Our first trip to KTP! Comparing Kruger to Kgalagadi: Kruger National Park is in the northeast of South Africa in the eastern parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. The park borders Mozambique (and the Limpopo National Park) on the east and Zimbabwe in the north. The current size is 19.000 sq km making it the 7th largest nature reserve in Africa. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is located within the southern Kalahari Desert and is the first transfrontier park. Since 1999 the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa and the Mabuasehube-Gemsbok National Park in Botswana became one park. The current size is 38.000 sq km, which makes it one of the largest National Parks in Africa. From these 38.000 sq km, three-quarters lie in Botswana and one-quarter in South Africa (about 13.000km). Besides its borders with Botswana on the east, the park also borders Namibia in the west. While Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is much larger in size, the 2 game reserves are not comparable in terms of the number of camps and roads. Where you have over 20 camps in Kruger, there are 10 main camps in Kgalagadi on the South African side and there are not nearly as many roads in Kgalagadi ... even when you do consider the Botswana side and because there are only 2 main roads alongside the dry riverbeds, large parts of the park are inaccessible. Kruger's best time to go is from May to September and the most rain falls between December and March Kgalagadi’s best time to go is from May to August and the most rain falls between January and March. There are more animals in Kruger National Park and there are more roads to get close to them. Kruger has the Big Five while Kgalagadi doesn’t (no elephants or rhino or buffalo as not sufficient water). When you throw in the landscape, Kgalagadi is definitely unique because of all the open space. Even though the number of predators is lower in Kgalagadi, this park is known for its predator sightings. Which do we prefer?! SO different that impossible to have a preference - each Park is unique and spectacular in its own right!