ENTRIES TO OPEN 01 OCTOBER 2025 07H00 – ONLINE ONLY – LINK WILL BE POSTED
PLEASE READ ALL BELOW INFO
If you run without your official club numbers or TEMP license, you will be removed from the route and BLACKLISTED.
Temp licenses for nature conservation entries only.
Accommodation is done by 3rd party – Kruger Park MC is not responsible for any accommodation – Please see Accommodation TAB for more info.
Welcome to Skukuza Castle Lager 1/2 Marathon
…the organizers of the race amongst the lions.
Members of the Kruger Park Marathon Club have to be resident in the Kruger National Park – no outsiders may join the club. We have 60 members – a small club and hold our annual half marathon on the first Saturday of August for 2000 runners.
The next race will be on Saturday 1st August 2026. Entries to open 01 October 2025 at 07H00 – online only – link will be posted.
(We have a lucky draw system for the race as more than 2000 runners apply to run the race. We are only permitted to have a 2000 runners as per agreement with SANParks. The only way a runner can insure a place in the race is by entering via the non-refundable Nature Conservation option and pay R1200 for our selected nature conservation projects. Numbers may NOT be transferred to the following year. Admin fee to be charged separately and TEMP number if needed.
If you choose the non-refundable Lucky Draw option (R100) you will be notified via email by end October 2025 if you were successful in the Lucky Draw. Please remember that all lucky draw entries must belong to a running club (No TEMP numbers available for this option) and if you are chosen, another R200 will need to be paid to confirm your lucky draw entry once notified via email that you were chosen on the lucky draw. Numbers may NOT be Transferred to the following year.
Not KPMC responsibility to remind you of payments to be made.
Kruger National Park gate fees ARE NOT INCLUDED. This needs to be paid at the entry gate or pre-booked and paid.
Full Race
Skukuza Half Marathon
A unique race run in a unique place. The Kruger Park half marathon held in and around the small staff village of Skukuza in the heartland of one of Africa’s greatest wildlife refuges – the Kruger National Park.
Race Info
The Kruger Park Half Marathon held in the small village of Skukuza in one of Africa’s greatest wildlife.
The Course
A thousand athletes line up at the start on the “village green” and are set off by a recording of a lion roar.
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The Kruger Park half marathon held in and around the small staff village of Skukuza in the heartland of the Kruger National Park.