Raasie is taking longer than usual to drop the team news for this weekend, so we thought we’d pass the time by putting our own Kruger team together.
Quite a strong team but we’re still not sure that they’d compete against The Boks!!! 🇿🇦
Roll on the weekend!!!
We’re planning a self-drive trip in South Africa with about 10 days in Kruger National Park, plus the drive up from Johannesburg/Pretoria.
We’re looking at renting something like a Toyota Urban Cruiser.
The part I’m struggling with is the rental-company terms around gravel roads and damage cover.
For example, Woodford looks good on price and has a Tyre & Glass waiver, but their terms seem to exclude or limit certain types of damage such as pothole, gravel-road, undercarriage, rim, etc.
So I’d love to hear from people who have actually rented a car for Kruger recently:
Which rental company did you use? Any you would recommend or avoid?
Were official Kruger gravel roads explicitly allowed?
Did you take tyre/glass cover?
Were rims and undercarriage covered or excluded?
Are the official open gravel roads in Kruger generally allowed for rental cars?
Thank you for a great community, can’t wait to spot a Cheetah
I spent a few days in Olifants West Nature Reserve, Greater Kruger in June and what i would give for another sunset safari with this amazing sundowner stop. The city is noisy, give me the bush!
(Photo is my own, no filters used)
21 July near Shitlave dam in the way to Pretoriuskop camp.(
Hello!
My wife and I will self-drive through the Kruger National Park and would like to plan as much in advance in order to understand as best as we can how to optimisse our limited time.
What are the most relevant freely-available resources for this planning? Something which will mention where and when is best to see each species of animal and give important tips and tricks.
Thank you so much.
We will be staying at Lower Sabie, Satara, Olifants and Skukuza in October 2026. I'd like to do one morning bush walk and maybe one night drive from the camps and self-drive the rest of the time. Is there a more likely chance at any of these camps to see giraffes on the morning bush walk? Or can anyone recommend where the best bush walks would be? Or best night drive?