Kruger Mpumalanga Airport is found in northeast South Africa, and typically serves visitors to the Kruger National Park, as well as nature reserves around the Drakensberg Enscarpment, including the Blyde River Canyon.
If you're here for the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve you might well be staying in Graskop which is around an hour-and-a-half drive north for those who take up car hire from Kruger Mpumalanga Airport. If you're in the area you'll also love the astounding panoramas around Graskop. The towns of Nelspruit and Hazyview border the southern end of the Kruger National Park, and are about half an hour's drive from the airport. Natural wonders like God's Window and Pilgrim's Rest are both within easy driving distance from here.
Kruger Mpumalanga Airport is the gateway to the Kruger National Park for those coming in by air – day tours are definitely recommended, while there's all sorts of attractions in the vicinity of the nearby town of Nelspruit. You should also visit the ancient Sudwala Caves which are about an hour's drive west for those hiring a car from Kruger Mpumalanga Airport.
You can also rent a car from Kruger Mpumalanga Airport and head north via the Panoramic Route towards the Blyde River Canyon; head further north from there and you'll find God's Window, the Three Rondavels and the geological anomaly which is Bourke's Luck Potholes. There are so many wonderful sights to see that you'll be hard-pressed to fit them all into a single visit!
