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  - Cheetah
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Best of the best |
Scenic roads

Top 10 scenic roads

Some people come to the Kruger National Park, not so much for the animals, but for the incredible scenery! The park is massive and extremely diverse, giving visitors the opportunity to drive through a great variety of scenery: from mountainous areas to stunning riverbeds, from open plains to dense forests.

It wasn't an easy task to pick our top 10 most scenic roads in the Kruger National Park, and we hope that you will drive at least some of these during your next visit.

Our top 10 scenic roads in the Kruger National Park:

Road name:	Road location:
S56 Mphongolo Loop	North-west of Shingwedzi
S63 Luvuvhu River gravel road	Past Pafuri picnic site
S39 Timbavati River road north	North-west of Satara
S99 Mahonie Loop	Around Punda Maria
S23 Biyamiti Loop	South of Skukuza
S100 N'wanetsi River road	East of Satara
S52 Red Rocks Loop	South-west of Shingwedzi
S10 gravel loop	Around Shabeni Koppie north of Pretoriuskop
S110 Matjulu Loop	Next to Berg-en-Dal
S143 Tropic of Capricorn Loop (in summer)	North-east of Mopani