På gång i Kruger National Park (Kruger), South Africa under året

Mest folk — December school holidays, Term 4–1 (summer, year-end) break i South Africa

• Regel

  Gates open at dawn, shut at dusk

  1 jan – 31 dec · vanligtvisStängningar

  Entrance and camp gates open at first light and lock at sunset, and the exact times shift month by month. Arriving back late carries a fine, and it is enforced, so the last hour of light is planned around the drive home. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Green season (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Summer migrants arrive (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Malaria season (1 nov – 31 maj (vanligtvis)), December school holidays (10 dec – 10 jan (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Gates open at dawn, shut at dusk (1 jan – 31 dec (vanligtvis)), Green season (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Summer migrants arrive (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Malaria season (1 nov – 31 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter self-drive rush, Term 1–2 (autumn) break i South Africa

• Helg

  Easter self-drive rush

  25 mar – 20 apr · vanligtvisPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  Four public holidays land inside a fortnight and the southern camps fill with self-drivers. The bush is still thick from the summer rain, so it is the busiest roads and the hardest sightings of the year. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Gates open at dawn, shut at dusk (1 jan – 31 dec (vanligtvis)), Green season (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Summer migrants arrive (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Malaria season (1 nov – 31 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter self-drive rush, Term 1–2 (autumn) break i South Africa

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Gates open at dawn, shut at dusk (1 jan – 31 dec (vanligtvis)), Easter self-drive rush (25 mar – 20 apr (vanligtvis)), Malaria season (1 nov – 31 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Dry season game viewing, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Dry season game viewing

  1 maj – 30 sep · vanligtvisTrångt

  The grass drops, the bush opens up and the animals come to the rivers and the pans, so this is the easy half of the year to see anything. Mornings in an open vehicle start cold enough for a blanket.

Pågår fortfarande: Gates open at dawn, shut at dusk (1 jan – 31 dec (vanligtvis)), Malaria season (1 nov – 31 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Dry season game viewing, Term 2–3 (winter) break i South Africa

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Gates open at dawn, shut at dusk (1 jan – 31 dec (vanligtvis)), Dry season game viewing (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Dry season game viewing, Term 2–3 (winter) break i South Africa

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Gates open at dawn, shut at dusk (1 jan – 31 dec (vanligtvis)), Dry season game viewing (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Dry season game viewing, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Gates open at dawn, shut at dusk (1 jan – 31 dec (vanligtvis)), Dry season game viewing (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Dry season game viewing, Term 3–4 (spring) break i South Africa

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Gates open at dawn, shut at dusk (1 jan – 31 dec (vanligtvis)), Dry season game viewing (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Term 3–4 (spring) break i South Africa, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Gates open at dawn, shut at dusk (1 jan – 31 dec (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Säsong

  Green season

  1 nov – 31 mar · vanligtvisMonsun

  The bush closes in and the game scatters, but the impala are dropping lambs and the predators follow them. Rates fall, the day visitors thin out and the light after a storm is the best of the year.

• Natur

  Summer migrants arrive

  1 nov – 31 mar · vanligtvisFågelsäsong

  Woodland kingfishers, carmine bee-eaters and the storks come back with the rain, and the kingfisher's call starting up in November is the local signal that the season has turned.

• Risk

  Malaria season

  1 nov – 31 maj · vanligtvisInsekter & sjukdomar

  Kruger is a low-risk area but not a no-risk one, and the risk sits in the wet months, running towards its peak late in them. Prophylaxis is the standard advice and covering up after dark is the minimum. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Gates open at dawn, shut at dusk (1 jan – 31 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — December school holidays, Term 4–1 (summer, year-end) break i South Africa

• Helg

  December school holidays

  10 dec – 10 jan · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigt

  Skukuza, Lower Sabie and Berg-en-Dal are reserved eleven months ahead for the festive weeks, and the tar roads around them carry a queue at every sighting. Book the day you are allowed to. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Gates open at dawn, shut at dusk (1 jan – 31 dec (vanligtvis)), Green season (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Summer migrants arrive (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Malaria season (1 nov – 31 maj (vanligtvis))