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Activities & Facilities within the parks

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Astronomy Picnic Police
Back-pack trails TV Whale watching
Beach Game drives Walking, hiking, trails
Biking Fishing Tennis
Birding Flowers Telephone
Bowling Fossils Swimming
Bungee Golf Snooker
Cable Hiking Shopping
Canoeing Historical sites Viewing
Cell phone reception Horse riding Sailing
Conference facilities Information Restaurant
Laundry Medical service Post Office
Otter trail Petrol station 4 x4 activities

 

Activities

SANParks offers a wide range of activities, including the activties described below. For comprehensive information on activities on offer in each park, please visit the relevant park/parks website.

  • Astronomy (Stargazing) - Presentations of the southern hemisphere skies and African star lore, followed by night sky viewing through a large telescope, are combined with sunset and night game drives from Olifants Rest Camp to a remote site on the river bank where the telescope is set up for the evening.
  • 4x4 Trails
    • |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld is only accessible in 4x4 vehicles. There are 4x4 trails available at a number of parks. Please see each parks information for more details.
  • Adventure Activities (River Rafting, Bungi, Mountain Biking etc)
    • External private groups often operate these, e.g. Blackwater Tubing at Tsitsikamma and the 3-in-one challenge at Augrabies. As these activities are external to SANParks, such activities may be advertised in the parks themseleves.
  • Back-pack Trails:
    • There are back-pack and 'slaak-pack' trails available at a number of parks. Please see each parks information for more details.
  • Beach Access
    • Beaches are available at Addo Elephant, Agulhas, Knysna/Wilderness, Namaqua, Table Mountain, Tsitsikamma and West Coast.
  • Birding
  • Canoeing
    • 3-day canoe trails are available at Wilderness. Casual boating and canoeing can be done here too and at Golden Gate, Tsitsikamma (Nature's Valley) and Knysna.
  • Conferencing
    • Conference facilities of varying capacity are available in the KNP as well as at a number of parks. Please see each parks information for more details.
  • Fishing
    • Fishing permits are available at Addo Elephant, Agulhas, Bontebok, |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld and West Coast. Angling has been stopped at Tsitsikamma because of the drastic decline of rocky shoreline species.
  • Flower Season
    • Flower Season (usually at its height in the months of August and September) is a feature at Agulhas, Bontebok, Namaqua, West Coast and Wilderness. Flower displays are found in other parks as well. Watch these parks' sites for seasonal updates.
  • Game Watching
  • Golf
    • Kruger (Skukuza) is the only SANParks venue that operates a golf course. However many of the other parks have golf courses in their near vicinity.
  • Guided Game Drives (Night and Day) and Guided Walks
    • Park guided day and night drives are permanently available at a number of parks. Please see each parks information for more details.
  • Hikes, Walks and Trails
  • Historical Exhibits
    • Historical exhibits are to be found in all of the parks.
  • Horse Riding
    • Park facilitated horse riding is available in Addo Elephant, Golden Gate and Mountain Zebra.
  • KNP Wilderness Trails
  • Lebombo Eco Trail
  • Motorcycling
    • Agulhas National Park – Motorcycle friendly
    • Golden Gate Highlands National Park – Motorcycle friendly
    • Karoo National Park – Motorcycles allowed after prior arrangement
    • Knysna National Lake Area – Motorcycle friendly
    • Namaqua National Park – Motorcycles allowed on all public roads
    • Tankwa Karoo National Park – Motorcycles allowed
    • Tsitsikamma National Park – Motorcycle friendly
    • West Coast National Park – Motorcycle friendly
    • Wilderness National Park – Motorcycles allowed on designated routes
  • Mountain Bike Trails
    • Mountain Biking is permitted in a number of parks where animals do not pose a safety threat to riders, as well as at Olifants in the KNP. Please see each parks information for more details.
  • Otter Trail - Tsitsikamma
  • Picnic Sites
    • Available in all parks.
  • Restaurants and Cafeterias
    • Such facilities affiliated to SANParks are available at most parks, and if not there is usually such a facility in nearby towns. |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld is perhaps the exception.
  • Sailing
    • Permitted at Knysna, West Coast and Wilderness.
  • Scenic Landmarks
    • Occuring in all the parks. Table Mountain (Table Mountain), Augrabies Falls (Augrabies) and the Agulhas Lighthouse (Agulhas) are some of the more renowned landmarks.
  • Shops
    • Shops of some size are found in virtually all the parks and if not are available in adjacent towns or urban settlements. Please see each parks information for more details.
  • Snooker
    • Available at Golden Gate.
  • Television
    • Available in some parks. Some other camps and parks will put up a big screen to cover major sporting events. Please see each parks information for more details.
  • Tennis
    • Available at Golden Gate.
  • Trails, Walks and Hikes
  • Whale Watching
    • Can be done at Addo Elephant, Agulhas, Table Mountain, Tsitsikamma, West Coast and Wilderness

Facilities

  • Cell Phone Reception
  • Conferencing
  • Electricity
  • Information Centres
  • Internet Café - KNP (Skukuza and Ber-en-Dal)
  • Laundry
  • Medical Services
  • Picnic
  • Petrol/ Diesel
    • South African legislation stipulates that fuel stations are only allowed to accept legitimate petrol / fuel / garage cards or cash as a form of payment for any fuel purchase.
    • Unfortunately no credit cards will be accepted as payment for fuel at any fuel station.
  • Public Telephones
  • Restaurant
  • Self-Catering
  • Shops
  • Swimming
    • There are swimming pools at a number of park and camps. Please see each parks information for more details.