Regent Exclusive Safaris offers personalised wildlife tours to the Kruger National Park with the option of a hot air balloon flight over the Sabie River Valley in Mpumalanga. South Africa is situated at the southern most tip of the African continent. It is a country of great diversity and unmatched beauty in its landscape, its wildlife and its people. South Africa has it all - from untamed bushveld, sun-drenched beaches and serene mountains to cosmopolitan cities. The climate is incomparable, with year-round sunshine. The people are amongst the friendliest in the world and as eclectic as the landscape.

The Kruger National Park measures 350 kms north to south with a minimum width of 60 kms and a maximum width of 90 kms east to west. This covers a total area of 20,000 square kms which is equivalent to the size of Israel. The major rivers are the Crocodile, which forms the Park's southern boundary, and the Limpopo which forms the northern boundary. Other perennial rivers, flowing from west to east, include the Sabie, Olifants, Letaba and the Luvuvhu.

The plant life varies from subtropical to tropical, as approximately one third of the Park lies within the tropic belt to the north of the Tropic of Capricorn. A total of 1986 plant species, including 457 tree and shrub species, as well as 235 species of grass, have been recorded in the Park. The Kruger National Park is home to an impressive number of species: 147 mammals, 507 birds, 336 trees, 49 fish and 34 amphibians.

The altitude varies from 442m above sea level at Punda Maria in the north to 839m at Khandizwe near Malelane in the south, with the central part approximately 260m. Average daily temperature in January is 30 degrees Celsius and 23 in July. The extreme maximum can be 47 for January and 35 for July.

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