On Safari - Kruger National Park, South Africa

Got your khaki shorts and binoculars ready? We're going to the Endless Plain and the Impenetrable Forest. We're going to wander in the Bushveld and scour the Skeleton Coast. We're off on safari...

On safari: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Renowned for its luxury accomodation and unequalled flora and fauna, this park is big - about the same size as Wales - and has 14 different ecozones supporting varying wildlife in each. The park offers an unbeatable range of itineraries for walking and 4x4 tours.
What to see: More species of mammals than any other African game reserve, including all of the Big Five, 11,670 Savannah Elephants, 25,150 African Buffalo and 32,000 Bushell Zebras.
We suggest: A 5/6 day walking tour visiting environmentally sensitive, relatively-unexplored areas of bushveld teeming with big game. Plains of Africa Safaris (www.plainsofafrica.com) offer flexible itineraries starting at £6,400.
Stay: On the Plains of Africa walking tour, two nights are spent in a Safari Lodge on the banks of the Mutlumuvi river, two more in a luxury tented camp in an acacia knobthorn thicket (ouch!) and, wait for it, one night's 'Sleep-out' under the stars. On a special elevated platform, of course.
Time to go: From May to September.

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