Wildlife & Animals in Manyeleti Game Reserve

Manyeleti Game Reserve is home to all the Big Five. Wildlife can be more difficult to find here than it is elsewhere in Greater Kruger, but your patience will often be rewarded with impressive encounters with creatures great and small. Lower tourist volumes also mean that Big Five sightings tend to be far less crowded than is the case in Kruger National Park.

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Wildlife Highlights

Manyeleti provides a good environment for plains wildlife such as plains zebra, giraffe, impala and blue wildebeest. Big cats and other carnivores are not always easy to find, but lion, cheetah, leopard, African wild dog and black-backed jackal are all possible. Other wildlife includes greater kudu, nyala, warthog, vervet monkey and baboon.

Best Time for Wildlife Viewing

The dry winter months of May through September are the best for wildlife viewing. Wildlife is easier to spot at this time because animals tend to cluster around predictable water sources. September, when the Dry season ends, is a very enjoyable month since it is warmer than in midwinter.

Wildlife Photos

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