- Parks (A - Z)
- Addo Elephant National Park
- Agulhas National Park
- Augrabies Falls National Park
- Bontebok National Park
- Camdeboo National Park
- Garden Route (Tsitsikamma, Knysna, Wilderness) National Park
- Golden Gate Highlands National Park
- Karoo National Park
- Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
- Kruger National Park
- Mapungubwe National Park
- Marakele National Park
- Mokala National Park
- Mountain Zebra National Park
- Namaqua National Park
- Table Mountain National Park
- Tankwa Karoo National Park
- West Coast National Park
- |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
Kruger National Park
Tuskers by location
Big tuskers can cover very long distances and may be seen throughout Kruger National Park. Although elephants are not territorial, bulls do tend to stay in reasonably well-defined areas, known as home ranges.
Click on a point on the map to find out about the tuskers that have been seen near there.
Scientists are monitoring where each of the tuskers have been seen – please let us know if you have seen a large tusker in the park.
Pafuri/Punda Maria
Masbambela is the only current tusker to be seen in this area.
Shingwedzi
The Shingwedzi section of the park can truly be called the home of the Big Tuskers with five of the Magnificent Seven spending time here as well as a number of emerging tuskers. Dzombo, Joao, Mafunyane, Ndlulamithi, and Shingwedzi were all based around the Shingwedzi area. Currently, you may be lucky enough to see one of the following emerging tuskers in the region:
Mopani
Two of the Magnificent Seven, Dzombo and Shawu were seen in this area as well as Mabarule and Shilowa. Today the region is home to the following emerging tuskers:
Letaba/Olifants
The tusker most commonly sighted in this area today is Hlanganini.
Orpen/Satara
Kambaku, Phelwane, Shisangane and Tshokwane were all regulars in this area. Today there are fewer tuskers and none that have been regularly identified in the region.
Tshokwane/Skukuza
The Skukuza area was home to the most impressive tusker of all, Mandleve, who roamed from here in and out of the Sabi Sand Reserve. Only one of the Magnificent Seven, Kambaku, was seen in the area, as well as Nhlangulene and Tshokwane.Today you may spot a couple of emerging tuskers, including the only female with such impressive ivory:
Berg-en-Dal/Crocodile Bridge/Lower Sabie/Pretoriuskop
Although the south of the park is less well known for tuskers than further north, the Magnificent Seven's Kambaku was known to roam this far during the dry season. Today, you may see the biggest living tusker near Lower Sabie, Duke.
