What is Kruger National Park?
Kruger National Park, in northeastern South Africa, is one of Africa’s largest game reserves. Its high density of wild animals includes the Big 5: lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, and buffalos.
Hundreds of other mammals make their home here, as do diverse bird species such as vultures, eagles, and storks. Mountains, bush plains, and tropical forests are all part of the landscape.
How Many Kruger National Parks Are In South Africa?
The Big Five Game Reserve known as the Kruger National Park is South Africa’s largest and second oldest safari park, spanning over 19 455 square kilometres across both the Limpopo and the Mpumalanga provinces.
How Big is Kruger National Park?
The Kruger National Park spans across two of South Africa’s 9 provinces, the Limpopo and the Mpumalanga provinces. Kruger National Park covers over 19 455 km2 and is 350 kilometres (217 miles) long from north to south and 60 kilometres (37.2 miles) wide from east to west.
What is the 3 biggest national park in South Africa?
Addo Elephant National Park
The third-largest protected area in South Africa, Addo Elephant National Park was expanded to include St. Croix and Bird Island and is also the only place in the world where you can see “Africa’s big seven” — the big five plus the whale and great white shark — in their natural habitats.
In which province is the Kruger National Park?
Kruger National Park is the largest national park in South Africa. It is located in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, west of the Lebombo Mountains on the Mozambique border.
What country is next to Kruger National Park?
The Kruger National Park lies across the provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo in the north of South Africa, just south of Zimbabwe and west of Mozambique.
How many lions are in Kruger National Park?
1,500 lion
For those interested in viewing the “Big Five, the Kruger National Park has an estimated 1,500 lion, 12,000 elephant, 2,500 buffalo, 1,000 leopards and 5,000 rhino (black and white).