Bateleur Bushveld Camp
Oldest and smallest bushveld camp · North, on the Mashokwe spruit about 40 km south-west of Shingwedzi · SANParks (South African National Parks)
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Budget
Inside the park
Park-run (SANParks)
SANParks calls Bateleur the oldest and the smallest of its five bushveld camps. It sits on the Mashokwe spruit about 40 km south-west of Shingwedzi, 140 km from Phalaborwa Gate, with a game-viewing hide over a waterhole and two dams nearby. Only guests with a booking may enter, there is no shop or restaurant, and every cottage has its own bathroom and kitchen; it is one of three bushveld camps where hair-dryers can be used. Guest cottages start at R3,003 a unit and sleep a family. SANParks lists sunrise drives from Bateleur. Choose it for a small, quiet northern camp with your own supplies. Owned and run by SANParks.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Smallest bushveld camp, only booked guests
- Hide over a waterhole
- Power in the units
- Family cottages
Cons
- 140 km from Phalaborwa Gate
- No shop or restaurant
- Dearer per unit than main-camp bungalows
What's here
- Family rooms
- En-suite bathrooms
- Solar or 24h power
- Self-catering
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Bateleur Bushveld Camp's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Kruger National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryR602 per international adult per day at USD 1 = ZAR 16.65 (6 Oct 2026); R692, about $42, from 1 Nov 2026.
- $36per person, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults pay $216 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
SANParks charges no vehicle fee for private cars at Kruger.
Almost every private lodge inside Kruger excludes the SANParks conservation fee from its rate, so you pay it on top for each night.
The full fee schedule for Kruger National ParkRates at Bateleur Bushveld Camp
From $90 pppn (reseller rate). Reseller rates from krugerpark.co.za (Siyabona Africa), read 6 October 2026, for 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027, per unit per night, self-catering. SANParks prints no unit rates and asks you to request a quote via Online Bookings or Central Reservations on +27 (0)12 428 9111. Guest cottage R3,003 (13 January to 18 March 2027; about $180 per unit, $90 each if two share), R3,330 (1 November to 8 December 2026) or R3,707 in peak. The cottages sleep families, so the cost per head falls with a bigger party. Extra on top: the SANParks conservation fee (R602, about $36, per international adult per day until 31 October 2026; R692, about $42, from 1 November 2026 on figures SANParks has linked but we read through secondary sources) and SANParks' 1% community fund on accommodation and activities. SANParks says its rates and fees include VAT.
Self-catering. You cook. Nothing else is included unless the entry says so.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked 6 October 2026 and converted at R16.65 to the US dollar (rate of that date); re-check before you book. SANParks does not print its unit rates online, so every SANParks figure here is a reseller rate from krugerpark.co.za (Siyabona Africa) for 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027, quoted per unit and shown per person for two sharing. Private lodge figures come from each lodge's own rate page unless the entry says reseller. The SANParks conservation fee is extra almost everywhere: R602 (about $36) per international adult per day until 31 October 2026, R692 (about $42) from 1 November 2026.
Questions about Bateleur Bushveld Camp
How do I book Bateleur?
Through SANParks Online Bookings or Central Reservations on +27 (0)12 428 9111. Bookings open 11 months ahead, on the first working day of each month.
Is there a shop at Bateleur?
No. SANParks says bush camps have no shops or restaurants. Shingwedzi, about 40 km away, is the nearest main camp with a shop.
Is Bateleur good with children?
SANParks publishes no child policy for the camp. The cottages are family units, and children aged 2 to 11 pay the child conservation fee (R300 a day for international visitors to 31 October 2026).