Kruger National Park Visitor Numbers

[Richprins]

Hello!



Maybe someone can help, but it is extremely difficult to get reliable data on how many day visitors enter Kruger on a daily, monthly and yearly basis. Non-AW sources and media also have a tough time figuring this out...I tried!

They do not reflect on the annual reports or budget...only overnight visitors, as far as we could find...

So worked on gate quotas:


2013

Each gate has its limited number of Day Visitors that can be allowed per day e.g. Kruger Gate 750 and 500 for the other gates such as Punda Maria, Pafuri, Phalaborwa, Giriyondo, Orpen, Phalabowa, Phabeni, Numbi, Malelane Crocodile Bridge.


http://www.sanparks.co.za/about/news/de ... p?id=55952







2012


The gate quotas are as follows:

Giriyondo Gate – 275
Pafuri Gate – 385
Punda Gate – 385
Open Gate – 550
Phalaborwa Gate - 550
Phabeni Gate – 550
Malelane Gate – 550
Crocodile Bridge Gate – 385
Numbi Gate – 550
Kruger Gate – 750




http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2012 ... et-through



2011

Each gate has its limited number of day visitors that can be allowed per day. For example the limit for the Phalaborwa gate is 600 and at small ones like Pafuri it is 300.


http://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/k ... ate-quotas


So on 2013 quotas, max 5250 day visitors per day!? (That's tourists, not vehicles )

1916250 over 365 days...take 20 %...conservatively, gives Around 400 000 tourists over and above overnighters...

So day visitors can make up over a quarter of those in the Park if we take Kruger's 1 400 000 bed nights confirmed for 2013?


More horifically, 5 of the gates service the south alone...2750 day visitors per day there at peak!



One can halve that to 10%, even....200 000 day visitors per annum?


Help!

[Bushcraft]

Some shocking numbers there RP

[okie]

I calculated somewhere that the overnight visitors average around 4400 to 4600 per day , which accounts for say 1,5 million per annum , and I think I also saw in SP report saying something like 1,45 million bednights provided in 2012 ( ? ) . According to Sanparks they receive almost 2 million visitors , which therefore then mean day-visitors account for at least 500 000 per annum , or average about 1500 per day

[Richprins]

SP said 1 400 000 Kruger visitors last year....overnighters? Don't know? But 2 mil would add up with day visitors?

Remember some figures are spread over all Parks...

The scary bit, as said, is the South...also no hope in hell of finding out the numbers of contractors/delivery vehicles/staff guests etc...another problem...

[okie]

RP , correct .
2million including day visitors .
I will look for that report again to make sure what they said .

[okie]

OK , found the report for 2012/2013:

Accommodation : units 371966 .
Bednights : 913237 - 61.7 % occupancy .
Camping - : 152538 sites - 65.7 occupancy .
person nights ( camping ) --- 432515 .

Total guests for year ( excluding day visitors ) - 1450481 .

You can read the whole comprehensive report here : http://www.sanparks.org/assets/docs/gen ... t-2013.pdf


Each park's figures shown individually

[Richprins]

Thanks, okie! But you get the point of the lack of clarity on day visitor numbers? The fluctuating gate quotas are also a cause for concern...almost as if SP are not sure themselves?

They MUST have records of official day visitor tourists, as a receipt is printed for you!

[okie]

RP , yes I total agree . The actual reservations/overnighters , are of course audited and expected to be correct , but It appears that they merely guestimate the total number visitors including day-visitors . And IMO the same goes for the " cross-border " visitors , although according to rules , should be included in the camping/bednight visitors

[Richprins]

I saw this on SPforums...banned people are now allowed to see!



Crocodile Bridge Gate = 550
Mjejane Gate = 550
Malelane Gate = 550
Numbi Gate = 550
Phabeni Gate = 550
Kruger Gate = 750
Orpen Gate = 550
Phalaborwa Gate = 550
Punda Maria Gate = 330
Pafuri Gate = 330
Giriyondo Gate = 275

[Bushcraft]

That a fair number of people RP, no wonder it’s chaos in the south

Mjejane Gate