Kruger National Park - Satara Camp

Satara is a modern camp situated in a part of the Kruger National Park where large numbers of big game can be seen. Within the camp is a small pond on which birds can usually be observed at close quarters. The abundance of game round Satara is due to the large numbers of waterholes in the area.

At the Nsemani Dam, 9km/5.5mi west of Satara, hippopotamuses and waterbucks can frequently be seen, as well as the occasional pride of lions. 16km/10mi east on S 100 is the Gudzani Dam, where large herds of buffaloes and herds of three or four hundred zebras can be seen. Giraffes are frequently also to be observed. 25km/15mi northwest of Satara, on the banks of the Timbavati River, is the popular picnic area of Marcoela.

On the road south from Satara a track goes off on the right, 15km/9mi from the camp, to the nearby Nkayapan waterhole, which, particularly in winter, attracts many animals. The road continues, passing bizarrely shaped baobab trees, to the Kumana Dam (on the east side of the road), which is regularly visited by storks.

Satara Rest Camp is situated near the center of the park in the middle of a flat plain of tall- treed Savannah.