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What are Daily Conservation Fees?

South African National Parks (SANParks) needs to receive enough revenue to be able to successfully manage the parks under its control, and it needs to gain the support of all the people in South Africa either through visitation, or an appreciation of the importance of conserving South Africa’s natural heritage.

Your daily conservation fee is payment for the use and maintenance of facilities such as road networks, trails, picnic sites, ablutions, viewing hides, water supply for humans and waterholes for game etc. Fees differ for each park and for local and foreign visitors.

As an alternative to paying daily conservation fees, you can purchase a Wild Card.

What is a Wild Card?

The Wild Card is loyalty card that can be purchased prior to or during your visit to a SANParks run facility.

Wild Card holders do not pay daily conservation fees. Instead, for the annual cost of a wildcard, they get unlimited entry to a park or group of parks for a year.

Local and International Wild Cards are available for purchase prior to your visit from Infinity or one of SANParks many reservations facilities, or at your point of entry into a South African National Parks run facility.

WILD members reap further benefits when presenting their card at more than 2000 Infinity partners countrywide, entitling them to cash back rewards for holidays, accommodation, tours, attractions, airlines, car hire, shopping, leisure and entertainment.

Wild Card holders are also contributing to conservation through an income sharing agreement between SANParks, Infinity, and its 2000 partners, which channels a percentage of the income generated from WILD card transactions to conservation