the staff typically have a deeper understanding of the animals’ locations, making it easier to see them up close and enjoy more intimate encounters.
One thing I didn’t enjoy about Kruger was the extensive burned areas. I was informed that the vegetation is intentionally burned to increase animal visibility for tourists, but it felt unnatural and detracted from the experience. Additionally, because of the park's massive size, tour guides often seem rushed, giving you less time to take photographs and fully immerse yourself in the beauty of nature.
María Paz Venegas
CL
Visited:
November 2023
Reviewed: Nov 26, 2023
Email María Paz Venegas | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We saw less animals comparing to Tanzania Parks, we have been in november and are too many bushes, the animals hide better.
Brenda Poland Willis
US
Visited:
November 2022
Reviewed: Jan 19, 2023
Email Brenda Poland Willis | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kruger seemed a lot like Yellowstone National Park in the States...a lot of people, and it was very crowded even though we were not in the peak time.
Lidia
IE
Visited:
February 2020
Reviewed: Apr 9, 2020
Email Lidia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wildlife was hard to spot at times
Alan Bishop
Visited:
October 2017
Reviewed: Nov 22, 2017
Email Alan Bishop | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
South Africa's game parks are not known for scenic beauty and that's not why you go. There is a lot of wildlife and although we saw herds of elephant, we did not see any predators at all. Unless the animals are close to the roads, you don't see them and being such a vast area, we did not see much variety. We only stayed in the south of the park at Berg-en-dal and the centre and north may be different.
thewildlifephotographer
GB
Visited:
December 2015
Reviewed: Apr 26, 2016
Email thewildlifephotographer | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Kruger is fantastic for wildlife but becoming too crowded and hectic to enjoy the experience. It's a good place to visit for first-timers but tick it off your list and head somewhere more adventurous next time.
A bit lacking in atmosphere.
Staying in one of the larger lodges with lots of other people around & driving on tarmac roads a fair amount of the time with a number of private vehicles on the roads then I did think the actual safari experience was a bit lacking. (Private concessions & smaller lodges would be completely different). You do get close to the animals - closer than in a lot of places as they are used to the vehicles so it really depends what you go for. Having only spent a couple of days in one area then again it would make sense to go to different areas for slightly different experiences (although obviously if you drive down the same road an hour later you might see different things). Guides & vehicles are good. Weather wasn't particularly good when I was there - so this probably tempers the review !
Hilary Knowles
GB
Visited:
July 2011
Reviewed: May 21, 2012
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Overpopulated by tourists with so few restrictions on numbers at any one site. No off road drives. Not able to get up close and personal to game as at Idube
Jette NL
Visited:
January 2012
Reviewed: Apr 6, 2012
too big and yet too many roads with too many people
Emiel de Lange
NL
Visited:
April 2010
Reviewed: Apr 5, 2012
Email Emiel de Lange | under20 years of age
Huge diversity and great viewing, but some areas are tourist traps.