SANParks: Free access to all South Africa’s national parks this week

These are the parks South African and international tourists have free access to during SANParks week.

18-09-2017 07:54

Every year since 2006, South Africans have been getting free access to the country’s national parks for a week.

This year, SANParks said its 19 national parks, including the Kruger National Park, will grant free admission to both local and international tourists.

The announcement was made during the official launch of National Parks Week at Golden Gate National Park in the Free State on Sunday.

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“Since inception (in 2006), there has been an influx of 286,935 people to these national parks. Last year we hit a mark of 62,312 visitors. It has been growing,” said CEO of SANParks, Fundisile Mketeni.

“We have realised a 14 percent increase, which was almost three percent above the target that we set ourselves as South African National Parks. In terms of numbers, we have realised 6.7 million visitors to our National Parks…. 60 percent of those are South Africans.”