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Kruger National Park
 

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General
 
Kruger National Park is the largest game reserve in South Africa, which extends approximately 350 km from north to south and about 60 km from west to east. Its nearly 2 million hectares of land and incredible sights and wildlife stretch along the Mozambique border and lie across the provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo in the north of South Africa, just south of Zimbabwe and west of Mozambique. 

Kruger Park was established in 1898 to protect the wildlife of the South African Lowveld. It is a land of an impressive number of species and man's interaction with the Lowveld environment over many centuries is very evident here. In 1960-1970 the Park was completely fenced off, but today it forms a Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park and fences are coming down to allow wild to freely migrate in the way it would have in the time before human intervention. When completed, the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park will extend across 35 000 square kilometers and tourists will be able to drive across the international borders of the three countries within the boundaries of the park.
Climate
  The climate in Kruger National Park is subtropical, which results in hot, rainy summer months   (October to March) and warm and mild winter months (April to September). Summer average temperature is about 32 degrees Celsius and afternoon thunderstorms and heavy downpours are common. Winters are warm and mild with an average temperature of 22 degrees Celsius, with warm, dry days and cold nights and early mornings.
How to explore?
  There are many ways to explore the Kruger National Park. You can explore it by yourself, stay in a camp, take a day or night game drive, but there are also guided tours and bush walks available, mostly with picnic spots, rest camps, waterholes and hides included. Throughout the year, park authorities restrict the total number of visitors, so in the high season it pays to arrive early if you don’t have a booking.
Central region:
  With 30% of the park´s area is this region mostly occupied by lions, leopards, hyenas and cheetah. It is also home to antelopes, giraffes, buffalos, zebras and wildebeests.
Far north region:
  This region is covered by areas of sand formed by river flood plains, combined with sandstone formations of the Mozambique coastal plain.The region is partly tropical. Here one can witness rare birdlife, knocking sand frog, Sharpe´s grysbok, samango monkeys, packs of wild dogs, red hare and yellow- spotted rock dassie, or hyrax as well as a number of tropical warm-water fishes.
Northern region:
  The northern region of the Orange River covers 7 000 square kilometers. The area has little rain and hot, low- lying valleys. However, it is also a land of five rivers inhabited by hippos. One can also admire variety of trees, like the nyala, the sycamore fig, the tamboti and the tall apple leaf, creating environment for bush pigs and herds of elephants, buffalos, bushbucks, impalas and kudus.
Southern region:
  In the southern region, bordered by the Crocodile River in the south and the Sabie River in the north, you can see a white rhino, kudu, impala, giraffe, buffalo, zebra, elephant, cheetah, and wild dogs. In the southern area Lebombo Mountains stretch along the border with Mozambique and create the highest point in the park- Khandzalive. This part of the region is a home to a number of trees, such as the Cape chestnut, coral tree, lavender fever-berry, combretum as well as leopards, rock dassies, hyraxes, baboons and klipspringers.
References:
  http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/
http://www.thompsonsafrica.com/
http://www.sa-venues.com/