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Game Viewing in Mpumalanga -
The Wildlife Experience
Of the hundreds of activities that South
Africa has on offer, probably the most popular activity on offer is Game Viewing in
the wildlife rich National Parks and Private Game reserves in Mpumalanga. Game viewing
in any one of the many game
reserves in Mpumalanga provides an opportunity to see wild life in all their beauty in
their natural habitat. On a self-drive expedition, with a guide, on horseback, on elephant
back - whatever your preference, you’re assured of a memorable game viewing
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Probably the most well known game viewing
location in South Africa is the Kruger
National Park. Home to South Africa’s Big 5, the Kruger National Park an
incredible self-drive route through the open veld where you’ll see countless
variations of buck, zebra’s, giraffe and many others. Self-driven game viewing trips
offer the benefits of being able to determine the pace of you journey, however without a
guide who knows the area well, you might miss out on seeing something special.
The Kruger National Parks game viewing isn’t limited only to self-drive expeditions.
The park has been very well developed to cater for many different preferences. Guided
groups will be taken out into the bushveld, where you’ll camp overnight and
experience the bushveld at night with all its fascinating sounds and sights.
The private game reserves of Mpumalanga are one of the best destinations for anyone
seeking an exceptional wildlife safari. The private game reserves lie along the western
border of the Kruger National Park and recently, much of the fencing that once separated
these reserves from Kruger have come down, allowing the animals to roam freely between the
private Game Reserves and the Kruger Park. Although the game in both the Kruger Park and
the neighbouring reserves is essentially the same, there are differences in the overall
game viewing experience. In the Kruger Park only closed vehicles are permitted and
off-road driving is forbidden.
Night drives in Kruger may only be conducted by park rangers in large park vehicles. In
the Private Game Reserves, day and night game drives are conducted in open vehicles. The
biggest advantage of the open safari vehicles is that you get a better view and also a
much better feel for the bush than in a closed vehicle. At camps in the private reserves,
the driver and tracker who accompany you on excursions are expert rangers and they are in
contact with the other vehicles on game drives, greatly increasing your chances of finding
the wildlife that you most want to see (including the 'Big 5'). Vehicles in the private
game reserves may also leave the road to follow animals into the bush and provide much
better opportunities to witness animal behaviour and interactions. Night drives in the
private game reserves are also exceptionally good opportunities to spot game not usually
seen during the day.
One of the hardest animals to spot when you’re game viewing in
South Africa, is the leopard. Because of its reclusive nature - spending most of the day in
the trees out of sight - game viewing trips don’t often get to see this incredible
animal. However the game viewing parks in Mpumalanga offer some of the highest
concentrations of leopard per square kilometer in South Africa. A day or night spent in
most of the game reserves in Mpumalanga is bound to include a number of leopard sightings
- definitely worth the trip.
Game viewing in Mpumalanga offers more diversity of wildlife and more excitement than any
other country in the world - make sure you don’t miss the experience. |
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· Badplaas · Barberton · Belfast · Bethal · Carolina · Dullstroom · Ermelo · Graskop · Groblersdal
· Hazyview · Kiepersol Bordering Kruger · Kruger Park · Within Kruger Park · Komatipoort · Lüneburg
· Lydenburg · Machadodorp · Malelane · Marble Hall · Marloth Park · Middelburg · Nelspruit · Ohrigstad
· Piet Retief · Pilgrims Rest · Sabie · Sabi Sand Game Reserve · Schoemanskloof · Skukuza · Standerton
· Thornybush · Wakkerstroom · Waterval Boven · White River · Witbank |
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