{"id":503,"date":"2019-03-03T12:27:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T12:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zebratours.com\/?page_id=503"},"modified":"2019-05-27T16:45:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T16:45:32","slug":"skukuza-rest-camp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zebratours.com\/?page_id=503","title":{"rendered":"Skukuza Rest Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/banner.png?w=525\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Waterkant &#8211; Guesthouse<\/strong> &nbsp;Very    Luxurious category <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.krugerpark.co.za\/Kruger_National_Park_Lodging_&amp;_Camping_Guide-travel\/skukuza-camp.html\">More info here&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/waterkant-guesthouse.jpg?resize=525%2C229\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/waterkant-guesthouse.jpg?w=880&amp;ssl=1 880w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/waterkant-guesthouse.jpg?resize=300%2C131&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/waterkant-guesthouse.jpg?resize=768%2C335&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption> <br><strong>Front section of Waterkant Guest House<\/strong><br> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/skukuza_guest-house1_sml.jpg?resize=450%2C313\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"510\" class=\"wp-image-510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/skukuza_guest-house1_sml.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/skukuza_guest-house1_sml.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/skukuza_guest-house_sml-2.jpg?resize=450%2C307\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"513\" data-link=\"http:\/\/zebratours.com\/?attachment_id=513\" class=\"wp-image-513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/skukuza_guest-house_sml-2.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/skukuza_guest-house_sml-2.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Skukuza Camp is the capital of Kruger National Park. It is the \nbiggest camp and includes facilities such as a shop, ATM, internet cafe,\n restaurant, library, fuel station and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.krugerpark.co.za\/Conference_venues-travel\/conference-venues-kruger-park.html\">Skukuza Conference facilities<\/a> for 158 delegates<\/strong><\/li><li>A magnificent 9 hole (18-tee), Par 72 golf course<\/li><li>Riverside walks, wilderness hikes and game drives<\/li><li>Accommodation and lodging&nbsp;ranges from luxury to standard<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4e52cb7a-5baf-488f-9e8a-1ac676a4459f.jpg?resize=525%2C315\" alt=\"View from the deck of Skukuza Camp restaurant\" class=\"wp-image-780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4e52cb7a-5baf-488f-9e8a-1ac676a4459f.jpg?resize=1024%2C614&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4e52cb7a-5baf-488f-9e8a-1ac676a4459f.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4e52cb7a-5baf-488f-9e8a-1ac676a4459f.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4e52cb7a-5baf-488f-9e8a-1ac676a4459f.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>View from the deck of Skukuza Camp restaurant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Activities, attractions and facilities are diverse<\/strong>, \nas are the animals and plants found both within Skukuza Rest Camp and \nthe surrounding area. Skukuza Camp is an excellent rest camp from which \nto pursue the Big Five and birds in the vicinity. <strong>Lion are frequently spotted<\/strong>\n along this route. At night, look for the Fruit Bat that hangs under the\n eaves of the shop, and the Thick-tailed Bush Baby climbing the trees in\n search of gum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skukuza Accommodation and lodging:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skukuza-Rest-Camp.jpg?resize=525%2C392\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"517\" class=\"wp-image-517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skukuza-Rest-Camp.jpg?w=554&amp;ssl=1 554w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skukuza-Rest-Camp.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skukuza-Rest-Camp2.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"518\" data-link=\"http:\/\/zebratours.com\/?attachment_id=518\" class=\"wp-image-518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skukuza-Rest-Camp2.jpg?w=642&amp;ssl=1 642w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skukuza-Rest-Camp2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rondavel2_sml-1.jpg?resize=525%2C331\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"519\" data-link=\"http:\/\/zebratours.com\/?attachment_id=519\" class=\"wp-image-519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rondavel2_sml-1.jpg?w=554&amp;ssl=1 554w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rondavel2_sml-1.jpg?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skukuza-Family-House.jpg?resize=525%2C351\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"520\" data-link=\"http:\/\/zebratours.com\/?attachment_id=520\" class=\"wp-image-520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skukuza-Family-House.jpg?w=552&amp;ssl=1 552w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skukuza-Family-House.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skukuza-Terras.jpg?resize=525%2C345\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"521\" data-link=\"http:\/\/zebratours.com\/?attachment_id=521\" class=\"wp-image-521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skukuza-Terras.jpg?w=558&amp;ssl=1 558w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skukuza-Terras.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"405\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/tented_camp_sml-1.jpg?resize=405%2C282\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"522\" data-link=\"http:\/\/zebratours.com\/?attachment_id=522\" class=\"wp-image-522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/tented_camp_sml-1.jpg?w=405&amp;ssl=1 405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zebratours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/tented_camp_sml-1.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Safari Tents<\/li><li>Guest Houses<\/li><li>Sites for camping or caravans<\/li><li>Semi Luxury Riverside Bungalows<\/li><li>Family Cottages and Guest Cottages<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skukuza Camp Overview:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Skukuza Rest Camp in Kruger National Park is a popular rest camp situated in the heart of <strong>Big Five territory<\/strong>\n and is easily accessed by road and by air. Skukuza Rest Camp in Kruger \nNational Park features a variety of accommodation options such as camp \nsites, 21 furnished safari tents, semi luxury bungalows, cottages and 4 \nguesthouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The myriad of birds and wild game in the area is easily spotted by going on <strong>bush walks and game drives<\/strong>.\n Wildlife documentaries are shown in an outdoor amphitheater. There is a\n magnificent 9 hole (18-tee), Par 72 golf course available for golf \nenthusiasts on their Kruger Park safari holiday. Read more about Golfing\n in Kruger at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.krugerpark.co.za\/Kruger_Park_Travel_Advisory-travel\/golf-skukuza-kruger-park.html\">Skukuza Golf Course<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disabled Visitor facilities:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The reception area is accessible with drop curves providing access \nfrom the parking area to the buildings, which include the reception \noffice, a bank, a post office and public toilets (including a barrier \nfree toilet) amongst others. The auto-bank is up a step and is thus \ninaccessible for wheelchair users. The camp&#8217;s shop, restaurant and \ncafeteria are all designed to be <strong>all easily accessed in a wheelchair<\/strong>, as is movement along the camp&#8217;s perimeter fence adjacent to and overlooking the Sabie River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skukuza Rest Camp has several attractions such as a museum hut, the <strong>Stevenson-Hamilton Memorial Library<\/strong>,\n an information centre and an auditorium. Only the library is \ninaccessible. Wheelchair users will need to be pulled up the stairs to \naccess this facility. The camp has 8, 2-bed huts with barrier free \nfacilities (6 with showers and 2 with baths). There is an accessible \n6-bedded cottage with bath and shower facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Restaurants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Skukuza Rest Camp has 2 restaurants including the Selati Station \nGrillhouse. Selati offers a full a la carte breakfast everyday from \n7:30am to 10:30am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Restaurant trading hours:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Weekdays: 6:00am &#8211; 22:30pm<\/li><li>Weekends: 12 &#8211; 3pm and 6pm- 22:30pm<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Airport:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The airport is a rudimentary one. The airport staff assists \npassengers off the plane via airline wheelchairs and down a mobile ramp.\n No barrier free toilets existed at the time of writing although access \nto the toilets is easily managed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stevenson Hamilton Memorial:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a get-out point with a path to a memorial plaque. The path \npasses over and between boulders and is not accessible to a person in a \nwheelchair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nkuhlu:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Nkuhlu is a picnic site where a ramp has been specially constructed \nto allow wheelchair users the opportunity to descend from the parking \nlot down to the pathway adjacent the river&#8217;s edge. There has been no \nadaptation of any of the other facilities and no barrier free toilets \nexist at the time of writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kruger Tablets:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Another get-out point where a memorial plaque has been embedded in \nrock. Reaching the plaque in a wheelchair requires assistance and such \nvisitors are better off reading the plaque through binoculars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skukuza Rest Camp Facilities:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Information at Reception<\/li><li>Public Telephone<\/li><li>Post Box<\/li><li>Public Telephone<\/li><li>Bank<\/li><li>Car Hire<\/li><li>Car Wash<\/li><li>2 x Restaurants<\/li><li>Auditorium and Conference Facilities<\/li><li>Internet Caf\u00e9<\/li><li>Delicatessen<\/li><li>Communal ablutions<\/li><li>2 swimming pools in camp (for overnight residents only)<\/li><li>Cafeteria<\/li><li>Shop<\/li><li>Laundromat<\/li><li>Filling Station<\/li><li>Communal Kitchens<\/li><li>Cutlery and Plates Hampers (from Reception)<\/li><li>Basic First Aid Assistance<\/li><li>TVs (limited DSTV) available in family bungalows only<\/li><li>DSTV (limited channels) available in Luxury Units only<\/li><li>Day Visitors Picnic (located 4km outside the camp) with own swimming pool<\/li><li>Cellphone reception<\/li><li>Skukuza Indigenous Nursery (located approximately 5km outside camp)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Brief History of Skukuza<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The camp was originally known as Sabie Bridge or simply Reserve, the \nname was changed in 1936. Skukuza Rest Camp in Kruger National Park is \nnamed after the Tsonga name for James Stevenson-Hamilton, the first \nwarden of the park. Literally translated it means &#8216;he who sweeps clean&#8217;,\n a reference to his removal of all the local people to make way for the \nestablishment of the Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Stevenson-Hamilton Memorial Museum houses many interesting \nartifacts &#8211; very well known is the knife ranger Harry Wolhuter used to \nsingle-handedly slay a Lion and save his own life. Skukuza is the Kruger\n National Park&#8217;s largest rest camp and <strong>administrative headquarters<\/strong>. It is situated on the southern banks of the Sabie River and is home to some interesting birds and amazing plant life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waterkant &#8211; Guesthouse &nbsp;Very Luxurious category More info here&#8230;. Skukuza Camp is the capital of Kruger National Park. 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