Directions to Ngala Camp from Eastgate Airport
Ngala Camp is located on Struwig Eco-Reserve, Balule Private Nature Reserve
- Exit the airport and turn left on the tar road
- After passing through the access gate turn left onto the R40, travel approximately 10-15 minutes until you reach the little town of Hoedspruit.
- You will pass a KFC, gas station, and small shopping center on your left, and the entrance to a larger shopping center with a Pick-n-Pay grocery store on your right. Continue straight through the 4 way stop that is the entrance to these shopping centers.
- At the next 4-way stop, turn right and follow the road toward Hoedspruit Air Force Base (The fire station will be on your right, and several paddocks with horses in them)
- Turn left at the T-junction
- After a few meters there is a dirt road that goes to the right, take it, you will be on well-maintained dirt roads from here on in
- There is a small green Struwig sign here at the turnoff
- From this 1st signpost to the 1st control gate is 4.8 km
- Here you will collect a slip, which you pay for at camp
- Continue along the train tracks (45 minutes journey in total)
- From the 1st control gate to 2nd unmanned control gate is 9.4 km, here you open the gate and close it yourself
- From the 2nd control gate to 1st railway crossing is 16.4 km
- Here you follow the Struwig sign and cross the tracks, keeping alongside them still but on the opposite side
- From the 1st railway crossing to 2nd railway crossing is 3.1 km
- Cross again here and continue along the track
- Stay on road with Struwig signposts and it is 3.2 km to the Struwig indemnity sign on the left hand side of the road
- Continue along, crossing a small dry river/stream bed
- Take the first left after the river bed
- There is a very large dead tree at the junction
- This left turn is 400 m after the Struwig indemnity board
Take it and you will find Ngala Camp is on your left
