Welcome Back to Wild About Hoedspruit
The Wild About Hoedspruit website has been rebuilt: the same local directory, now with our own safaris and packages, a bookings desk, the community calendar and a much bigger guide.
By Wild About Hoedspruit · Updated 5 October 2026
The short answer
Wild About Hoedspruit is Hoedspruit's local directory and travel site, and it has been rebuilt. You can find places to stay, things to do, restaurants and local businesses, book our own safaris and packages through our bookings desk, see what is on in town, and read the local guide. Businesses can claim their free listing and keep it up to date.
Wild About Hoedspruit has been the town's online directory for more than two decades, sharing news from local businesses, NGOs and events. In 2023 the site was relaunched with a promise to keep listing local businesses for free. This is the next step: a new website, built to help visitors plan and book their trip, and to keep serving the people who live and work here.
What is new
- Places to stay, things to do and where to eat, with search and filters by area, kind of place and price: stays, things to do, tour operators, restaurants and transport.
- Our own safaris and packages, from game drives to a full day in the Kruger and multi-night packages.
- A bookings desk in Hoedspruit. Send an enquiry from any stay, activity or package and a person on our team replies as soon as we can during office hours, with availability and a quote.
- Plan your trip with us. Tell us your dates and what you would like to do through Build a trip, and we put it together.
- The guide. More than 50 local articles on the Kruger, the Big 5, birds, seasons and planning, in the guide.
- The community calendar and local services, from the community calendar to emergency numbers and the business directory.
For local businesses
Listings stay free. If your business is listed, you can claim it and update your details, photos and description yourself; if it is not, you can add it. Start at claim your listing, or see advertising with us for more exposure.
Tell us what you think
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Frequently asked questions
What is Wild About Hoedspruit?
Hoedspruit's local directory and travel site: places to stay, things to do, restaurants, businesses and events, with a bookings desk in town for stays, activities and packages.
Can I book through Wild About Hoedspruit?
Yes. Send an enquiry from any stay, activity or package and our bookings desk replies with availability and a quote. Some activities can be booked online straight away.
Is listing my business on Wild About Hoedspruit free?
Yes. You can claim or add your listing for free and keep your details up to date yourself.
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Planning a trip to Hoedspruit?
Tell the local team what you are after, or put the days together yourself and send them over.