Skukuza Rest Camp, Kruger National ParkSkukuza is the biggest rest camp in Kruger National Park. It has everything you'd find in a small village:
The general store is the largest one in Kruger National Park and sells lots of souvenirs. The administrative offices for the park are at this rest camp too. Plus there's the Stevenson-Hamilton Memorial Library (James Stevenson-Hamilton was the first warden of Kruger National Park) and a museum.There's even an outdoor movie place showing nature films every evening except Sundays. There's an Avis car rental office, so you can rent a vehicle there if you don't have one when you arrive.
If you're a keen golfer, there's a 9 hole golf course on the outskirts of the rest camp. It must be the only golf course of it's kind in the world! The course is unfenced, so expect the stray hippo, impala, warthog or baboon to be watching you, to name just a few! The rest camp is on the banks of the Sabie River. If you're a day visitor, it's a good spot to see the river and some animals. Elephants and hippos often go there. Walking around the rest camp is also interesting. You can see smaller animals like agama lizards. Plus green pigeons like to sit in the trees near the walkway to the take-away shop.
There's a picnic area for day visitors also 4km (2.5 miles) outside the rest camp. There are BBQs there that you can use. If you want to make a splash, there's a swimming pool there too ;-) The closest park entrance gate to the rest camp is Paul Kruger Gate. It's 12km (7.5 miles) away. Allow about half an hour to travel on the road from the gate to the rest camp. If there's a place that could be called "downtown" in Kruger, Skukuza Rest Camp is it! |
There are a couple of restaurants, including the Selati Station Grillhouse. This restaurant is set around the original Selati Express train which brought the first tourists to Kruger National Park way back in the 1920s. Enjoy fine dining and soak up some 