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Where to see the Cape Porcupine in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the Cape Porcupine at stays in or beside uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Kruger National Park and Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

Hystrix africaeaustralis

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Cape Porcupine
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When and where to find the Cape Porcupine

Hosts have recorded the Cape Porcupine at stays in or beside uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Kruger National Park and Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

When to go, park by park

Here all yearEasiest viewing
Best months to visit each park where hosts record the Cape Porcupine
Park
uKhahlamba-Drakensberg
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Easiest viewing
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Easiest viewing
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Kruger
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Easiest viewing
Easiest viewing

Darker months are each park's own best season, when thinner bush or scarce water makes viewing easier. A sighting is never guaranteed.

Best hours of the day

  • After dark and around dawn. The Cape Porcupine is mostly active at night, so a night drive gives the best chance.
  • Daytime, resting. Usually out of sight in cover, a burrow or water.

Where to base yourself

  • KwaZulu-Natal

    KwaZulu-Natal

    uKhahlamba-Drakensberg · Giants Castle · Kamberg

    Self-drive
    Stays in KwaZulu-Natal
    KwaZulu-Natal
  • Limpopo

    Limpopo

    Kruger · Marakele · Welgevonden

    Big FiveSelf-driveGuided drives
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo
  • Eastern Cape

    Eastern Cape

    Kwandwe · Amakhala

    Big FiveGuided drivesMalaria-free
    Stays in Eastern Cape
    Eastern Cape
  • Northern Cape

    Northern Cape

    Kgalagadi

    Self-driveMalaria-free
    Stays in Northern Cape
    Northern Cape

Ways to look

Drive yourself

Your own vehicle and pace, on the park's roads.

Where hosts record it

KrugerKgalagadiGoukammaMarakeleKamberg

Guided drives from a lodge

A guide who knows where to look, with off-road and night drives in the private reserves.

Where hosts record it

KwandweSabi SandAmakhalaWelgevonden

Species

Hystrix africaeaustralis

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Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the Cape Porcupine on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Cape Porcupine in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Cape Porcupine at stays in or beside uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Kruger National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Goukamma Nature Reserve and Sabi Sand Game Reserve and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

Stays that give back

Where to stay for a chance to see the Cape Porcupine

Every stay on the Cape Porcupine page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.

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