Kruger National Park
Mpumalanga, South Africa
Kruger is the one great African park you can visit on your own terms: a public road network, entrance fees paid at the…
174 tickets & tours
Country
Best national parks in South Africa
10 national parks in South Africa, ranked by why it makes the list from the catalogue data. Each page tells you what to see, which tour or ticket to book and when to go.
| # | Park | Country | Why it makes the list |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | South Africa | Self-drive or guided, the south for density of game, the north for solitude. |
| 2 | Sabi Sand Game Reserve | South Africa | The best leopard viewing in Africa, at luxury-lodge prices. |
| 3 | Addo Elephant National Park | South Africa | Six hundred elephants, malaria-free, at the end of the Garden Route. |
| 4 | Cape Point Nature Reserve | South Africa | The Cape of Good Hope, cliffs, fynbos and ocean on a day out from Cape Town. |
| 5 | Pilanesberg National Park | South Africa | Big Five in an ancient volcanic crater, two and a half hours from Johannesburg. |
| 6 | Madikwe Game Reserve | South Africa | Wild dogs and excellent lodges on the Botswana border, malaria-free. |
| 7 | Tsitsikamma National Park | South Africa | Suspension bridges over the Storms River mouth and the Otter Trail. |
| 8 | Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve | South Africa | The Three Rondavels and God's Window on the Panorama Route. |
| 9 | West Coast National Park | South Africa | Langebaan lagoon and carpets of wild flowers in August and September. |
| 10 | Giant’s Castle Game Reserve | South Africa | Drakensberg cliffs, San rock art and a bearded vulture hide. |
Sabi Sand Game Reserve
Mpumalanga, South Africa
The Sabi Sand is a block of privately owned game reserves on the south-western border of the Kruger National Park, in…
No online ticket
Addo Elephant National Park
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Addo is the easiest big-game park in South Africa to add to a Garden Route trip, forty minutes from Gqeberha, the city…
55 tickets & tours
Cape Point Nature Reserve
Western Cape, South Africa
Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope form the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula, the mountainous finger of land that…
154 tickets & tours
Pilanesberg National Park
North West, South Africa
Pilanesberg is the Big Five park closest to Johannesburg and Pretoria, two and a half hours by road, malaria-free and…
54 tickets & tours
Madikwe Game Reserve
North West, South Africa
Madikwe is a large big-game reserve in the North West province of South Africa, on the border of Botswana, some…
1 ticket or tour
Tsitsikamma National Park
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Tsitsikamma is the wild stretch of coast and forest at the eastern end of South Africa's Garden Route, between…
3 tickets & tours
Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve
Mpumalanga, South Africa
The Blyde River Canyon, officially renamed Motlatse, lies on the edge of the Drakensberg escarpment in Mpumalanga,…
6 tickets & tours
West Coast National Park
Western Cape, South Africa
The West Coast National Park lies on the Atlantic coast of South Africa about a hundred and twenty kilometres north of…
3 tickets & tours
Giant’s Castle Game Reserve
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Giant's Castle lies in the central Drakensberg, the great basalt escarpment that forms the border between the…
No online ticket