Skukuza

Also known as Sabie Bridge

Skukuza (formerly Reserve, Sabi Bridge and Sikhukhuza), a town in Mpumalanga located east of Hazyview at the confluence of the N'waswitshaka and Sabie Rivers, is the administrative headquarters of the Kruger National Park.

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Vinony's link graph records 106 inbound references to Skukuza, and connects out to Mpumalanga, Mbombela and vervet monkey.

The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 2 mapped points.

It sits within the topics Kruger National Park and Populated places in the Mbombela Local Municipality.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Skukuza
Settlement.image_skyline: Skukuza Camp Kruger NP.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Camp entrance at Skukuza
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Mpumalanga#South Africa#Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Mpumalanga
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ehlanzeni
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Mbombela
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.government_type: Ward 39
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.leader_name: Dudu Tryphinah Nkosi

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Wikidata facts

Country: South Africa
Located in: Ehlanzeni District Municipality
Image: Stevenson-Hamilton-Gedenkbibliotheek, Skukuza.JPG
Dialing code: 013

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postal code: 1350
Commons category: Skukuza
located in protected area: Kruger National Park

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Encyclopedic overview

33 sections

Contents

History
Facilities
Shop
Restaurants
Skukuza Indigenous Plant Nursery
Library
Sports
Little Heroes Acre
Conference Facilities
Nombolo Mdhuli Conference Centre
Medical Facilities
Activities
Game drives and bush walks
Metsi-Metsi Wilderness Trail
Bush Braai
Nearby Attractions and Game Viewing
Lake Panic Bird Hide
Name
Picnic sites
Tshokwane Trading Post
Nkuhlu Picnic Site
Stevenson-Hamilton Memorial
Kruger Shalati hotel
Accommodation for Guests with Mobility Challenges
Village
Laerskool Skukuza
Religious Services
N'waswitshaka Research Camp
Wildlife Incidents
Controversial Incidents
Climate
Gallery
References

It is also the largest rest camp of the park. It is South Africa's number one game viewing destination and is the most popular game reserve in the country. It is popular with domestic and foreign tourists alike, as the big five game are in relative abundance when compared to other game reserves in the country. The game reserve is situated in a medium rainfall area ( of rainfall per year), on the well-wooded banks of the Sabie and N'waswitshaka rivers of Mpumalanga Province.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skukuza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.