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Skukuza Golf Club

Mpumalanga  >  South Africa

A reliable spot in Kruger NP to see a wide range of local species with the chance of an unexpected rarity popping up. From water birds to savanna species.

Hinzugefügt* von Chenay Simms
Zuletzt aktualisiert 7 September 2025

Beschreibung

Skukuza Golf Club in in Kruger National Park is a reliable location at which to quickly add some common species to your list. Birding is done from the restaurant deck that overlooks a small dam and the golf course. The indigenous vegetation in and around the parking area yields savanna woodland species and during winter the array of flowering aloes atttracts the full suite of local sunbirds and other nectar loving species. This site is also known to on occasion produce some local and regional rarities. Commonly seen species include African Fish-eagle, African Jacana, Black Crake, Thick-billed Weaver, African Black-headed Oriole, Purple-crested Turaco, Retz's Helmetshrike, Green-winged Pytilia and many more.

Details

Zugang

The Skukuza Golf club is inside the Kruger National Park which is access controlled and has an entrance fee. Access to the Skukuza Golf club is via the standard tourist roads of the park. These roads are easily accessable by a normal sedan. You are only allowed to get out of your vehicle at designated spots, so you cannot reach this spot by foot and no public transport services go here.

Once at the golf club, the parking area is fenced area and the dam can be viewed from the golf club restaurant deck.

Terrain und Habitat

Feuchtgebiet , Vereinzelte Bäume und Büsche , See , Schilfflächen , Stadt/Dorf

Bedingungen

Offene Landschaft , Flach

Rundweg

Ja

Ist ein Spektiv nützlich?

Möglicherweise hilfreich

Gute Beobachtungszeit

Ganzjährig

Beste Beobachtungszeit

Sommer

Route

asphaltierte Straße , unbefestigte Straße

Schwierigkeitsgrad der Tour

Einfach

Erreichbarkeit

zu Fuß , Rollstuhl

Beobachtungshütten oder -türme

Ja

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