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Limpopo Mpumalanga ZIMBABWE Camp Gate & Entry Gate Timetable Limpopo OPEN Mabyeni 18 H1-9 MAY- AUG- NOV- R525 Pafuri JAN FEB MAR APR OCT Gate Picnic Site JUL SEPT DEC The Outpost 04:30 5:30 5:30 6:00 6:00 6:00 5:30 4:30 Lodge 21 Luvuvhu Pafuri Crooks Pafuri CLOSE Camp Corner Gate Matshitshinzudzi MAY- NOV- H1-8 JAN FEB MAR APR AUG SEPT OCT DEC 18:30 18:30 18:00 18:00 17:30 18:00 18:00 18:30 Baobab 25 MOZAMBIQUE ENTRY GATES OPEN : JAN 5:30 NOV-DEC 5:30 PARK REGULATIONS Matekevele Speed Limit: Tarred rds-50 kph; Gravel rds 40 kph Viewpoint Only leave car at selected viewpoints Punda Stay on road and do not feed animals 25 Maria 16 Restcamp S60 H1-8 CAMP REGULATIONS Luvuvhu S99 H1-3 S59 11 There may be no noise from 21:30 & 06:00 No roller-skating, skateboarding & cycling Punda H13-1 No trading or advertising is permitted Maria Speed limit within rest camp is 10 km/h Gate 20S58 No pets allowed & fire arms must be declared Dzundwini R524 Viewpoint H1-7 21 Sandveld Communities Shitangeni Babalala Mphongolo Mopane Savannah Sirheni Picnic Site Kruger Bushveld Mopane Shrub Veld CampS56 Mopane/Bushwillow Woodlands National 11Early Borehole Lebombo Mountain Bushveld Mooigesig Park Dam Olifants Rugged Veld Wik-'n-Weeg 7 Stunted Knob Thorn Savannah Dam S55 S135 Knob Thorn/Maroela Veld on Basalt Viewpoint Shingwedzi Restcamp H1-6 S134 Delagoa Thorn Thicket 28 S50 Shingwedzi Bububu S52 Mixed Bushwillow Woodlands S52 8 Bateleur 8 Sabie/Crocodile Thorn Thicket Bushveld Camp Viewpoint Pretorious Kop Sourveld/ Rooibosrand Krapkuil S144 Malelane Mountain Bushveld Dam Dam 14 Viewpoint Main Restcamps S106 26 Private Lodges S142 Historical Sites 9 S143 Place of Interest Byashishi 16 H1-6 Gates 39 SOUTH Bowker's Distances (km) Kop 12 25 AFRICA Mopani Private Concessions Restcamp R529 S136 PicnicS50 Site Mountain Peak Boulders S49 Bush Lodge Giryondo H14 Gate Mineral Springs Picnic Site Shimuwini S48 H1-6 Bushveld Camp S141 La Cotte Viewpoint Limpopo S47 H14 Viewpoint S132 S62 S47 Letaba S131 S131 Restcamp S132 S94 S46 S96 Shilawuri Phalaborwa H9 H1-5 R71 H9 S44 Gate Picnic Site Namakgale Sable Gravelotte Dam Shamgiri Phalaborwa S93 H8 Olifants Leydsdorp S92 Restcamp S91 Balule R40 Private R526 Viewpoint Camp S89 Tulani Kapama S90 Safari Karula S39 Pondoro Lodge Umbabat Mica Game Roodewal Lodge Bush LodgeH1-4 Billys Lodge Klaserie Gomo Motswari Gomo Lodge Viewpoint Balule Makalali Lodge Game Timbavati Tshukudu Lodge Kings Picnic Site Game Camp S127 Tanda S90 Lodge Pezulu S39 Lodge Tula Mohlabetsi Safari S41 Bush Camp Umlani Mangadyane S40 Lodge Camp Timbavati Bush Diphuti Jabulani Lodge Timbavati Hoedspruit Kapama Ngala S12 River S100 Dublin R527 Lodge Royal Tented Viewpoint H7 Thornybush Legend Camp Maroela Kapama S41 Lodge Private Satara J.G. Strijdom Marepe Chapungu 'nKayaTimbavati Camp S36 Restcamp Abel Tamboti S106 Camp Lodge Orpen H6 Nwanetsi Tunnel Erasmus Tent Nwanetsi 1 944m Thornybush Restcamp H1-3 Viewpoint Pass Camp Picnic Orpen S126 & Picnic Site Kampersrus Museum Site Sweni Singita Jackalberry Gate Lebombo Echo Lodge KhokamoyaS140 S36 Lodge R531 Talamati Caves Camp Singita Blydepoort Honeyguide Bushveld Sweni Klaserie Tangala S145 R532 Dam Safari Camp Tented Camp Camp Lodge Tintswalo Mogaba Acornhoek S125 S37 Blyde River Baobab Branddraai Manyeleti Nwaswitsontso Cottondale Tree Bourke's Luck S36 Nkorho H1-3 Djuma Hamiltons Trichardt Potholes Safari Gowrie Vuyatela Camp MemorialS37 R36 Lodge Imbali LodgeS33 Simbambili Chitwa Exeter Hoyo Hoyo S35 Lindanda Sand Chitwa Djuma Leadwood River Arathusa Tsonga Lodge Memorial Vaalhoek Inyati Bush Picnic H1-3 Ulusaba Elephant Lodge S34 Ohrigstad Sabi Plains Site Leopard Londolozi Tshokwane R40 Hills Singita Mala S36 Singita Picnic Site Dulini Ebony Mala Orpen Dam Boulders Sable Orpen H1-2 Lodge Londolozi Bosbokrand Camp Plaque Robbers Pass Idube Singita Mala Mala Plains God's Lodge Camp Castleton Selati Memorial H10 R533 Window Nottens Pilgrim's Sabi Lodge Rhino Tablets Bush Post Joubert's Rest Bush Camp Camp S128 Bridge Graskop Earth Lodge Kirkman's Gqweta LodgeLion Sands Kamp H1-2S83 Ivory River R533 Lodge Jackalsbessie S30 S129 Kowyns Sabie Paul Lodge Camp H4-1 Pass R535 S3 Kruger Tinga Picnic Phabeni Lodge Skukuza Site Albasini S4Gate Gate S1 Restcamp Sabie S29 S104Ruins S65 H1 Mpumalanga H1 S79 S128 S114 R536 S1 H4-1 Mauchsberg Hazyview S29 Wolhuter's Kiepersol Stevenson S21 Sabie Windmill H1-1 Hamilton S7 S11 H3 Memorial Long Tom Pass R569 S112 Grave Lower S82 Sabie R537 Numbi Restcamp R40 Gate H5 R37 Pretoriuskop Jock of the H4-2 Sabie Restcamp Bushveld Hendriksdal S14 Jock S113 Viewpoint H2-2 S26 S102 S137 Safari Thomas Hart's S26 H4-2 Lodge R538 Grave S114 S26 De Kuiper Camp R37 H5 S28 Picnic Memorial ShongaMpanamana Site Camp Dam H2-2 Biyamiti S25 Crocodile Shawu Sishangeni Sudwala Viewpoint Bushveld Bridge White River Plaston Camp Lodge Caves S114 Restcamp Crocodile R539 Lukimbi Kruger S118 S25 S119 Safari Bridge Mpumalanga S120 Lodge Crocodile Gate R538 S121 Montrose Berg-en-Dal S110 Pass Restcamp S114 Hectorspruit Ressano S110 Malelane Garcia Malelane Gate Komatipoort N4 Private R570 Elandshoek Camp Nelspruit N4 To Johannesburg R40 Kaapmuiden N4 Kaapsehoop.
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