Makuleke Contractual Park
Boasting an excellent assortment of wildlife amidst beautiful scenery, Makuleke Contractual Park is well worth considering for your next safari vacation!
When to Go
Best Time to Go
A highly scenic and wildlife-rich area
Wildlife activities, cultural experiences, and historical tours
See all Big Five species and ample birdlife
Explore parks in Mozambique and Zimbabwe visa-free
The Wild North of the Kruger
Makuleke’s total area is about 240 sq km and access into Makuleke is usually via self-drive or flight from local airports. One major attraction of a stay in Makuleke is the opportunity to take trips into Mozambique’s Gaza National Park and Zimbabwe’s Gonarezhou without the need for an additional visa for each country! Gaza, Gonarezhou, and the entire Kruger area form part of the Peace Park, or the Great Limpopo Park, which covers an impressive 35,000 square kilometers. Exploring the Peace Park is an exciting prospect for safarists hoping to cover a lot of ground.
Activities
Makuleke Contractual Park offers immense wildlife diversity, thanks to the varied nature of its geography, which guests can explore on game drives or guided bush walks.
Game drives
Scenic bush walks
Explore cultural and historic sites
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Game drives allow guests to explore the park’s diverse terrain, which encompasses a range of habitats that support various wildlife species. Among the mammal species you can expect to see are all the Big Five – lion, rhino, leopard, elephant, and buffalo! Smaller predators include the cheetah, spotted hyena, side-striped jackal, serval, caracal, African wildcat, and wild dog. The herbivore count includes giraffes, blue wildebeest, plains zebras, and over ten types of antelope. There are primates too – chacma baboon, vervet monkey, and bushbabies – and plentiful hippo in the rivers.
Makulele’s terrain encompasses savanna, acacia thickets, mopane woodlands, fever tree forests, and, of course, the rivers where so many species quench their thirst. This mixture of features results in some gorgeous scenery, not least because the park also contains some large baobab trees, providing ample cool shade for a picnic. Hundreds of birds reside here, comprising a thrilling variety of raptors, waterbirds, songbirds, and more.
Other things to do here include visiting the local village and taking a guided tour of Crook’s Corner and the ruins of Thulamela, an ancient city.
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