Kruger National Park - Letaba Camp

This excellently equipped camp lies in a wide bend on the Letaba River. The information center, which will advise visitors about the animals (particularly elephants) to be seen in the area, has a collection of elephant tusks. Those of a bull elephant known as Shawu, 3.17m/10ft 5in. long, are believed to be the longest ever found in southern Africa.

In the savanna country round Letaba live many species of antelopes and cheetahs. At shady waterholes elephants, buffaloes, zebras and gazelles can be observed. The most beautiful tracks round Letaba are S 46 and S 93 and 44, which run southeast along the Letaba River. The Engelhard Dam to the east and the Mingerhout Dam are also good places for observing game.

The Letaba rest camp is situated midway between the southern and northern boundaries of the Kruger National Park.