Kruger National Park

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Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park
	Plains zebras in a Kruger landscape
Location	Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa
Nearest city	Mbombela (southern) ; Phalaborwa (central)
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Visitors	1,659,793 (1,277,397 day visitors, 382,396 overnight) (in 2014–15 FY)
	Official website

Kruger National Park is a South African National Park, It is one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It is located in Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa.

Mammals

All the big five game animals are found at Kruger National Park, It has more species of large mammals than any other African game reserve. There are webcams to watch the wildlife.^[2]

Kruger has packs of the endangered African wild dog, there are about 400 left in the whole of South Africa.^[3]

**Wildlife population as of 2011^[update]**
Species	Count (2009)	Count (2010)^[4]	Count (2011)^[5]
Black rhinoceros (D. b. minor)	350	590–660	–
Blue wildebeest (nominate ssp.)	9,612	11,500	6,400–13,100
Plains zebra (E. q. chapmani)	17,797	26,500	23,700–35,300
Bushbuck	500	500	–
African buffalo (nominate ssp.)	27,000	37,500	37,130
Common eland	300	460	460
African bush elephant	11,672	13,700	13,750
Giraffe (G. c. giraffa)	5,114	9,000	6,800–10,300
Greater kudu (nominate ssp.)	5,798	9,500	11,200–17,300
Hippopotamus (H. a. capensis)	3,000	3,100	3,100
Impala (nominate ssp.)	150,000	120,000	132,300–176,400
Hartebeest (A. b. lichtensteinii)	–	50	–
Mountain reedbuck (nominate ssp.)	–	150	150
Nyala	–	300	300
Roan antelope (nominate ssp.)	–	90	90
Sable antelope (nominate ssp.)	–	290	290
Common warthog (P. a. sundevallii)	–	3,500	3,100–5,700
Waterbuck (nominate ssp.)	5,000	5,500	3,100–7,800
White rhinoceros (C. s. simum)	7,000 to 12,000^[6]	10,500	–
African wild dog (nominate ssp.)	240	–	120
Cheetah (nominate ssp.)	120	120	120
Nile crocodile	–	4,420	4,420
Leopard (nominate ssp.)	2,000	1,000	1,000
Lion (P. l. melanochaita)	2,800	1,600	1,620–1,720
Spotted hyena	2,000	3,500	5,340

Male lion
Leopard
Cheetah
African bush elephant crossing a road
A pair of white rhinoceros

Gates to the Kruger Park

North & South Gates
Kruger National Park

Pafuri Gate
(northernmost entrance to the park)

Punda Maria Gate
(another northern entrance)

Crocodile Bridge
(a southeastern entrance to the park)

Phabeni Gate
(a southwestern entrance to the park)

The Kruger Park has the following gates:

Name	Road	From Town	Coordinates
Crocodile Bridge Gate	on the extension of Rissik Street	from Komatipoort	25°21′30″S 31°53′37″E / 25.35833°S 31.89361°E / -25.35833; 31.89361 (Crocodile Bridge Gate)
Malelane Gate	on the R570 off the N4	near Malelane	25°27′43″S 31°31′59″E / 25.46194°S 31.53306°E / -25.46194; 31.53306 (Malelane Gate)
Numbi Gate	on the R569 road	from Hazyview	25°9′19″S 31°11′51″E / 25.15528°S 31.19750°E / -25.15528; 31.19750 (Numbi Gate)
Phabeni Gate	on the road off the R536	from Hazyview	25°01′30″S 31°14′29″E / 25.02500°S 31.24139°E / -25.02500; 31.24139 (Phabeni Gate)
Paul Kruger Gate	on the R536 road	from Hazyview	24°58′53″S 31°29′7″E / 24.98139°S 31.48528°E / -24.98139; 31.48528 (Paul Kruger Gate)
Orpen Gate	on the R531 road	from Klaserie	24°28′33″S 31°23′27″E / 24.47583°S 31.39083°E / -24.47583; 31.39083 (Orpen Gate)
Phalaborwa Gate	on the R71 road	from Phalaborwa	23°56′44″S 31°9′54″E / 23.94556°S 31.16500°E / -23.94556; 31.16500 (Phalaborwa Gate)
Punda Maria Gate	on the R524 road	from Thohoyandou	22°44′18″S 31°0′33″E / 22.73833°S 31.00917°E / -22.73833; 31.00917 (Punda Maria Gate)
Pafuri Gate	on the R525 road	from Musina	22°24′1″S 31°2′29″E / 22.40028°S 31.04139°E / -22.40028; 31.04139 (Pafuri Gate)

Kruger National Park Media

Plaque in the park. Now and then people do get killed; however, this is extremely rare.
Pride of lions on a tourist road
A seasonally fluctuating biomass of arthropods is observed in response to the summer rainfall regime and the mostly deciduous vegetation, as shown by sampling during 11 months in grassland near Satara Camp.