Kruger Park Location and Geography

National Park Of Kruger Park Safari is without doubt a MUST visit destination for anyone looking for a wild African safari in South Africa guaranteed to leave lasting memories. Stretching 350 kilometers (217 miles) long from North to South and 60 kilometers (37.2 miles) wide from East to West, the park covers a massive 19,455km² or 200,000 hectares or roughly 5 million acres making it one of Africa’s largest national parks.

 

The Kruger Park is at an altitude between 840 meters in the South West and 200 meters in the East. The highest point of the park is Khandiwe near Malelane, which is 839m above sea level while the lowest point is the Sabie Gorge. The coordinates of Kruger National Park are 24◦0′41″S 31◦29′7″E. Its location makes it a treasure that is accessible from multiple Southern African countries like Zimbabwe and Mozambique although it is located in South Africa. The park is located in the Northeastern parts of South Africa and spreads across two provinces, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces.

 

The northern border is formed by River Limpopo and the border of Zimbabwe and South Africa while the eastern boundary of the park is located at the boundary between South Africa and Mozambique. To the north of the park is Zimbabwe; to the east are the Lebombo Mountains which separate it from Mozambique, to the south Mpumalanga and to the west Limpopo.

 

The park is part of the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere, a UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) a designated area. That’s not all; the park now forms part of the Limpopo Transfrontier Park, a peace park, which connects Kruger Park Tour with the game parks in Zimbabwe (Gonarezhou National Park) and Mozambique (Limpopo National Park).

 

The area majorly consists of plains, which are broken by the Lebombo mountain ranges along the Mozambique border traversed by nearly 5000 miles of paved and gravel roads. Its landscape is also punctuated by some of Africa’s biggest rivers including Limpopo, Sabie and Letaba rivers.

 

The area is just not bare land; it is laced with all manner of rich flora including dense bush, which includes some of Africa’s indigenous trees like baobab trees, Mopane, acacia, knob thorns, fever trees and marula.