Kruger Airport Mini Guide
Kruger Airport is known in full as Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport. It is the main gateway for the beautiful Kruger national park which is full of lots of amazing wild animals. One of the largest game reserves in the whole of Africa, Kruger national park is 18,989 square kilometres. UNESCO has designated Kruger national park as an International Man and Biosphere Reserve. That means it is protected due to the great array of wildlife that it contains.
Nine main gates surround the park including Paul Kruger Gate, Malelane Gate, Crocodile Bridge Gate, Punda Maria Gate, Phalaborwa Gate and Phabeni Gate. The Kruger national park is famous for a video which did the rounds on YouTube showing a great animal battle between lions, crocodiles and wildebeest. This amateur eyewitness video went on to win all sorts of awards. So use Kruger Airport as a gateway to adventure. This South African airport has the airport code MQP. It is situated not far away from Nelspruit. South Africa Express Airlines has a scheduled service to Johannesburg. It is run by South African Airways.
There are also services to Cape Town, Durban and Livingstone with Airlink and with Pelican Air Services to Vilanculos. This public airport is run by Primkop Airport Management (Pty) Ltd. Kruger Airport has the coordinates map longitude South 25.22.59 and map latitude 31.06.20 East. Car hire Kruger Airport can come with sats navs to help you figure out where you want to go. We can also offer hardy off road vehicles which are great for going on safari.