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Accommodation Types - Kruger Park

Bungalow
Bush Lodge
Cottage
Family Cottage

Guest Cottage
Guest House
Hut
Safari Tents


The Kruger Park offers different types of accommodation units - from huts and bungalows to upmarket guest houses and guest cottages

All accommodation units are serviced daily and bedding, towels and soap are provided. Most of the units have either air-conditioning or fans.

Visitors who are accommodated in units without cooking facilities have to provide their own cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery. Basic cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery are hired out to visitors who have reserved accommodation in huts without these items, except in bushveld camps and Berg-en-Dal and Mopani camps. 
Barbecue and communal cooking facilities are available in all the camps.

Accommodation equipped for paraplegics is available at Crocodile Bridge, Berg-en-Dal, Lower Sabie, Skukuza, Satara, Olifants, Letaba , Mopani, Shingwedzi, Pretoriuskop and Tamboti.

Bush Lodge        
A bush lodge is an exclusive, private lodge with a unique style and atmosphere providing the opportunity for tourists to enjoy complete privacy, as only residents are allowed entrance to the camp.
There are no shops or restaurant facilities, but the kitchen has a gas stove with oven, refrigerator, freezer, cutlery and crockery.
Gas braais and barbecue facilities are provided and wood may be purchased. A bush lodge must be reserved en bloc.

Boulders can accommodate a maximum of 12 persons at a time. Solar panels provide power for lights and fans only. In addition to the main sleeping unit which has two bedrooms and en suite bathrooms (one with a bath, the other with a shower), there are also four separate bedrooms with bathrooms (bath and shower).

Roodewal can accommodate a maximum of 19 persons at a time. There is one family cottage with two bedrooms and two bathrooms (one with a bath, the other with a shower).

Three bungalows have three beds each and a loft with two mattresses, a bathroom (shower) and a small refrigerator. Solar panels provide power for lights and fans.

Guest House
Guest houses are secluded units within a restcamp. Units have three or four bedrooms, most of which have en suite bathrooms.

Each guest house has a fully equipped kitchen and a communal lounge/living room or an open veranda.

Berg-en-Dal
Rhino Guesthouse (8 persons)
J le Roux Guesthouse (6 persons)
Letaba
Fish Eagle Guesthouse (8 persons)
Melville Guesthouse (9 persons)
Lower Sabie
Keartland Guesthouse (7 persons)
Mopani
Xanatseni Guesthouse (8 persons)
Olifants
Lebombo Guesthouse (8 persons)
Nshawu Guesthouse (8 persons)
Pretoriuskop
Doherty Bryant Boma (9 persons)
Pierre Joubert Guesthouse (8 persons)
Satara
Rudy Frankel Guesthouse (8 persons)
Stanley Guesthouse (9 persons)
Wells Guesthouse (6 persons)
Shingwedzi
Rentmeester Guesthouse (7 persons)
Skukuza
Moni Guesthouse (8 persons)
Nyathi Guesthouse (8 persons)
Waterkant I (8 persons)
ABSA Guesthouse (12 persons)

Guest Cottage   

Guest cottages are units with two or three bedrooms and at least two bathrooms, of which one is en suite.

Kitchens are fully equipped. Guest cottages are found in Skukuza, Mopani, Olifants, Lower Sabie, Satara, Orpen, Pretoriuskop, Letaba and Shingwedzi and in all the Bushveld camps.

 

Family Cottage

Family cottages are units with one, two or three bedrooms with one bathroom and a partially equipped kitchen.

Family cottages are found in Skukuza, Berg-en-Dal, Pretoriuskop and Olifants.



Cottage

Cottages comprise one bedroom and a living room, a bathroom and a partially equipped kitchen or kitchenette,

for example at Punda Maria, Mopani, Biyamiti, Shimuwini , Sirheni and Talamati.


Bungalow

Bungalows have one room and a bathroom. Some of the units have their own kitchenettes, while others share communal kitchen facilities. Units with cooking facilities have basic kitchen equipment. Bungalows are found in Berg-en-Dal, Crocodile Bridge, Letaba, Lower Sabie, Mopani, Olifants, Pretoriuskop, Punda Maria, Satara, Shingwedzi, Malelane and Skukuza.


Hut       

Huts consist of one room and communal ablution and kitchen facilities. Cooking utensils, cutlery and crockery are not provided in Lower Sabie, Pretoriuskop, Balule, Letaba or Shingwedzi, but in Orpen each hut has basic cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery.


Safari Tents

Safari tents are equipped with  beds, a cupboard, table and chairs, fridge and electric fan. Communal ablution and kitchen facilities are provided. Safari tents are available in Crocodile Bridge, Skukuza, Letaba and Tamboti.

At Lower Sabie permanent structures have been erected in natural tones to blend with the surrounding environment, with walls finished in stone or natural coloured plaster. Each tent boasts its own cooking facilities and ablutions. Timber decks have been individually designed to incorporate the natural features of each site, affording visitors a splendid view of the natural vegetation and the Sabie River.
Access is via gravel tracks to a communal parking area with footpaths to each tent.