Kruger National Park Gates
Entry To The Game Reserve

There is not one, but eleven Kruger National Park gates. You must enter the park through one of them. Most of the gates are in the south-west of the park because this is the direction that most people are travelling from to get to the game reserve.

Which is the best Kruger National Park entrance gate for the camp you're visiting? Look at the map below. All the park gates and rest camps are marked on it.

The park is 350km (218 miles) in length and up to 80km (50 miles) in width.

Kruger National Park Map

If you know which rest camp you're visiting first, see which gate is the closest:

Rest Camp Gate
Balule Phalaborwa or Giriyondo
Bateleur Punda Maria or Giriyondo
Berg-En-Dal Malelane
Biyamiti Malelane or Crocodile Bridge
Boulders Phalaborwa or Giriyondo
Crocodile Bridge Crocodile Bridge
Letaba Phalaborwa or Giriyondo
Lower Sabie Crocodile Bridge or Paul Kruger
Malelane Malelane
Maroela Orpen
Mopani Phalaborwa or Giriyondo
Olifants Phalaborwa or Giriyondo
Orpen Orpen
Pretoriuskop Numbi
Punda Maria Punda Maria
Roodewal Orpen, Phalaborwa or Giriyondo
Satara Orpen
Shimuwini Phalaborwa or Giriyondo
Shingwedzi Punda Maria or Giriyondo
Sirheni Punda Maria
Skukuza Paul Kruger or Phabeni
Talamati Orpen
Tamboti Orpen
Tsendze Phalaborwa or Giriyondo


When you arrive at one of the Kruger Park gates, you must pay the game reserve entrance fee. The gates open at variable times depending on the season.

If you enter via the Giriyondo and Pafuri Border gates, you will have come from the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique which adjoins Kruger National Park.

Each of the gates has its own design. Here is the Orpen gate:

Kruger National Park gates: Orpen Gate


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