This 3-Day Big Five Budget Safari to Kruger National Park – This is one of the best African safaris in South Africa. You’ll see wildlife in the open grassland reserve of Kruger Park.
Game drives are the main activities: Day 1: Evening game drive, Day 2: Full day game drive and Day 3: Morning game drive before returning to Johannesburg.
You’ll see the Big Five animals (lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, and rhinos). You may also spot giraffes, hippos, many birds, and more.
3-Day Kruger Park Big 5 Budget Safari Highlights
- Day 1: Travel from Johannesburg to Kruger Park. Sunset game drive
- Day 2: Full day exploring Kruger Park
- Day 3: Morning game drive. Return to Johannesburg
Detailed 3-Day Kruger Park Big 5 Budget Safari Itinerary
Day 1: Johannesburg – Kruger National Park & Sunset Game Drive
Leave Johannesburg after being picked up from the agreed meeting point. Drive to Kruger National Park. The journey takes about 4 to 5 hours but is worth it.
Arrive and check in at your lodge. Have lunch. Then, go on a sunset game drive in the park. Look for animals like lions, cheetahs, leopards, caracals, servals, elephants, rhinos, buffaloes, and many others.
Head back to the lodge for dinner.
Day 2: Full day in Kruger National Park
Spend the whole day in Kruger Park on a full-day game drive. Look for different animals like elephants, buffaloes, rhinos, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, kudus, impalas, waterbucks, warthogs, and more.
See areas with trees and water. You might see crocodiles and hippos. Enjoy the sunrise and sunset during your day.
Day 3: Morning Game Drive & Transfer back to Johannesburg
Go on a morning game drive. This is your best chance to see the open plains of Kruger. After the drive, travel back to Johannesburg.
Our safari guide will drop you off at the agreed meeting point. This ends your 3-Day Kruger Park Big 5 Budget Safari.
