Kruger Park Private Game Reserves
Luxury Lodges In The Wild

There are two types of Kruger Park private game reserves. One is the luxury concessions within Kruger National Park itself and the other is the private lodges which adjoin the park. Let's explore each type...

Luxury Concessions

The Kruger National Park concessions are pockets of land in the park granted to private organisations which run 5 star luxury safari lodges on them. They are the places to stay at if you're celebrating a really special occasion or spoiling yourself on a well deserved break. You can even have your wedding and honeymoon there!

Kruger Park private: wildebeestThe private concessions run their own game drives and cater for all your meals in luxury surroundings. Many of them can also arrange to pick you up from the airport if you're on a Kruger Park fly-in safari.

The concessions are scattered all over the park, but there are more in the southern region.

You can only go into a concession if you're staying there. This means they won't be crowded with tourists at morning tea and lunchtimes ;-).

Private Concessions in Kruger National Park:

Private Concessions Lodges Park Region
Jock Safari Lodge Jock Safari Lodge
Little Jock		 Southern
Lukimbi Safari Lodge Lukimbi Safari Lodge Southern
Rhino Walking Safaris Plains Camp
Rhino Post Safari Lodge		 Southern
Shishangeni Private Lodge Camp Shawu
Camp Shonga
Shishangeni Private Lodge		 Southern
Singita Lebombo Private Game Lodge Singita Lebombo Lodge
Singita Sweni Lodge		 Southern
Tinga Private Game Lodge Tinga Legends Lodge
Tinga Narina Lodge		 Southern
Imbali Safari Lodges Hamilton's Tented Camp
Hoyo Hoyo Tsonga Lodge
Imbali Safari Lodge		 Central
Pafuri Camp Pafuri Camp Northern


Private Lodges

The private lodges are in private game reserves outside Kruger National Park, but many of them share a border with Kruger. In fact, some of them don't even have a fence separating them. They just merge into one giant park and the animals wander between them. Sometimes this entire region is referred to as the Greater Kruger National Park area.

The private lodges are luxury lodges too. Here are some of the most popular ones:

  • Grand Kruger Lodge
  • Honeyguide Tented Safari Camps
  • Kings Camp Private Game Reserve
  • Klaserie Private Nature Reserve
  • Lion Sands Private Game Reserve
  • Needles Lodge
  • Ngala Private Game Reserve
  • Sabi Sand Reserve
  • Thornybush Game Reserve
  • Timbavati Private Nature Reserve
  • Tremisana Game Lodge


The Kruger Park private lodges and concessions will certainly cost you a lot more than staying in the government run rest camps within Kruger National Park itself. If your safari is all about choosing luxury accommodation, go for a private game reserve. There are plenty of them to choose from!

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