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A hundred years wild

Honouring the centenary of Kruger National Park There are few places left on Earth where time still feels ancient. Places where the horizon is unchanged by buildings, where elephant paths outlast roads, and where the same lion calls echo across generations. Kruger National Park is one of those rare landscapes. In May 2026, we will be marking 100 years since the Kruger was formally declared South Africa’s first national park. A full century of protection, persistence, and wildness… A hundred years is a milestone in human terms. In the life of a wilderness, it is only a heartbeat. And yet

Golden autumn light over Kruger National Park grasslands

When the light begins to lean

The quiet shift from summer to autumn has begun There is no obvious moment when summer ends in the Kruger, yet anyone who has experienced a Kruger autumn safari will recognise the quiet shift that begins to unfold. No sudden cold front sweeps in to redraw the landscape, no blaze of colour signals a turning point, and while 1 March is recognised as the watershed between summer and autumn, no date on the calendar feels definitive enough to declare that one season has closed and another has begun. Instead, the change arrives gradually and almost imperceptibly, carried on subtleties that

Watch Tshokwane River Camp and Satara Plains Camp come to life

The vanishing camps re-appear!

Watch Tshokwane River Camp come to life: how Kruger Untamed Camps Are Rebuilt Each Season We’ve begun the task of rebuilding our two magical Kruger Untamed Camps – Tshokwane River Camp and Satara Plains Camp – in spite of the challenges presented by the unprecedented rainfall that marked this summer in the Kruger National Park. This is where we’ll be keeping you updated of our progress through videos from the frontline sent to us from Logistics and Support Manager Andrew Jackson and the rest of the construction team! Enjoy these sneak peeks at how we bring our vanishing camps back

Cooked by fire, shaped by the land

At Kruger Untamed, what happens around the table is as much a part of the wilderness experience as what happens beyond it There’s a particular kind of meal that only the bush can produce, and it has nothing to do with the number of courses or the weight of the cutlery. It has to do with fire, and with the particular hunger that arrives after a morning in the wild, and with the way food tastes when it’s cooked with intention in a landscape that demands nothing less. At Kruger Untamed, the kitchen is an extension of the safari itself,

Enter the Untamed Tales of Kruger competition

Tell us your story and you could WIN a 2-night stay for two at Kruger Untamed We’re thrilled to launch our exciting new Kruger Untamed competition: Untamed Tales of Kruger #MyUntamedStory! If you’ve set foot (or tyre) in the iconic Kruger National Park, you’re sure to have at least one wild story – you know, the kind that replays in your dreams long after the dust settles on your boots… A heart-racing close encounter with a pride of lions at dusk; an unbelievable sighting of a pack of painted wolves (African wild dogs) racing across the savannah during the fabled

Celebrating love and life’s milestones

Enjoy special “we” moments in sensational style There are certain moments in life that deserve more than a crowded hall or a city skyline. Birthdays that mark a new decade, weddings that bind two lives together, anniversaries that carry years of memory. These are not ordinary occasions. They ask for settings that rise to meet their significance, places that feel timeless, grounding, and unforgettable. At Kruger Untamed, we believe there is no stage more fitting than the wilderness itself, a landscape of raw beauty where milestones are honoured not just by people, but by nature. Romance does not belong to

Rain and the rhythm of nature

When the wilderness breathes again Rain is never just weather in the wild. It is a signal, a shift, a deep breath drawn by the land itself. Across the Greater Kruger region, rain carries meaning far beyond relief from dust or heat. It sets ancient processes back into motion, reawakens dormant systems, and restores balance to landscapes shaped by cycles far older than human memory. This January, the rains arrived with extraordinary force. A rare, one-in-one-hundred-year weather system moved across the region, bringing sustained and intense rainfall that altered rivers, flooded low-lying areas, and caused real devastation in surrounding communities.

Two different ways of meeting the wild

A look at walking and tracking experiences Walking and tracking are often spoken about in the same breath, yet at Kruger Untamed they are two very different ways of meeting the wild. Both take you beyond the open safari vehicle and into the textures of the landscape, but each invites a distinct state of mind. Walking is about presence. Tracking is about pursuit. One is a widening of awareness, the other a narrowing of focus. Both reveal layers of meaning that remain invisible at a distance. Walking safaris are part of the DNA of Kruger Untamed and are available at

The gift that keeps on giving

A Kruger Untamed safari is the best present there is! There are gifts that are opened and set aside, and then there are gifts that change something quietly within us. A safari at Kruger Untamed belongs to the latter. It is not an item wrapped in ribbons or tucked beneath a tree. It is a moment in time, a deep breath, a reconnection, a doorway into something older and more grounding than anything we hold in our hands. As the world leans into the festive season full of celebration and reflection, the idea of giving an experience instead of an

The evolution of Kruger Untamed

Returning to the wild in 2026 Our 2025 is now at a close, but in 2026 Kruger Untamed returns for another fleeting season, from 1 May to 30 September. Two wild sanctuaries – Satara Plains Camp and Tshokwane River Camp – rise quietly from the heart of the Kruger, offering guests a rare chance to live close to the earth, guided by the rhythms of nature. Next year our vanishing camps continue their gentle evolution, each deepening its identity: Satara as the spirited, open-hearted introduction to life untamed; Tshokwane as a slower, more immersive retreat shaped by detail and stillness.

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