South African National Parks (SANParks) will be opening its 11th annual SA National Parks Week at Addo Elephant National Park from 12 to 16 September 2016. This initiative is in partnership with Total SA and FNB. In line with SANParks vision statement of ‘A sustainable National Park System Connecting Society’.

What does it involve?

SANParks is allowing day visitors a week of free access to most of the 21 national parks. It does not include free access to accommodation facilities and other tourist activities – just in case you were wondering!

It’s a great local initiative especially when times are tough and food prices are alone a burden on many families.

Here are the dates and parks which are apart of this initiative:

Addo Elephant National Park

11 – 16 September 2016, Addo

Agulhas National Park

11 – 16 September 2016, Agulhas

Augrabies Falls National Park

12 – 17 September 2016, Augrabies

Bontebok National Park

12 – 18 September 2016, Bonetbok

Camdeboo National Park

12 – 18 September 2016, Camdeboo

 

Garden Route National Park

11 – 17 September 2016, Garden Route

Golden Gate Highlands National Park

12 – 18 September 2016, Golden Gate

Karoo National Park

12 – 16 September 2016 ***First 100 visitors per day on the Saturday (17 September) and Sunday (18 September) gain free access.

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

12 – 17 September 2016, Kgalagadi

Kruger National Park

12 – 16 September 2016, Kruger

 

Mapungubwe National Park

12 – 18 September 2016, Mapungubwe

Marakele National Park

12 – 18 September 2016, Marakele

Mokala National Park

12 – 17 September 2016, Mokala

Mountain Zebra National Park

12 – 16 September 2016 ***First 100 visitors per day on the Saturday (17 September) and Sunday (18 September) gain free access, Mountain Zebra

Namaqua National Park

12 – 16 September 2016 ***Excluded from SA National Parks Week, Namaqua

Table Mountain National Park

12 – 17 September 2016 ***Free entry excludes Boulders Penguin Colony, Table Mountain

Tankwa Karoo National Park

12 – 18 September 2016, Tankwa

West Coast National Park

12 – 16 September 2016, West Coast