Festive season 2019/20: Kruger National Park to enforce daily gate quotas!

South African National Parks (SANParks) will enforce daily quotas for day visitors at the entrance gates to Kruger National Park over the coming festive season (13 December 2019 - 14 January 2020). Through the day visitor quota for Kruger National Park SANParks aims to better manage the expected volumes of visitors, as well as to improve the visitors' expectations. SANParks has introduced three time slots, of which day visitos can choose from. It is advised to book a time slot prior to arrival, as pre-booked day visitors will get preference over non-booked day visitors at Kruger National Park's entrance gates.

• Time slot 1 - 05:30 to 07:30
• Time slot 2 - 07:30 to 09:30
• Time slot 3 - 09:30 onwards

Pre-booked day visitors must ensure that they arrive within the time slots, as per their reservation. Arriving outside the booked time slot, will be regarded as non-booked and therefore not preferential. These bookings can be changed through SANParks Reservations offices.

Visitors should also take note of the following important information:

• Day Visitor bookings are subject to a non-refundable booking fee of R43 per adult and R22 per child.
• Day Visitors who have pre-booked will still be required to pay Conservation Fees or use a valid Wild Card to enter Kruger National Park. The Conservation Fee for South African residents as well as Zimbabwe and Mocambique nationals (passport required to prove this) is R100per adult and R50 per child between ages 2 - 11. For nationals of eSwatini and other SADC countries the conservation fees are R200 per adult and R100 per child. For all other guests the standard conservation fees of R400 for adults  and R200 for children applies.
• Guests planning to use Wild Cards are requested to ensure membership is valid before arrival and this can best be done online at www.sanparks.org/wild
• The number and profile of persons (adults and children) on the reservation and actual persons arriving should correspond.
• All guests (drivers and passengers) may be required to identify themselves upon admission (South African drivers' license, identity document or passport).
• Due to existing contractual arrangements with Open Safari Vehicles (OSVs), they are regarded as booked for all Day Visitor admissions.
• Gate quotas will be applied and un-booked guests could be denied entry.

Festive Season 2019/20: Extended operational hours at South Africa's 11 busiest land border crossings!

South Africa's Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is set to extend operational hours at the country's 11 busiest land border crossings to avoid delays over the festive season (04 December 2019 - 13 January 2020). During the festive season, high volumes of people are usually recorded at South Africa's borders with Mozambique, eSwatini and Lesotho. The DHA, as well as the South African Police Services (SAPS) and the South African Revenue Services (SARS), will deploy additional officials at selected ports of entry during the festive season. The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) implores all travellers leaving and entering South Africa to ensure that all their travel documents are in order to avoid unnecessary delays at the border crossings. These include passports, visas, health certificates, permits for specified goods, plants and animals and vehicles insurance and bank authorised cross-border documents for vehicles.

Mpumalanga

• Lebombo (South Africa - Mozambique)
• current hours of 06:00 – 00:00 will be extended to 24 hours from 13 December 2019 - 13 January 2020
• Mananga (South Africa - eSwatini)
• current hours of 07:00 - 18:00 will be extended to 07:00 - 20:00 from 21 - 24 December 2019
• Jeppe's Reef (South Africa - eSwatini)
• current hours of 07:00 - 20:00 will be extended to 07:00 - 22:00 from 21 - 24 December 2019
• Oshoek (South Africa - eSwatini)
• current hours of 07:00 - 00:00 will be extended to 24 hours from 19 - 21 December 2019
• Mahamba (South Africa - eSwatini)
• current hours of 07:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 07:00 - 00:00 on 21 December 2019 & 24 December 2019
  

Eastern Cape

• Qacha's Nek (South Africa - Lesotho)
• current hours of 07:00 - 20:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 22:00 from 21 - 24 December 2019
• current hours of 07:00 - 20:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 20:00 on 25 December 2019
• Tellebridge (South Africa - Lesotho)
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 05:00 - 23:00 on 13 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 05:00 - 23:00 on 17 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 05:00 - 23:00 from 22 - 24 December 2019

KwaZulu-Natal

• Kosi Bay (South Africa - Mozambique)
• current hours of 08:00 - 17:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 20:00 from 13 December 2019 - 09 January 2020

Free State

• Van Rooyenshek (South Africa - Lesotho)
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 20:00 on 20 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 20:00 on 23 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 24 hours on 24 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 00:00 on 05 January 2020
• Caledonspoort (South Africa - Lesotho)
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 00:00 on 14 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 24 hours on 21 December 2019
• current hours of 06:00 - 22:00 will be extended to 06:00 - 00:00 on 01 January 2020
• Monontsha Pass (South Africa - Lesotho)
• current hours of 08:00 - 16:00 will be extended to 08:00 - 18:00 from 14 - 15 December 2019
• current hours of 08:00 - 16:00 will be extended to 08:00 - 18:00 from 21 - 24 December 2019
• current hours of 08:00 - 16:00 will be extended to 08:00 - 17:00 from 28 - 31 December 2019
• current hours of 08:00 - 16:00 will be extended to 08:00 - 17:00 from 01 - 03 January 2020