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No Roller I believe you will be fine...just leave nice and early from Satara and have Brunch at Mooiplaas Picnic spot...top up supplies at Shingwedzi and proceed to Sirheni...You should not be there much later than about 14h00?? estimated

Yeah you should be able to do it easily. I have done a trip from Olifants up to Mopani and back to Letaba in a morning. Left Olifants at 6am and got back at letaba by 12am.

Hey Roller

I have done the maths and the +-250km trip from Satara to Sirheni is a fair distance... You would have to average around 30km/hr to get there by 14:00 ...including stops along the way!!

Unless you're willing to travel at 50km/hr you'll probably only reach Sirheni at about closing time.

We have covered a max distance in one day of 240km and we were flying along... to put into perspective, travelling at 30km/hr you're probably only going to be averaging about 20km/hr with stops and sightings making your trip a 12hr one.

I would suggest spending two nights at Olifants and then heading to Sirheni or one night at Satara and then one night at Olifants?

You can do the distance but it's pobably better to take in the sights and sounds at a slower pace.

I'm staying in BnD in February. I have a question about driving times between other camps (well just one). I've searched around and I'm asking again because I've found two different answers.

I want to know the driving time between Bnd and the Crocodile Bridge camp. The .pdf here says its 6h00m. The list here says 2h15m.

So which is it?

It is 65 kilometers. So if you drive the normal spotting speed of 25 km/h, no special sightings it would be just under 3 hours.

Could you anybody please help with the following I have booked 3 nights in the Kruger in early May unfortunately the camps that I originally wanted Satara,Lower Sabie where fully booked so I have a night in Letaba and then 2 nights in Orpen.

The night prior to entering the Kruger I am staying in White River so could somebody advise the best gate to enter the park to get to Letaba from White River and then an idea of the driving time between the entry gate and Letaba??

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Paul

HI Paul, and welcome to the forum.
Depending on how quick you would like to enter the park, but should you enter at Numbi Gate it is about 216 Kilo's to Letaba, which will take about 8 - 9 hours depending on what you see on you way there. From White River to Numbi is a extra 30 - 40min drive.
Or you can travel from White River to Hazyview and then to Paul Kruger Gate, which will take about 1:45 - 2 hours to the gate and then from Paul Kruger to Letaba is about 170 Kilos and will take about 7 plus hours.

Hope this helps.
Cheers

Hi and welcome,

I live in Nelspruit and I can say it's quite a drive. My suggestion is either Orpen Gate or Phalaborwa Gate (last mentioned is about 200 km from WR). It will be a long slow drive through my favourite place but not to get too tired or stiff take the outside way round.

Just be careful through the trust area's concerning cows, children and goats

Hay Paul

I would go Phabeni Gate just before 06h00, that means leaving WR at 05h00 (prefer the Hazyview road, like BunnyHugger says it is no fun dodging cattle and goats, it is still dark and they do the camo thing quite well).

You have 12 hours to get there (6 to 6). Spend as much time in the park as you can, besides Phabeni is a wild life gold mine. It is a long way to go DO NOT SPEED

Have as much fun as you can stand.

Hi BH, I agree . We love the Northern part of KNP, and because we stay in White River the Numbi thing is the best.
At least you have the whole day in the park, and an opportunity to see how the wildlife & vegetation differs from South to Central to the Northern part.
Happy planning Paul

Can anyone help me with a time vs distance estimate from Skukuza to Letaba. My delema being that I have a Metsi Metsi trail the one day and then when it finishes I need to be in Letaba for the Olifants trail on the same day at 12....+-. Does anyone know if I can legally make it in say 3-4 hours? Speeding not being the nice option here! Thanks

It's 160 kilometers, so stay to the tar and you'll be able to make it within legal limits.
And while you're driving hope that you won't run in a trafficjam, or better yet, ellies/buffs blocking the road..

Hi and welcome to the forums!

You can make a daytrip up to Shingwedzi, which is about 280 kilometers in total. That's a full days drive, so you won't be able to go more to the north.
In my view the bit between Mopani up to the Red Rocks road is not very attractive, mopane galore, so you'll be able to speed up, and do the Red Rocks road, which is gorgeous.
The H9 (Phlaborwa to Letaba) makes a very nice drive too, especially if you grab a few of the loops (S69 & S70!) and sideroads.

I don't know if this has been asked , but is it possible to go to Lower Sabie and back to Satara in 1 day at a "relaxed" pace?

thank you

Welcome Zeelie
I did the trip in December,but you have to leave when gates open and be out all day.i even included a trip on the famous S100 ,