Media Release: Marakele National Park safe following fire
According to the Marakele National Park spokesperson, Reynold Thakhuli a preliminary report indicates that only 20% of the 67 000 hectares of land has...
Media Release: SANParks supports World Rhino Day
According to Acting Head of Communications SANParks, Paul Daphne, “World Rhino Day is an opportunity to highlight the efforts being made to figh...
Kruger National Park flood repair update
Camps open All Picnic Spots Open All Access roads inside the park All roads, except the following, are open: S25 (From S26 to S139, Biyamiti Low Level...
Media Release: Update on rhino poaching
Thus far, the Kruger National Park has lost 236 rhinos to poaching. Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal and the North West provinces continue to be the hardest hit...
Kruger National Park flood repair update
Camps open All Picnic Spots Open All Access roads inside the park All roads, except the following, are open: S25 (From S26 to S139, Biyamiti Low Level...
Media Release: Rescued penguins return to the wild
The penguins were released back to the sea in excellent condition following months of rehabilitation in two centres in the Eastern Cape. Penguins East...
The Dassie 10km Trail Run
want to be part of South Africa”s most competitive Trail Run want to be there when worldclass athletes cross the finish line of the Otter are fr...
Media Release: KNP trainee ranger killed in tragic shooting accident
An investigation into the incident is currently being conducted by the Police and the SANParks investigating unit. More information will be released o...
Update on the Namaqua National Park flower report
Although the orange and yellow carpets are still very much in evidence, this is the time for variety. It is worthwhile to just stop and look closer on...
Joint media release: Baboon management on the Cape Peninsula
The chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) forms a part of the Peninsula”s rich biodiversity, is a considerable tourism asset and plays a potentially sig...
Camera traps reveal new brown hyena sighting in the Addo Elephant National Park
Although records of brown hyena are not new for the Park, having been previously confirmed in the Nyathi area north of the Addo-Paterson main road, th...
Media Release: Free access to National Parks starts next week
The week-long campaign giving free access to the national parks will be applicable to all the national parks managed by SANParks, with the exception o...
Kruger National Park flood repair update
Camps open All Picnic Spots Open All Access roads inside the park All roads, except the following, are open: S25 (From S26 to S139, Biyamiti Low Level...
Media statement: South Africa to sign MoU with Vietnam to address ongoing scourge in poaching and other environment crimes
COP 11 will be held in Hyderabad, India, from 8 to 19 October 2012. This comes as the latest rhino poaching statistics indicate that a total of 373 rh...
Media Release: KNP joins hands with Traditional Health Practitioners to fight poaching
“A lot of the suspects that have been arrested have alluded that they use muthi to avoid detection by Rangers and dangerous animals. Whether thi...