Safari
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Departures every Monday – Wednesday and Saturday for groups of 2 and more traveling together.
This all-inclusive Kruger Park safari package includes transfers, a Night Safari within a private concession nestled in the heart of Kruger, a full day safari drive, and captivating morning safaris in open vehicles. Our guests stay in top-notch accommodation, complete with Wi-Fi and air conditioning, with traditional dinners at the lodge included.
95 % of Kurt Safari clients manage to see the Big 5 on a 5 day safari.
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| Early Morning: | Transfer from Johannesburg to Hazyview. |
| Midday: | Check into your accommodation and have a light lunch at the lodge. After that you can enjoy a swim or have a mid-day rest before the Night safari. |
| Late Afternoon: | Depart for the Kruger Park, to a private concession and enjoy your first-night Safari, which will include sundown drinks. |
| Evening: | Return to the lodge for a delicious dinner |
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| Early Morning: | Have coffee or tea before we depart for our first full day Kruger Park safari. The guide will stop for breakfast at one of Kruger’s Rest Camps at around 9 am, before continuing on with the safari. |
| Midday: | The guide will stop for lunch at a Kruger Rest Camp, where there will be time to enjoy some curio shopping and lunch, before continuing on your safari before we make out way back towards the lodge |
| Late Afternoon: | Arrive at the lodge with enough daylight left to enjoy a swim, a walk, or a lazy afternoon in your air-conditioned room. You can also spend time uploading your safari photos, using the Wi-Fi, or you can have a cocktail by the pool. |
| Evening: | Dinner starts at 18:30 pm. Be sure to enjoy a glass of South African wine with your traditional African meal. |
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| Early Morning: | We start with a hearty full English breakfast at the lodge, before we climb into our air conditioned vehicle and head for the Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Today we will be visiting God’s Window, Blyde River Canyon, Lisbon Waterfalls, and Bourke’s Luck Potholes. |
| Midday: | The guide will stop for lunch at Graskop, a quaint and beautiful little town. While here you can enjoy some curio shopping and lunch, before continuing on your way back to Hazyview. |
| Late Afternoon: | Arrive at the lodge with enough daylight to enjoy a swim, a walk, a lazy nap in your air conditioned room. You can also indulge in a cocktail by the pool. |
| Evening: | Dinner starts at 18:30 pm. Make sure that you try a glass of wine with your traditional African meal. |
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| Early Morning: | Have a coffee or tea before we depart on an exciting Morning Safari. Your Guide will stop for breakfast at one of Kruger’s Rest Camps at around 9 am, before continuing on safari, as we make our way back towards the lodge. |
| Midday: | The guide will return to the lodge at around 11:30 pm, and you will have a light lunch. After that, you can spend your afternoon at leisure. |
| Late Afternoon: | Afternoon at Leisure. |
| Evening: | Dinner starts at 18:30 pm. Enjoy a glass of wine with your traditional African meal. |
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| Early Morning: | Have a coffee or tea before we depart on an exciting Morning Safari. Your Guide will stop for breakfast at one of Kruger’s Rest Camps at around 9 am, before continuing on safari, as we make our way back towards the lodge |
| Midday: | The guide will return to the lodge at around 11:30 am. Here we will meet the transfer vehicle for the journey back to Johannesburg. |
| Late Afternoon: | Drop off at OR Tambo International Airport or at a nearby local lodge. |
Kurt Safari uses two 4-star lodges in Hazyview, Umbhaba Eco Lodge and if fully booked then Sanbonani Resort Hotel, both are positioned within a convenient 15-minute drive to Phabeni Gate, the main gate of the Kruger National Park. Both lodges offer beautiful accommodation in tranquil gardens, with all the expected amenities. At Kurt Safari, our commitment to ensuring top-notch service extends across all our tours and safaris, promising our clients an experience of unparalleled high quality. Each room offers en-suite facilities, WI-FI, air-conditioning, and traditional meals, guaranteeing a secure and comfortable 4-star experience for our valued clients.
Departure & Return Location
06:30 am – 06:45 am – Clients will be collected from lodges within a 5 km radius of OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.
06:45 am – 07:00 am – Clients will be collected from the Shuttle and Bus Terminal at the OR Tambo International Airport. We depart at 7:15 am. Please see the Map below to see our pickup points.
Transport to the Airport is available via the modern Gautrain or Uber.
Clients can also fly directly into Skukuza Airport within the Kruger, or to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport where they will be collected by a Kurt Safari Guide at no additional cost.
(Lunch & Dinner Included)
Our guests will be collected from various lodges and hotels within a 5 km radius of the OR Tambo International Airport, between 6:30 am and 6:45 am, and then from the OR Tambo International Airport shuttle and bus Terminal between 6:45 and 7:00 am, we depart at 7:15 am.
Clients can fly directly into Skukuza in Kruger National Park, or they can fly to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, and be collected by a Kurt Safari Guide at no additional cost.
Please confirm your pickup details the day before the tour by sending an email to online@kurtsafari.com. Please note these are shared departures. We will travel directly to the lodge in Hazyview, arriving between 11:30 am and 12:00 pm.
Guests will have time to relax, unpack and enjoy a light lunch and after they have settled in, there will be enough time to enjoy a swim or walk around the beautiful lodge. There are various walking trails that you can explore.
We depart from the lodge at around 15:45 pm for a Sunset/ Night Safari. In the afternoon, the safari is illuminated by the golden hour, a time of day when the light is just perfect.
In winter, one gets to experience longer night drives than in summer when the sun sets later, however, every safari is special and different. Later in the afternoon, when the temperatures drop, wildlife starts moving around and your guide will try their best to help you see the best possible sightings, before returning to the lodge around 20:00 pm for a hearty dinner and a good night’s rest, preparing you for the following day’s full day safari in the Kruger National Park.
(Breakfast & Dinner Included; Lunch on your own account)
All safaris start before sunrise. This is the best time of the day to travel into the park as the heat of the day has not yet driven the wildlife to find shade. After a short drive, we enter the park gates and your guide will have an idea of the best areas to find the best wildlife, including the Big 5 and plains game. This is also the finest time of the day to see predators.
The lodge will arrange breakfast packs and your guide will stop after about 3 hours for a breakfast and bathroom break. This is also a chance to get a coffee. We will then continue with your safari. The Kruger Park offers a variety of eco zones and each one has a different diversity of wildlife. We visit rivers and watering holes as well as plains and Bushveld regions, all areas of the park known for some of the best wildlife viewing.
(Breakfast and Dinner Included; Lunch on your own account)
Today we visit Gods Window, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, Blyde River Canyon (the world’s 3rd largest canyon), Lisbon Waterfall, the 3 Rondavels and the town of Graskop.
We start with a delicious hot breakfast at the lodge, served at 7:30 am, and your guide will then meet you at 8 am in a closed, air-conditioned vehicle. The Panorama Route starts after a 45 min drive from Hazyview, and we climb almost 1000 meters up into the Northern Drakensburg Mountain range. Temperatures will vary a lot from Hazyview, so bring a jacket and comfortable walking shoes, as we will spend a lot of the day on foot.
We visit God’s Window, with its spectacular lookout point that appears as a window from the escarpment. Below is a 1 000 m drop and one you can see as far as the Kruger and beyond on a clear day. Your comfortable walking shoes will be needed at this point, as the various lookout points have paths and trails that you will need to walk in order to get to the viewing sights. To get to the top it takes the average person around 15 to 20 minutes, but it is worth the walk through a natural rainforest environment.
Bourke’s Luck Potholes is a stunning natural rock formation, created by water erosion over hundreds of years. The Bourke’s Luck Potholes have round carvings and holes of different sizes, formed in the Treur River and Blyde River confluence, in the red sandstone. Your guide will brief you on all the history of the region and guests can use the small footbridges and walk over the chasms, looking down at the water flowing through the cracks and holes below. Several small but beautiful waterfalls litter the area. We spend about 1 hour here and in total, you can expect to walk a refreshing 1km.
The Blyde River Canyon is the 3rd largest canyon in the world. It is over 40km long and is as deep as 1 200m at certain points. The canyon contains a vast amount of plant life, with rivers and dams making up the floor of the canyon. At a certain lookout point above the canyon, guests get to see another beauty of the Panorama Tour, the 3 Rondavels. The Rondavels get their name from their appearance, which is similar to a traditional hut commonly built in Africa called a Rondavel. These 3 outcrops stand prominently from the landscape.
The tour will also visit the Lisbon Waterfalls, a beautiful waterfall that has a strong flow of water all throughout the year. We will stop in the town of Graskop, famous for its great Pancakes, where will have lunch and explore the small shops. Guests will have time to enjoy a stroll through the town.
We arrive back at the lodge between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm after a great day out. Here guests can enjoy a drink, a swim and have dinner, before getting ready for an early start to an exciting morning safari in Kruger.
(Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Included.)
We always depart for our morning safaris before sunrise as this is the best time of day for viewing wildlife such as predators, who are mostly active during the early hours of the day. Your guide will focus on finding animals and exploring regions not yet seen or covered. Since the Kruger National Park has 148 mammal species and over 500 bird species so there is always something new to see. No safari is ever the same.
The Kruger has a huge network of roads to choose from and our guides will safari in different areas of the park in the different seasons, giving clients the maximum opportunity to see more sightings and enjoy the beautiful wilderness and vegetation.
We will return to the lodge at around 11 am and today we have an afternoon of leisure. You can swim, enjoy a walk around the lodges, try our local beers or just enjoy our great African weather. A light lunch and tasty dinner will be served at the lodge.
(Breakfast Included, Lunch on own account)
Today we have the last safari of your trip and we will spend it slowly, just enjoying the bush and keeping a lookout for that elusive leopard. Our guides have years of knowledge and experience and they will go out of their way to ensure your safari is memorable, especially on this last day, as we try to see as much as we can before you leave.
After a quick breakfast and coffee stop, we will continue with the safari, returning to the lodge at around 12 pm. Here you can say goodbye to your guide and freshen up before the journey back to Johannesburg. Clients are collected by the shuttle at around 12:30 pm, and you will return to Johannesburg’s OR Tambo shuttle terminal or a lodge within a 5 km radius of the airport, arriving between 17:00 pm and 18:00 pm
NB: Clients who are flying out of OR Tambo International Airport on the last day of the safari should please not book their flight any earlier than 20:00 pm for Domestic Flights and 21:00 pm for International Flights.
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Kurt Safari uses two 4-star lodges in Hazyview, Umbhaba Eco Lodge and if fully booked then Sanbonani Resort Hotel, both are positioned within a convenient 15-minute drive to Phabeni Gate, the main gate of the Kruger National Park. Both lodges offer beautiful accommodation in tranquil gardens, with all the expected amenities. At Kurt Safari, our commitment to ensuring top-notch service extends across all our tours and safaris, promising our clients an experience of unparalleled high quality. Each room offers en-suite facilities, WI-FI, air-conditioning, and traditional meals, guaranteeing a secure and comfortable 4-star experience for our valued clients.
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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.
