Kruger National Park

Scientific Services

Species	Stats
Fish	53 species (includes 3 exotic species)
Birds	505 species
Amphibians	35 species
Reptiles	118 species
Plants: 1 990 taxa	Mosses – ±3 Ferns – ±32 Sedges – ±74 Aloes – ±18 Grasses – ±224 Trees and Shrubs – ±404 Others (herbs, lianes, succulents etc.) – 1 234
Mammals: 148 species including	- Insectivora (shrews etc) 9 species - Chiroptera (bats) 42 " - Primates 5 " - Carnivora 27 " - Perissodactyla 3 " (2 Rhinos, 1 zebra) - Hyracoidea (dassies) 2 " - Tubulidentata (aardvark) 1 " - Proboscidae (elephant) 1 “ - Artiodactyla 26 " (2 pigs, 1 Giraffe, 1 Hippo, 22 antelopes) - Pholidota (pangolin) 1 " - Rodentia (rodents) 25 " - Lagomorpha (hares) 3 " - Macroscelidae (elephant shrews) 3 "

We are offering fantastic discounts on 8 of the Wilderness Trails in the KNP.

The park was first proclaimed in 1898 as the Sabie Game Reserve by the then president of the Transvaal Republic, Paul Kruger. He first proposed the need to protect the animals of the Lowveld in 1884, but his revolutionary vision took another 12 years to be realised when the area between the Sabie and Crocodile Rivers was set aside for restricted hunting.