Safari
Price Per Person
Departures every Monday – Wednesday and Saturday for groups of 2 and more traveling together.
Conservation Fees
This Private Kruger Safari is ideal for Family Groups which include children younger than 8 years of age, groups of keen Photographers or special interest groups, such as
Bird Watchers.
Our 4×4 open vehicles are specially equipped for game drives with canvas roofs to protect you from the beating sun, but we still advise that you wear a hat and sunscreen in summer times, warm jackets in the Winter time, as well as comfy shoes. We always have mineral waters on our vehicles to quench your thirst. Each vehicle can seat up to 10 people comfortably, but you can also hire an entire vehicle for only a few people on a Private Kruger Safari.
These safaris typically start at 5:30 in the morning and end around 16:00, but this is entirely up to the client. Private Vehicle Kruger Safaris can be arranged according to the client’s exact requirements. We can arrange for clients to be picked up from various hotels or lodges and, if desired, we will arrange accommodation in the Kruger National Park for the guests and drop them off at their place of
accommodation after the safari has concluded.
It is recommended that the safari starts as early as possible, as this is a great time of day for game viewing. Many of the wild animals have just started their search for food and water for the day. In general, animals are more active in the cool early mornings and prefer to wait out the midday heat
under shady trees or in their burrows. If you want to go, In the case of specialized groups, you can tell your guide what it is that you hope to find or see, and your guide will know where the best spots for your request would be.
Breakfast and lunch packs can be arranged by your hotel or lodge and your guide will stop at a picnic spot of your choice or at any of the nearby campsites for breakfast and lunch. Alternatively, you can request to visit a restaurant of your choice at one of the rest camps.
Pick up Times in Hazyview
Your specialist guide will ensure you have the best birding safari possible. Birding is always influenced by seasons and weather. Your guide will be a professional and will work with youin order to find the birds you desire.
Not only is your guide a specialist at birding, but will also be well educated regarding mammals and the Kruger National Park. The tour will allow for the search of the Big 5 and various other mammal species. The Kruger is also the home to a variety of wonderous reptiles and magnificent trees.
Guides will stop at local rest camps from where there will be a variety of meals to choose from. Your guide will choose an area of the park according to the time of the year, wildlife and bird activity.
Legally our guides are allowed a maximum of 10 hours a day and 8 hours of actually driving – the rest will be lunches, breakfast and rest stops. The camps and rest camps also have abundant birdlife.
After the safari, your guide will return you to your lodge after a great safari in one of Africa’s best nature
reserves.
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Questions?
Many people don’t see the point in driving through a bushveld looking for animals, but there’s so much more to it. wild animals are seen as a nuisance in most inhabited areas, but if you’ve never seen the magic of animals in their natural habitat, untouched by humans, you’ve been missing out! looking at zoo animals in their enclosures might be considered nice, because you’re almost 100% guaranteed that you’ll see them, but that’s not how they behave in the wild. nothing beats the thrill of finding a pride of lions laying in the shade, or walking across the road right in front of you, and once you’ve felt the reverberations of an elephant’s trumpet through your bones, you’ll be hooked! our clients often come back for more, because you never know what you’re going to see next…
Every single one of our guides have a passion for the kruger park. we love waking up every morning and meeting new people, never mind sharing our love for the bushveld with them. we are highly experienced and have heaps of knowledge about the fauna and flora in the knp at our clients’ disposal. one of our best characteristics must be that we focus on small groups to give each safari trip the best chance of seeing the best sights that the knp has to offer. our safaris depart any day of the week to suit our clients’ busy schedules and will accommodate all your needs as best we can. visit our website for more information on our company…
We operate from hazyview and will collect you from any of the lovely holiday resorts, lodges or nearby locations. our vehicles depart at different times in different seasons… for full day or morning safaris, we leave at 5am in october to march and at 5h30am in april to september. for afternoon safaris, we leave at 13h00 pm in the afternoons. most of the wildlife in the park prefers hiding in the shade during the hot afternoons, so we highly recommend joining us for the earlier safaris to get the most out of your trip.
Anything to do with the word “game” whilst on a safari—like game drives or looking for game—all refers to wild animals in safari context. you might also encounter “game” on the menus of some traditional restaurants, which basically means that you’re ordering wild buck meat, or even warthog.
Even though the knp falls in a malaria area, most foreigners are pleasantly surprised at how few mosquitoes are actually encountered whilst on a safari. these mosquitoes breed in water, and even in the middle of our rainy season in december, we don’t consider them to be a relentless menace. despite what you might have been told, mosquitoes are not a plague in the knp and although we are always cautious about malaria, the locals in and around the knp do not run around with repellents all the time.
If you’re really worried and consider yourself or anyone joining you on the safari to be particularly susceptible to this rare disease, be sure to consult your gp. there are many places in the park where you can buy mosquito repellent containing deet—this is the most vital ingredient in insect repellents as it has been proven to repel the malaria-carrying mosquitoes effectively.
Even though the kruger park is basically a giant protected bushveld and sparsely populated, there are many little “towns” and camps where you can find anything from grocery stores, souvenir stores, petrol stations and much more.
As mentioned before, there are many places in the knp where we can stop over for lunch where you can buy take-away food or choose to have a meal at the various restaurants. we usually have lunch at skukuza, but this is not set in stone.
Two words: comfortable and practical. seeing as you’re going to be driving around for the majority of the time on your safari experience, it is advisable that you wear clothes that are not too tight and not too hot. winters can be cold, so check the forecast beforehand, but summers are the opposite—just take a jacket with you in case it gets chilly, and stay away from high heels, ladies! we might stop on top of rocky mountains to give you an in-person taste of the spectacular views in the knp. trust me, it’s spine-chilling raw beauty.
You’ll be surprised at the true meaning of this term—it actually refers to the five most feared animals in the bush. they are extremely dangerous to hunt on foot and also rather rare. the big 5 consists of african lions, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino. it really is a tourist attraction and many safari companies utilise this term as a major marketing strategy.
We cannot guarantee that there will be sightings of all five animals in the big 5, but we can guarantee that we will do our best to find them. elephants are massive, this is true, but in the lush untouched bushveld of the kruger, if they don’t want to be seen, they can easily disappear behind the trees mere meters away from you. they tend not to be too shy, unlike leopards. rhinos are extremely scarce, but our guides know where their usual grazing spots are, and a pride of lions would attract so much attention that our radios would notify us if there’s a sighting nearby. nevertheless, you are guaranteed to see a very diverse variety of animals in the kruger national park.
Children under 8 are more than welcome on privately hired open vehicles, yes. this is purely out of consideration for our other clients who do not have children and might not have the patience for their unique outlook and excitement about each wild animal we encounter. all children under 12 have discounted safari rates, as well as half-price conservation fees to enter the kruger national park.
You can visit our website to view the current prices for our safaris, make a booking online to receive an invoice, and then make an online payment before the safari takes place, or contact kurt safari for any enquiries you might have regarding other payment options.
I cannot even begin to list the most amazing experiences we’ve had whilst on safaris in the knp! there are too many to count, each encounter very different but equally remarkable. if you consider the size of the knp and how many animals call it their home, you can only begin to imagine the things we’ve seen—from a ride of lionesses to the birth of a brand-new baby giraffe. each time our jaws drop at the splendour of mother nature. you will have to come and see it for yourself.
Placing yourself in the middle of a nature reserve where there are numerous predators and dangerous animals could sound pretty intimidating, but rest assured, kurt safari guides all have in-depth knowledge about the behaviour of these animals and would never put your life in danger. elephants can be aggressive if they have young ones to protect and even lone elephant bulls have charged at cars that don’t know when to back away, but obtaining injuries from wild animals whilst on a safari is very rare and you need not be worried—just enjoy the ride.
Your drive is led by a specialist birding guide who knows the Kruger's species, calls and seasonal movements, and works with you to find the birds on your wish list. The guide is equally knowledgeable about mammals, so between sightings you'll also be looking for the Big Five and other game across the park's varied habitats.
The Kruger is one of South Africa's premier birding destinations, home to more than 500 species, from raptors and hornbills to colourful bee-eaters and rollers. A full day lets your guide work several habitats — riverine forest, bushveld and open plains — and the rest camps themselves are surprisingly rich in birdlife for a break out of the vehicle.
The price includes your open 4x4 vehicle, specialist birding guide, fuel and mineral water for the day. SANParks conservation (entry) fees are additional, charged per person per day, with under-12s at half price. Breakfast and lunch packs can be arranged through your lodge, or you can eat at a rest camp.
Summer, from about November to March, is prime birding season, when migratory species arrive and many birds are in bright breeding plumage. Early starts are important, as birds are most vocal and active in the cool hours after dawn. That said, resident species and excellent general game viewing make the safari rewarding all year.
The safari typically starts at 5:30 am and finishes around 4 pm, with Hazyview-area lodge pick-ups from 5:30 am (October–March) or 6:00 am (April–September). Departures run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays for groups of two or more, and you can hire the whole vehicle privately to focus entirely on birding.
Yes. The minimum age is four years, and because the guide is skilled with both birds and big game, non-birding companions still enjoy strong Big Five and general wildlife viewing. Children 11 and under sharing with parents receive a 25% discount. It's a flexible full day that can be tailored to mixed-interest groups.
