 Lions, leopards and cheetahs regularly kill their prey on the green lawns of Skukuza's golf course or cricket club.The game reserve is situated in a medium rainfall area (770 mm of rainfall per year), on the well-wooded banks of the Sabie and N'waswitshaka rivers of Mpumalanga Province.Before the park was established the area was home to a few resident tribes and others who were recently employed to build the railway line.