Media Release: Karoo National Park extends free access week
The 13th annual SA National Parks Week kicks off on Monday 10 September to Friday 14 September. Karoo National Park’s management has again decid...
Media Release: Mountain Zebra National Park extends free access week
South African National Parks, in partnership with FNB and Total South Africa, will kick off the 13th annual SA National Parks Week campaign on Monday ...
Alert: Kruger National Park Lion pride used to cars, be cautious
The Kruger National Park (KNP) Management has received reports of a pride of lions north of Satara which are showing abnormal behaviour around vehicle...
Media Release: SANParks to implement new gate technology for Table Mountain- and West Coast National Parks
South African National Parks is introducing new gate access technology at Table Mountain and West Coast National Parks on November 1st 2018; the new g...
Media Release: SANParks arrests a staff member on suspicion of rhino poaching
South African National Parks (SANParks) today, announced the arrest of a staff member on Saturday, 25 August 2018. The man was employed as an Armed Gu...
Media Release: South Africans invited to the Garden Route National Park from 10 – 15 September 2018
South African citizens are invited to the Garden Route National Park (GRNP) for free from Monday, 10 September to Saturday, 15 September 2018. All gat...
Media Release: Addo Elephant National Park to celebrate free access week
Free entry to most of the 21 South African National Parks kicks off in just over two weeks’ time on Monday 10 September until Friday 14 Septembe...
Numbi Gate inaccessible due to protests
Guests of Kruger National Park are informed that Numbi Gate is inaccessible due to protests taking place outside the gate (on the Numbi road bridge le...
Tsitsikamma Gateway Project by far the biggest tourism infrastructure investment in the Eastern Cape
The Minister of Tourism, Derek Hanekom visited the Tsitsikamma Gateway Project and then the Tsitsikamma ‘Big Tree’ as part of the launch o...
Speech by the minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, at the 2018 African Ranger Awards, Cape Town
7 August 2018 Thank You Programme Director UN Environment Executive Director and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, Erik Solheim, Ambassad...
Tsitsikamma entrance on track for Spring
The entrance gate to the Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route National Park is expected to be completed in Spring. This after hiccups in the projec...
Media Release: Kruger National Park rangers arrest 23 poaching suspects in 18 days and confiscate 12 high calibre rifles
South African National Parks today announced the arrest of 23 suspected rhino poachers in the Kruger National Park (KNP) since Thursday, 19 July 2018,...
Media Release: KNP pays tribute to the Ranger Corps for their commitment
Kruger National Park (KNP) Management and staff members held a ceremonial event to pay homage to the Ranger Corps, the living, the injured and those w...
Media Release: SANParks Marks World Ranger Day 2018 in Addo Elephant National Park
The Department of Environmental Affairs in collaboration with South African National Park (SANParks) under the headship of Deputy Minister Barbara Tho...
SANParks responds to concerns about sewerage that could potentially land in the Touw River (Wilderness Lakes system)
SANParks is aware of the incident and concerns of a potential sewage spill into the Touw River. According to Jonathan Britton, Marine Ranger in the Wi...