Dear Guests,

Please note that the R27 Gate/West Coast Gate will be closed from 22 April 2025 and will reopen on 14 June 2025.

This closure is required for the completion of the construction work/upgrade of the R27 Gate Facility.

During this time, all access to and from the West Coast National Park must be done via the Langebaan Gate.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused during this time.

Thank you

WCNP Management

West Coast National Park

The following tourism updates are currently taking place:

• Work on the eight new family chalets in Main Camp is nearly complete.
• Six chalets in Main Camp are being upgraded.  Thereafter, the two guest houses will also undergo refurbishment. This project should be completed by August.
• All the units at Nyathi Rest Camp are being upgraded and should be completed by September.
• The unit that burnt down at Matyholweni rest camp is being rebuilt.

We request that guests kindly bear with us throughout these projects, the result of which will be new and improved accommodation offerings. Park Management apologises for any inconvenience caused.

Addo Elephant National Park

Please note that the telephone and network lines at the Knysna Jetty Office are currently offline. We are working to resolve the issue and apologise for any inconvenience caused.

In the meantime, for assistance, please use the following alternative contact numbers:

Reservations:

• Diepwalle: 044 382 9763
• Harkerville: 044 532 7770

Conservation-related matters:

• 082 269 5007

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Garden Route National Park

Information Decision Systems (IDS) has been commissioned to undertake the public participation process on behalf of the South African National Parks, as part of the implementation of a Maintenance Management Plan (hereafter referred to as MMP) for the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing roads and associated infrastructure within the Marula Region in the Kruger National Park.

This MMP is intended to manage future maintenance activities of the roads within the Marula Region of the Kruger National Park. These activities, which include clearing vegetation, removing sediment and debris, replacing, protecting, and maintaining existing infrastructure, fall under Listing Notices 1 and 3 of the National Environmental Management Act: Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations of 2014 (as amended). The main purpose of this MMP is to prevent avoidable damage and/or mitigate unavoidable environmental damage associated with any maintenance work where there is a risk of environmental damage and to enhance the positive benefits of the project.

• Maintenance Management Plan
• Kruger MMP Request for Comment
• Kruger MMP Site Notice

INVITATION TO REGISTER AS AN INTERESTED AND AFFECTED PARTIES (I&AP)

Interested and affected parties (I&APs) are hereby invited to provide written comments. Comments must include the I&APs name, contact details, preferred method of communication as well as an indication of your interest in the project and disclose any direct business, financial, personal or other interest that you may have in relation to this project. The Draft Maintenance Management Plan is available for public review for 30-calendar-day commenting period (excluding public holidays) from 31 March 2025 to 06 May 2025.

Enquiries and comments can be sent to Information Decision Systems (IDS):

• Contact person: Mr Graeme Engelbrecht
• Telephone: 087 353 2576
• Email address: [email protected]
• Whatsapp: 078 521 2614

Kruger National Park

We are excited to share that breakfast is now included with every overnight chalet booking.

Join us each morning at our restaurant and enjoy a delicious breakfast to kick-start your day during your stay. We look forward to serving you!

Augrabies Falls National Park

Please be advised that some tourist roads within the park have sustained damage and are currently undergoing rehabilitation. While these roads remain accessible, we recommend using a high-clearance vehicle for safe travel. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we work to restore the roads.

Marakele National Park

Dear Valued Guests,

Please be advised that construction is taking place at Highlands Mountain Retreat from 30 January 2025 to 30 October 2025. While the retreat remains open for bookings, we would like to inform our guests that renovation activities will be ongoing during this period.

We appreciate your understanding as we work to enhance our facilities for an improved guest experience. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.

Golden Gate Highlands National Park

Cash is no longer an accepted method of payment at Karoo National Park. Instead, guests are urged to make use of the speed point payment systems in the Park. All trade and tourism activities (entrance/conservation fees, activity fees and accommodation fees) are cash-free and therefore cash will not be accepted.  The independently owned and run shop and restaurant, however, will still take cash as a form of payment.

Karoo National Park

Please be advised that Matyholweni Reception no longer accepts cash payments.

While we strive to maintain uninterrupted services, especially Matyholweni occasionally experiences network outages. However, we are working on this with our IT team. In the event of a network outage at this gate on the day of a guest’s visit, they will be requested to complete their payment at Main Camp before exiting the Park.

To minimize delays and streamline their check-in process, we strongly encourage all guests to book and pay for their day visits online in advance – https://bit.ly/3QP2xgn. While this website displays as bookings for “Addo Rest Camp”, payment through any of the Park’s gates can be made here.

This convenient option allows guests to complete administrative tasks online, saving them time and effort upon arrival.

Addo Elephant National Park

This serves as notice of the intention to adopt the Kruger National Park Management Plan 2018 – 2028 and the Generic Environmental Management Programme for the Kruger National Park as Environmental Management Instruments and to exclude Identified Activities from the Requirement to obtain an Environmental Authorisation.

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• Notice No. 43856 Government Gazette No. 50138

Kruger National Park

Please note that we have provisionally closed our riverbank camp sites situated along the Breede River due to flood damage. All other camp facilities are still available.

Bontebok National Park

There will be road maintenance conducted on the main access road to the Storms River Mouth Rest Camp in the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park. Please expect delays. The road maintenance work will start on 1 February 2024 and is expected to be completed on 06 May 2024. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause.

Garden Route National Park

Table Mountain National Park will close for all filming, events and functions (bar Signal Hill) on 15 December 2023 and reopen on 15 January 2024. Oudekraal remains open for function bookings.

Table Mountain National Park

The Park will close for all filming, functions and events from 15 December 2023 and reopen on 15 January 2024.

West Coast National Park

The 4×4 routes within the Park are closed due to recent rain damage caused by flash floods. The damage to the routes is extreme and will take some time to be fixed. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Tankwa Karoo National Park

• SANParks is pleased to announce that the Sendelingsdrift border post and pontoon at |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park will officially re-open on Friday, 1 September 2023.
• The border post and pontoon will operate seven (7) days a week from 08h00 until 16h15, daily.
• The Sendelingsdrift border post was closed for three (3) years since the Covid-19 pandemic.

|Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park

• We recommend the use of 4×4 vehicles with high-ground clearance and low-range capabilities.
• We insist on 4×4 vehicles with high-ground clearance and low-range capabilities for bookings at Bitterpan and Gharagab. No SUVs or AWDs will be allowed on these routes. The same is applicable to the Leeudril 4×4 and the Nossob Eco-Trail.
• No Overlanders, Unimogs or similar vehicles are allowed on the roads to Bitterpan, Gharagab, Leeudril or the Nossob Eco-Trail.

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

• Reservations can be made by contacting Ian Heyns at [email protected]
• Trail fees include one camping site at Nossob Rest Camp on the eve or end of the trail, depending on where the trail starts.
• The duration of the trail is four days and three nights.
• Only 4×4 vehicles with high-ground clearance and low-range capabilities are allowed. No Overland, Unimogs or similar vehicles will be allowed on the trail.
• No trailers will be allowed on the trail.

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Border Posts

• Botswana and South Africa: All border posts have now opened. Guests will be able to enter from one country and exit into another providing:
  • Guests have to spend a minimum of 2 nights in the Park.
  • Clearing Customs and immigration for Botswana and South Africa at Twee Rivieren.
• Namibia: The border post at Mata Mata for both countries have now opened. The following applies:
  • Guests have to spend a minimum of 2 nights in the Park.
  • Clearing Customs and immigration for South Africa at Twee Rivieren
  • Day visitors from Namibia must show their passports to the Namibian Customs and Immigration ever if they are returning to Namibia the same day.

Border Regulations

Please check each country’s website including:

• South Africa
• Botswana
• Namibia

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park