Pretoriuskop Camp in Kruger National Park takes its name from the nearby kopje (hill) where Voortrekker Willem Pretorius, a member of Carl Trichardt’s 1848 expedition to Delagoa Bay, is buried.

The camp is also one of the oldest in the Kruger National Park and lodging ranges from fully equipped guesthouses to basic bungalows with just 2 beds and a basin.

Top-of-the-range lodging at Pretoriuskop Camp in Kruger National Park includes the Pierre Joubert and the Doherty Bryant guesthouses.

The accommodation at Pretoriuskop Camp in Kruger National Park is grouped into 3 circles centered round a compact administrative block and spaciously laid between lush green lawns. The administrative block includes the reception area shop, restaurant and cafeteria.The camp also offers disabled-friendly accommodation.

Pretoriuskop Camp is situated in the southwestern part of the Kruger National Park and is only 9 kilometres (5 miles) from Numbi Gate, 60 kilometres (37 miles) from the Paul Kruger Gate and 50 kilometres (31 miles) from Skukuza Rest Camp. The surrounding vegetation is varied with some well developed woodland, grassland and the granite dome of Shabeni Hill.

Historical Interest of Pretoriuskop Camp in Kruger National Park:

Between 1836 and 1860, groups of Voortrekkers investigated various possible routes through the Lowveld to the Portuguese harbours in Mozambique in an effort to establish trade.

The Voortrekkers were a group of Dutch-speaking colonists that left the Cape Colony during the 1830s in pursuit of their vision of political autonomy in the interior, far from British influence and administration. Pretoriuskop Camp in Kruger National Park lies near one of these trade routes, and tak