You want to experience the real deal and feel like “Dora The Explorer” or “Crocodile Hunter”? Go on a self-drive safari through Kruger National Park. If you don’t have the right vehicle, don’t panic! Drive South Africa sure offers the right vehicle for adventurers.
Kruger Park is well attuned to Self-Drive Safaris; just follow a few tips and your Kruger experience will be unforgettable. However, first you have to make the most important decision: What are you going for in Kruger Park?
Is it
a) Game Viewing
b) The Landscape
c) The Isolation
No matter which answer you chose, all are correct! You should just decide for yourself which one to prioritize, so that you can choose which part of Kruger to go to. Although prioritizing one by far does not mean to exclude the other two.
When entering the park, get into the Kruger vibe. Take a moment to adjust to the bush lifestyle, the best method is to step out at one of the get-out points and absorb what you see.
It is important to adjust to bush lifestyle and timing, as this will influence your experience. The bush is operating according to its own timing; so better plan your schedule around it. The game is most active either in the early morning or in the late afternoon. So you should also be most active around those times and rest when the game does.
Everything in the bush is moving according to its own pace, and so should you. Don’t get impatient and start hasting once there is not much to see. Drive slowly and usually in those moments you will see the most unexpected.
When you are at a waterhole, switch off your engine, these moments will allow you to view the game in their most natural environment and behavior.
As Kruger is a big park, where everything and everyone moves and lives freely, the game will not show up at certain hours in certain spots. So don’t get there, expecting to see everything that other people have seen. Otherwise you might be disappointed if you don’t get everything ticked of your list.
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