Kruger National Park

**Kruger National Park** is a South African National Park, It is one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It is located in Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa.

## Mammals

All the big five game animals are found at Kruger National Park, It has more species of large mammals than any other African game reserve. There are webcams to watch the wildlife.

Kruger has packs of the endangered African wild dog, there are about 400 left in the whole of South Africa.

|Species|data-sort-type="number"|Count (2009)|data-sort-type="number"|Count (2010)|Count (2011)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Black rhinoceros <small>(_D. b. minor_)</small>|350|590–660|–|||
|Blue wildebeest <small>(nominate ssp.)</small>|9,612|11,500|6,400–13,100|||
|Plains zebra <small>(_E. q. chapmani_)</small>|17,797|26,500|23,700–35,300|||
|Bushbuck|500|500|–|||
|African buffalo <small>(nominate ssp.)</small>|27,000|37,500|37,130|||
|Common eland|300|460|460|||
|African bush elephant|11,672|13,700|13,750|||
|Giraffe <small>(_G. c. giraffa_)</small>|5,114|9,000|6,800–10,300|||
|Greater kudu <small>(nominate ssp.)</small>|5,798|9,500|11,200–17,300|||
|Hippopotamus <small>(_H. a. capensis_)</small>|3,000|3,100|3,100|||
|Impala <small>(nominate ssp.)</small>|150,000|120,000|132,300–176,400|||
|Hartebeest <small>(_A. b. lichtensteinii_)</small>|–|50|–|||
|Mountain reedbuck <small>(nominate ssp.)</small>|–|150|150|||
|Nyala|–|300|300|||
|Roan antelope <small>(nominate ssp.)</small>|–|90|90|||
|Sable antelope <small>(nominate ssp.)</small>|–|290|290|||
|Common warthog <small>(_P. a. sundevallii_)</small>|–|3,500|3,100–5,700|||
|Waterbuck <small>(nominate ssp.)</small>|5,000|5,500|3,100–7,800|||
|White rhinoceros <small>(_C. s. simum_)</small>|7,000 to 12,000|10,500|–|||
|African wild dog <small>(nominate ssp.)</small>|240|–|120|||
|Cheetah <small>(nominate ssp.)</small>|120|120|120|||
|Nile crocodile|–|4,420|4,420|||
|Leopard <small>(nominate ssp.)</small>|2,000|1,000|1,000|||
|Lion <small>(_P. l. melanochaita_)</small>|2,800|1,600|1,620–1,720|||
|Spotted hyena|2,000|3,500|5,340|||

## Gates to the Kruger Park

The Kruger Park has the following gates:
|Name|Road|From Town|Coordinates|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Crocodile Bridge Gate|on the extension of Rissik Street|from Komatipoort|<small></small>|
|Malelane Gate|on the R570 off the N4|near Malelane|<small></small>|
|Numbi Gate|on the R569 road|from Hazyview|<small></small>|
|Phabeni Gate|on the road off the R536|from Hazyview|<small></small>|
|Paul Kruger Gate|on the R536 road|from Hazyview|<small></small>|
|Orpen Gate|on the R531 road|from Klaserie|<small></small>|
|Phalaborwa Gate|on the R71 road|from Phalaborwa|<small></small>|
|Punda Maria Gate|on the R524 road|from Thohoyandou|<small></small>|
|Pafuri Gate|on the R525 road|from Musina|<small></small>|

## Other websites

- Webcams in the Kruger

## Infobox (protected area)

- **name**: Kruger National Park
- **photo**: Kruger Zebra.JPG
- **photo caption**: Plains zebras in a Kruger landscape
- **map image**: Kruger National Park locator map.svg
- **map caption**: Location of the park (red area) in South Africa
- **location**: Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa
- **nearest city**: Mbombela (southern)
Phalaborwa (central)
- **area km2**: 19623
- **established**: 31 May 1926
- **visitation num**: 1,659,793 (1,277,397 day visitors, 382,396 overnight)
- **visitation year**: 2014–15 FY
- **governing body**: South African National Parks
- **url**: https://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger