Even though the KNP falls in a malaria area, most foreigners are pleasantly surprised at how few mosquitoes are actually encountered whilst on a safari. These mosquitoes breed in water, and even in the middle of our rainy season in December, we don’t consider them to be a relentless menace. Despite what you might have been told, mosquitoes are not a plague in the KNP and although we are always cautious about malaria, the locals in and around the KNP do not run around with repellents all the time.