RETURN Africa - Hutwini Walking Camp  Verified Listing

Explore what is arguably the most beautiful and biologically diverse corner of the Greater Kruger National Park. With low road density, guests can walk for hours without seeing any sign of humans—unless your guide points out a Stone Age hand axe, a thousand-year-old pot shard, or a Makuleke era ash midden.

Explore this extraordinary Ramsar wetland site, home to fever tree forests, baobab groves, and palm-fringed wetlands. Guided by our professional rangers, you’ll safely encounter large animals and discover many hidden treasures of the African bush. Enjoy the upgraded experience at Hutwini Walking Camp, where you’ll be immersed in nature’s sounds and smells—a place to recharge.

Enjoy a hot shower, delicious food, fireside stories, and starry nights before surrendering to sleep, serenaded by whooping hyenas and the melody of nightjars.

While the walking trails are fully catered, the Pafuri Camp luxury tented accommodation offers the the use of the lodge's restaurant and bar.
Baobab Hill Bush House has all the comforts of a private home with a fully equipped kitchen.

The spectacular, private Makuleke Concession of the northern Kruger National Park is perhaps the best area for walking in the entire Park and is blessed not only with exceptional biodiversity but also spectacular scenery, seasonally high densities of many large mammal species, a feeling of wilderness and remoteness, and a sense of history.

Habitats include the life-giving arteries of the Limpopo and Luvuvhu rivers, both with well-developed floodplains and a series of vitally important seasonal pans. Between the two rivers lies a ridge of hills with a network of drainage lines and secret perennial springs to which the area's game is drawn. Rugged baobab dotted kopjes jut from mopane woodland and endless vistas across palm-studded floodplains, acacia woodland and ethereal riverine forests.

The Makuleke region was returned to its rightful owners, the Makuleke community who were forcibly removed in 1969, in one of the first land claims settled after the end of apartheid. The Makuleke community continue to co-manage the area for conservation as an integral part of the greater Kruger National Park.

Please note that Pafuri Camp, Baobab Hill Bush House and Pafuri Walking Trails Camp have to abide by SANParks gate entry and exit times. To view these times please visit SANParks.org

Pafuri Luxury Tented Camp has a restaurant and bar.
There are daily open vehicle game drives, bush walks can be arranged in advance.
There is satellite internet at Pafuri Luxury Tented Camp (in the main areas only).

Attractions in the area include:
- Lanner Gorge
- Crookes Corner where the South African, Zimbabwe and Mozambique borders meet
- Fever tree forest
- Giant baobabs
- Thulamela ruins
- Over 450 species of birds