Situated between the Limpopo and the Luvuvhu Rivers in the northern section of Kruger National Park is the Pafuri region, an area spanning 24,000 hectares (59305 acres). Within the Pafuri area is the Makuleke Concession, the ancestral home of the Makuleke people and the most diverse and scenically attractive area in all of the Kruger National Park.
The Makuleke concession is not accessible to the ordinary tourist visiting the park. This area now again belongs to the Makuleke community after they were removed in 1968. After a lengthy process however, it was finally returned to the community in 1998 in what was a historical event for South Africa.
This area is certainly the wildest and most remote part of the Kruger National Park and offers varied vegetation, great wildlife viewing, the best birding in all of the Kruger National Park and is filled with folklore of early explorers and ancient civilizations.
