SA: Kruger National Park – Afsaal Picnic Spot

October 22, 2009

The Afsaal Picnic Site is the main picnic area between the Berg-en-dal and Skukuza Rest Camps, and includes a restaurant and a small curio shop. Afsaal is an Afrikaans word that means "a place to break the journey" and the recently upgraded picnic spot offers just that - toilet facilities, braai stands, a shop and you can buy food if you don’t fancy a picnic.

🙂 Popular picnic stop

🙁 Can be long waiting times

The Kruger National Park’s Afsaal picnic spot, located at the junction of the H3 and H2-2, is situated quite centrally and is on the banks of the mostly dry Mthlowa River.

Wildlife at Afsaal is not as plentiful as other picnic spots in the park, but you could get to see Leopard, Vervet Monkey, Chacma Baboon, Bushbuck, Dwarf Mongoose, African Firefinch, Blue Waxbill, African Scops Owl, Crested Barbet, Greater Blue Eared Starling, Cape Glossy Starling, African Grey Hornbill, Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill and the Redbilled Hornbill.

Also be on lookout for a pack of Wild Dog, resident around the Voortrekker; and Lion, especially on the Biyimiti loop around the weir.

2019:

Sadly, this time we were not with Jaco as we had come for his funeral…what a loss….