The 5 day Kruger Park safari allows you to enjoy a tour to Kruger National Park. This is in an open safari vehicle. This South African safari goes to Kruger National Park, one of the world’s leading nature reserve. The Park boasts of Africa’s Big 5 and many more species. These include mammals, reptiles and birds.

About 5-day Kruger Park Safari

5 day Kruger Park safari gives you a great chance on encountering lion, elephant, leopard, and buffalo. On this African safari in South Africa most clients leave having encountered the Big 5.

There are many zebra, giraffe, hippos, and other species that your ranger will teach you all about. On this 5-day Kruger Park safari, we make use of private accommodation venues just outside the main gates. This is to ensure availability and top-class quality service.

Pick up for the 5 day Kruger Park safari is from any hotel in and around Johannesburg. We also pick from Sandton Hotels or at O.R. Tambo International Airport or Shuttle Terminal. The pick-up time is between 6.30 am – 8.30 am and depends on the day. The pickup time is normally confirmed before the departure date.

Alternatively, for the clients interested in flying into Kruger, there is the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP). This is just a 40 min drive from the preferred Hazyview Lodges.

About 5-day Kruger Park Safari Highlights

This 5-day Kruger Park safari highlights focuses on wildlife with game drives in Kruger National Park in South Africa.

• Great African wildlife game drives
• Beautiful Scenery, topography and landscape
• Nature walk
• Big Five Tracking
• Panorama Route

You will come into contact with many wildlife animals roaming in abundance. the view on the Panorama route are also amazing. Your 5-day Kruger Park safari safari tour starts and ends in Johannesburg.

5 Days Kruger Safari Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Johannesburg – Kruger National Park

Meet and greet in time for the 5-day Kruger Park Safari will be at your hotel in Johannesburg. This can also be done upon your arrival at the O. R. Tambo International Airport.

After briefing on the 5 day Kruger Park Safari, we will hit the road and off to Hazyview we go. Upon arrival check into Gecko lodge or Numbi hotel – or any other 3-star lodges near Kruger National Park. This is going to be your home away from home for the nest 4 nights.

You are only 15 min drive from Phabeni or Numbi gate of the Kruger National Park. You will have time to unpack and relax before the evening game drive.

The Evening game drive starts at 4.00 pm. This will be an exhilarating game drive that proceeds into a night drive. You will return to your lodge at 8:30 pm for dinner and overnight. You are booked in on half board basis that includes breakfast and dinner.

Day 2: Kruger National Park

Your 5-day Kruger Park Safari starts very early. You will depart to the Kruger National Park before sunrise in specially fitted open vehicles. Today you enter through the Kruger Gate into one of the best wildlife areas of the KNP.

You will spend the day on 5 day Kruger Park Safari with your ranger and we will visit various water holes, look out points & rivers.

You will stop for a pre-packed breakfast at a local rest camp. Continue with your safari looking for the mighty Big 5. You should be on the lookout for over 100 mammal & 500 bird species. The ranger will ensure the very best of African safari experience.

Your guide will stop at a local rest camp for lunch on own account where there is a great menu, then we continue with our safari. This is before you return to the lodge late afternoon (around 4 pm) after a great day on this 5-day Kruger Park Safari.

You can then relax and even jump into the swimming pool before we have dinner at the lodge. But be sure to get in bed early, as you will have to get up early as well for another great safari the next day.

Day 3: Kruger National Park

Another day on 5-day Kruger Park Safari of game drive in Kruger National Park. You will have to get up before the sun has risen to depart on another game drive. Expect to experience another gorgeous sunrise again.

The safari today targets a different area of the KNP than the day before. The focus on this day will be finding different wildlife that might have alluded you the day before.

You will visit various water holes, look out points, rivers, and have our pre-packed breakfasts at a local picnic venue. After that, we will visit bird hides and look for the mighty Big 5 again.

Where we stop for breakfast and lunch – as the day before – depends on the guide’s choice and the direction he chooses to take in the KNP on the day. You will return to the lodge at around 4 pm for a swim, relax and catch up on the last few days of pictures and experiences. You will have dinner and get to bed before the next day’s activities.

Day 4: Full Day Panorama tour.

Today your 5-day Kruger Park Safari starts slightly later. After a hearty hot breakfast at the lodge, you will make your way in an air-conditioned closed vehicle towards the Picturesque Mpumalanga Highveld.

Your 5-day Kruger Park Safari will visit the world’s third largest canyon – the Blyde River Canyon. Other places of interest today include the Three Rondavels and a small town called Graskop. It is here where you will have lunch and do some souvenir shopping.

Later you will visit Bourke’s Luck Potholes, found in the Blade River and surrounding water falls like Lisbon and Mac Mac falls. Today on 5-day Kruger Park Safari is meant to be a relaxed day.

You will return in the afternoon for some leisure time, a swim, and time to rest after the past few exciting days. We have dinner and get to bed

Day 5: Morning Safari and transfer back to Johannesburg.

This is the last day on 5-day Kruger Park Safari and, we give you the final African wildlife game drive on 5-day Kruger Park Safari. You will depart on another game drive into the Kruger National Park. This will be a shorter 4-hour safari, yet it will be within the best possible area in KNP.

The game drive is meant to look for anything that we may have not seen in the previous game drives. Later, you will depart for Johannesburg.

Drop off will be at your hotel in Johannesburg or Sandton Hotel. For those departing with the evening flight, we can drop you at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in time for your departure flight.

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5 day Kruger Park Safari Costs:

What is included in the 5 day Kruger Park Safari Tour Cost?

• 1 Night Safari
• 2 Full-day open vehicle safaris in the Kruger National Park. Starting at 5:30 am to 4 pm, covering large area in the southern KNP which is famous for abundant wildlife. Most operators do short 3-hour drives, but Kurt Safari spends all day in the Kruger, covering larger areas to ensure better wildlife sightings.
• 1 Half-day morning safari in open vehicles, from 5:30 to 9 am.
• Transfers to & from Johannesburg O.R. Tambo Airport.
• 4 Nights’ Accommodation in a Hazyview Lodge.
• 4 Breakfasts & 4 Dinners – as per itinerary.
• Professional & qualified guides.
• 3 Conservation & entry fees.
• Mineral waters on all drives.

5 day Kruger Park Safari Tour Price excludes:

• Visa
• Items of personal use
• Deviation from the above program
• Drinks and beverages
• Tips and porterage

What to Carry on the 5 day Kruger Park Safari Tour

• Sun glasses
• Light and some few heavy clothing
• Sun screen
• Insect repellant
• Hat
• Comfortable shoes

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5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour Destination

5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour takes you to a place that encapsulates the essence of African beauty and diverse wildlife. The Kruger National Park is an area for the adventurer. Kruger Park Safaris offers a unique range of safaris, activities and tours to make your wildlife experience nothing short of incredible. View all our Kruger National Park Packages and Prices.

The Kruger National Park is one of the biggest National Parks in Africa. It is situated at the North-Eastern tip of South Africa and spans over the Mpumalanga and Limpopo province.

The Kruger National Park is the flagship of South Africa’s national parks and rated as the ultimate safari experience. By far the largest game reserve in South Africa, it is larger than Israel – nearly 2 million hectares of land that stretch for 352 kilometers (20 000 square kilometers) from north to south along the Mozambique border.

Many of the surrounding private reserves have removed their fences, allowing wildlife to roam freely between reserves. This has created a wildlife area like no other, as its beauty soaks itself into anyone who visits this diverse place.

It is considered to give you an almost indescribable wildlife experience.  Certainly, it ranks as one of the best in Africa. Safaris in the Greater Kruger Park offers a unique range of luxury game lodges, safaris, activities and tours to make your wildlife experience nothing short of incredible.

What to See on 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour

In terms of wildlife, Kruger National Park is one of the world’s greatest national parks. The diversity, density and sheer numbers of animals are almost unparalleled, and all of Africa’s iconic safari species live out their dramatic days here, along with a supporting cast of 137 other mammals and over 500 varieties of birds.

The only way you can experience the magnificence of the Kruger Park is to come and experience it for yourself. The best time for wildlife viewing in Kruger Park is during the dry months of June to September when the vegetation is less thick.

August to September is a recommended time as temperatures are higher than in mid-winter and the animals are concentrated around water sources, making for excellent game viewing.

Sections of Interest when on the 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour

Southern Kruger Park

Southern Kruger is bound by the Crocodile River in the south and Sabie River in the north. The bushveld is lush and there are many permanent water sources, which means the southern area has one of the highest concentrations of animals in the Park.

On the 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour here you’ll see excellent sightings of the Big 5 in the southern zone with guaranteed sightings of lion, rhino and large herds of elephant and buffalo in the triangle of Pretoriuskop, Lower Sabie and Pretoriuskop.

There are fewer lions in the southern region as they tend to follow the large herds of antelope that favour the central region.

Central Kruger Park

Central Kruger Park is the largest area of the national park and makes up 30 percent of the surface area. It lies between Sabie River and Olifants River. This stretch of bushveld gets higher rainfall which means sweeter grass for grazing and a plenty of browsing trees. This in turn attracts an abundance of antelope as well as giraffe, zebra and wildebeest.

With a plenty to eat, central Kruger is also known as the ‘Big Cat Capital of Kruger’ and is worth a visit on the 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour.

This eco-zone supports nearly half of the Park’s lion population as well as strong numbers of leopard, hyena and cheetah. It’s estimated that there are at least 60 individual prides of lion in central Kruger.

Northern Kruger Park

Northern Kruger is vastly different from southern and central Kruger Park and attracts a different set of wildlife and nature lovers. It’s receives very little annual rainfall and is semi-arid and stark. It has its own appeal though, with vast barren landscapes dotted with shrub mopane.

A redeeming feature of northern Kruger is five major rivers forge a path across the valley, the two notable rivers being Olifants and Letaba. These permanent water sources create a tapestry of lush riverine forests and attract animals to their fertile river banks.

Game viewing on 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour along the river banks is fantastic and you’ll likely to see leopard in the massive sycamore fig, tamboti and apple leaf trees that line the banks.

Far North Kruger Park

Far North Kruger is remote and far to reach so it’s one of the quietest sections of the Park and popular among avid nature lovers for its pristine, untouched wilderness when on 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour. It’s also the “Birding Capital of South Africa”, if not the whole of southern Africa.

This outstanding eco-zone centres on Punda Maria Rest Camp and Pafuri Camp, and extends to the far reaches of Kruger Park to its neighbors Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The concentration of animals is lower than anywhere else in Kruger Park but its reputation for outstanding birding makes up for it in spades.

Activities on the 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour

Game Drives

While on the 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour you can rest your feet while going deeper and farther than you ever thought possible for up-close game encounters. The game drives leave just before sunrise, ensuring that you get to see the entire bush wake up. The feeling of excitement and being at one with nature is indescribable.

Night Safaris

As the sun sets over the horizon, the African bush is awash with colors and sounds. The evening dawns and the nocturnal animals come out from their sleeping spots. Night time is when new adventures are to be had while on the 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour.

Photographic Safaris

Booking a specialized photographic safari allows you the opportunity to concentrate on photographing the animals on your 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour. You will be comfortable in the knowledge that the other guests around you are as keen to capture the perfect shot as you are.

Yoga

What better place to find peace, tranquility, and harmony than in the center of nature.  Experience the essence of nature’s living magnificence around you on the 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour as you embark on a yoga ritual surrounded by African plains and gentle calls of the wild.

Boma Dinners

Boma dinners take campfire dining to a whole new level of extravagance.  With stylishly presented dining tables encircling a roaring fire, the mysteries and tales of Africa come alive in this romantic setting as you enjoy this 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour.

Bush Dinners and Breakfast

A luxury safari undoubtedly needs to be paired with world-class wining and dining.  High-teas while gazing onto endless wild plains and dinners under a glittering African sky lit up with galaxies of stars are what dreams are made of.

Wine Tasting

 A 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour doesn’t only involve savoring every moment in nature, but also savouring every moment of life’s little luxuries, including outstanding wine.  Boma dining, campfires and nights under bright galaxies just wouldn’t be the same without a glass of vino in hand to celebrate your experience.

Where to Sleep on the 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour

The choice of places to stay when on the 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour is endless and if you’ve got Dollars and Pounds in your pocket, on the South African exchange rate, they’re incredibly affordable.

The bulk of accommodation in Kruger Park is budget-friendly, self-catering camps that are managed by SANParks.

For an exclusive 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour experience comparable with what you’d get in Greater Kruger and world-renowned safari destinations in the rest of Africa. You have the option of booking a luxury suite at a 5-star safari lodge on one of the private concessions in Kruger Park.

Berg-en-Dal Rest Camp – Southern Kruger

Berg-en-Dal is one of the most accessible rest camps when on the 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour in southern Kruger. It is situated in a gorgeous setting, tucked away in a grove of riverine trees on the banks of the Majulu River in a rugged mountainous environment. It’s very popular and can be booked up to a year in advance.

Opened in 1984, Berg-en-Dal is one of the ‘newest’ camps in Kruger Park and offers visitors on 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour a choice of modern yet charming self-catering accommodation. The rest camp also has a well-maintained camp site and a popular picnic and barbeque site for day visitors.

Satara Rest Camp – Central Kruger

Satara Rest Camp is located in the central section in the heart of the “Big Cat Capital of Kruger”. The bushveld has sweet grazing and plenty of browsing trees which attracts large numbers of antelope and plains game. In their wake, follow lions and cheetah as well as hyenas and wild dogs.

Satara is the second biggest camp in Kruger and the most popular for those on 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour in central Kruger. It’s often booked for up to a year in advance. It has a rustic charm and retains much of its Kruger heritage. The bulk of the accommodation is set out in a series of circles and comprises self-catering bungalows and traditional Kruger rondavels.

Olifants Rest Camp – Northern Kruger

Olifants Rest Camp is located in the ‘Big Tuskers Capital of Kruger’ and is as popular for its incredible location and panoramic views as it is for its great game viewing.

It sits perched on an escarpment overlooking the Olifants River and Lebombo Mountain in the distance. On a clear day, you can look out across the savanna plains to the hills of Mozambique.

When the river is full, the sound of the crashing water carries up to the rest camp and you can spend hours on the terrace gazing out and looking for animals with your binoculars.

5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour game drives from Olifants are spectacular as you have the choice of a number of rivers to explore. It’s paradise for photographers and birders.

Camp Shawu

With authentic buffalo dung walls and rustic finishes, Camp Shawu promises guests on 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour a real ‘Out of Africa’ experience.

Private decks overlook the Mpanamana Dam and beautiful bushveld surrounds. Camp Shawu is the sister camp of Camp Shonga on a 15 000-hectare private concession.

Camp Shonga

Camp Shonga is a small intimate bush retreat built in the foothills of the Lebombo Mountains, offering 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour guests views over the African bushveld as far as the eye can see.

Camp Shonga shares the same ethos as Camp Shawu but with the added emphasis of guests’ participation in select environmental awareness programmes.

Hamiltons Tented Camp

Hamiltons Tented Camp offers guests on 5 Day Kruger Park Safari Tour an authentic safari experience coupled with pure luxury and indulgence. There are 6 superb canvas tents at Hamiltons Tented Camp which lie nested in a grove of ancient Jackalberry trees on the banks of a seasonal river.