Kruger National Park Rest Camps
Discover Their Comforts

Kruger National Park rest camps offer a range of comforts and facilities. Check our notes below and find the camp most suited to you.

Rest camps are little communities within Kruger National Park. They're where you stay overnight and where you use facilities during the day.

There are electric game fences around rest camps. Sleep peacefully at night knowing that you won't be eaten by stray lions! Some animals come close to the game fences. Don't try to touch or feed them!

Kruger National Park rest camps: Orpen cottageThe biggest Kruger National Park rest camp is Skukuza and there are rustic rest camps with no electricity like Balule.

Baboons, monkeys, squirrels and small antelope like bushbuck are inside some fenced Kruger camps. Don't feed them! They need to find their own food so they don't get lazy and rely on people. Keep an eye out for agama and monitor lizards too.

Fenced Kruger camps: bushbuck, Letaba Rest Camp, Kruger National Park


When you're cooking at a rest camp, don't ever leave your food unattended. It won't take long for a little monkey to get interested in your food. And make sure you put your rubbish in the baboon proof bins when you've finished cooking.

Many kitchens are outside on the verandah of your accommodation. Turn your fridge door into a corner so it can't be opened by prying baboon fingers!

All Kruger National Park rest camps fall into one of these categories:

Rest Camp Type Notes
Main camp Most have general stores, restaurants and petrol stations. Open to all visitors during the day.
Satellite camp No general stores, restaurants, swimming pools nor petrol stations, but close to a main camp. Open to all visitors during the day.
Bushveld camp No general stores, restaurants, swimming pools nor petrol stations. Open to all visitors during the day.
Bush lodge Can only be booked by a single party. No general stores, restaurants, swimming pools nor petrol stations. Open to residents only.


Rest camps offer a range of accommodation and services.

Services available at each camp are:

Rest Camp Type Rest Camp Name Petrol Public Toilets Public BBQs Restaurant General Store Pool Other
Main camp Berg-En-Dal √ √ √ √ √ Camp residents only Conference centre
Main camp Crocodile Bridge √ √ √ Take away only √
Main camp Letaba √ √ √ √ √ ATM, conference centre
Main camp Lower Sabie √ √ √ √ √ Camp residents only
Main camp Mopani √ √ √ √ √ Camp residents only
Main camp Olifants √ √ √ √ √
Main camp Orpen √ √ √ Take away only √ Camp residents only
Main camp Pretoriuskop √ √ √ √ √ Camp residents only
Main camp Punda Maria √ √ √ √ √
Main camp Satara √ √ √ √ √ Camp residents only
Main camp Shingwedzi √ √ √ √ √ Camp residents only Conference centre
Main camp Skukuza √ √ √ √ √ √ Bank, ATM, conference centre
Satellite camp Balule √ √
Satellite camp Malelane √ √
Satellite camp Maroela √ √
Satellite camp Tamboti √ √
Bushveld camp Bateleur √ √ Conference centre
Bushveld camp Biyamiti √ √
Bushveld camp Shimuwini √ √
Bushveld camp Sirheni √ √
Bushveld camp Talamati √ √
Bushveld camp Tsendze √ √
Bush lodge Boulders
Bush lodge Roodewal


Gates to rest camps have variable opening hours depending on the season. They open between 4:30-6:00am and close between 5:30-6:30pm.

Anyone can visit the Kruger National Park rest camps (except the bush lodges) during the day.

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