Facts for Self-Drive Visitors to Kruger

Safaris in the Greater Kruger Park

Facts for Self-Drive Visitors

For self-drive visitors to the Park, the are 8 main gates which are open from sunrise to sunset throughout the year.

Park Opening and Closing Times

Giraffe - Kruger The Park is open daily during daylight hours, and the main gates open and close at different times depending on the time of year:

	OPEN	CLOSE
January	05.00	18.30
February	05.30	18.30
March	05.30	18.00
April	06.00	17.30
May to August	06.30	17.30
September	06.00	18.00
October	05.30	18.00
November / December	04.30	18.30

The busiest gate is the Paul Kruger Gate, about 40 km from Hazyview, and this road leads straight the Park headquarters at Skukuza (about 12 km from the gate) from where there are roads leading to all parts of the Park.

If you are staying in Hazyview, rather than at one of the rest camps in the Park, the Phabeni Gate is less than 15 km from the centre of town, and this allows visitors based here to spend longer in the Park without having to drive all the way to the Paul Kruger Gate.

Self-Drive Entrance Fees

Self-drive visitors to Kruger have to pay an entrance or conservation fee per person per day as follows:

Zebra crossing ... From 1 November 2010 until the end of October 2011 - R180 per adult / R90 per child per day plus a one-off vehicle entrance fee of R45 per vehicle

From 1 November 2011 until the end of October 2012 - R192 per adult / R96 per child per day plus a one-off vehicle entrance fee of R48 per vehicle. All rates are subject to change. Reduced fees apply for SA citizens - rates on request.

Once you have paid your fee, you will be issued with an entry permit. Keep this with you at all times, as it will be required to exit the Park and you will also need to produce it if you are staying overnight in the Park at one of the many camps.

Don't be alarmed if the guard on the gate, having checked your paperwork, asks to look in the boot of your car - it is just to ensure that you are not 'smuggling' anyone or anything into or out of the Park!