3-Day Kruger National Park Safari from Johannesburg with Sunset Drive

Get picked up from your hotel or airport by your tour guide and depart from Johannesburg or Pretoria, towards the eastern Lowveld of Mpumalanga Province. Mountains, waterfalls, forests, old mining towns and views that appear to go on forever – that’s the incomparable eastern Lowveld, where the highveld collapses onto the hot, humid floor of Africa in a spectacular tumble of granite and greenery. At the end of it, there lies southern Africa’s great game wilderness, the Kruger National Park.

Enter the Kruger after five hours of travelling and begin the adventure.

After a while of chasing the adrenaline up, arrive at your overnight camp, offload your luggage and continue the game spotting till the camp gates force you to enter the camp at closing time.

Settle in, go shopping at the local shop with all its interesting souvenirs and necessities or wander around the camp fence overlooking a river or waterhole as you might be surprised what animals come down to the water for a last drink before the Kruger is folded into a dark blanket for the night.

Take a shower and set off to the restaurant for a sumptuous buffet meal or “braaivleis” (barbeque) prepared by ourselves around a campfire with a cold drink in hand, listening to the roar of a lion, laugh of a hyena or a jackal announcing the discovery of a half-eaten carcass.

After a good meal and conversation, hit the bed in a comfortable bungalow.

An early wake-up call set off in search of the lion pride that spent the night sleeping on the dry road, the elephant herd wandering around a waterhole chased off by thirsty antelopes.

At the next rest camp or picnic spot, fill the gap in the stomach with a breakfast, stretch a leg and continue the game drive for the rest of the day till you reach the next camp where you will accommodate for the night.

At 04:30 pm, pack in a few drinks, binoculars, camera and sweater. You are going on a 3-hour sunset game drive in an open roof safari vehicle with a game ranger in search of nocturnal animals such as leopard, hyena and many more animals you might not see during the daytime. Definitely, something to look forward to as the night game drives are very informative, and the game rangers are well educated in wildlife and the environment.

Arriving back at the camp, a delicious barbeque will be awaiting you.

Sit around the campfire and discuss the day’s adventures till the bed calls you.

On the last day, sleep till the bird songs wake you up or go for an early game drive.

After a filling breakfast, start your journey towards the exit gate of the Kruger back to Johannesburg or Pretoria.

Arrive at 04:00 pm or depending on the time of your flight.