National park · Limpopo
Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park is a national park in Limpopo, about 36 km east of Phalaborwa. It covers 19 623 km² — number 1 by size of the 15 Limpopo areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1926.
19 623km² recorded size
1926year established
370 melevation of the point
36 kmeast of Phalaborwa
Facts
- Type
- National park (national park of South Africa)
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Mopani
- Local municipality
- Ba-Phalaborwa
- Size
- 19 623 km² · 1 962 300 ha
- Rank by size
- 2 of 115 nationally · 1 in Limpopo
- Established
- 1926
- Elevation
- 370 m
- Coordinates
- -24.0114, 31.4853
- Nearest large town
- Phalaborwa, 36 km east
- Wikipedia articles
- 56 languages
Nearby
- Greater Kruger National ParkNational park0 km north
- Umbabat Game ReserveNature reserve19 km south-west
- Klaserie Game ReserveGame reserve38 km south-west
- Mahlathini Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve39 km west
Timbavati Game ReserveGame reserve47 km south- Grietjie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve48 km west
Address and visiting
Listed addressKruger National Parksanparks.org
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
Opening hours
| Monday | not listed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | not listed |
| Wednesday | not listed |
| Thursday | 06:00–17:30 |
| Friday | not listed |
| Saturday | not listed |
| Sunday | not listed |
Only the days shown were listed, as published in business listings checked October 2026. Gate times change with the season — check before you travel.
GBIF records within 30 km
Wildlife recorded around Kruger National Park
10 367 mammal and 457 777 bird occurrence records within 30 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- African elephantLoxodonta africana859
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus725
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa712
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus702
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga602
- Spotted HyenaCrocuta crocuta595
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius526
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer488
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros482
- LionPanthera leo468
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus368
- Smith's Bush SquirrelParaxerus cepapi362
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus356
- SteenbokRaphicerus campestris322
Birds
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca8 124
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus7 704
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas6 446
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola6 441
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus6 379
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis6 147
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer6 134
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis6 058
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus5 299
- Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis5 195
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea5 105
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor4 909
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla4 821
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens4 818
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.