Kruger National Park - A short update on the floods of 2026

About this episode

This episode provides an update on the impact of the catastrophic floods in Kruger National Park in 2026.

Send us Fan Mail Can we still visit the Kruger Park? Absolutely! The Kruger National Park periodically gets affected by catastrophic flooding. The recent 2026 floods, described as the worst in decades, damaged over 15 camps and caused damaged estimated to exceed R500million (US$30million), with total repairs possibly taking up to 5 years. Support the show The Road Trip SA app is available for download. Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris

People in this episode

Host: Road Trip

Topics covered

• flooding
• Kruger National Park
• travel updates
• South Africa
• nature disasters

Keywords

• Kruger National Park
• floods
• 2026
• travel
• South Africa
• nature
• safaris

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Road Trip SA, Touch Africa Safaris

Places: Kruger National Park

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