Six wines. Six months. A fighting chance for Kruger’s great carnivores.
Something precious is at risk in the Kruger National Park
This year, Kruger National Park turns 100. A century of wild Africa, held in trust for every South African who has ever watched a sunset over the bushveld or held their breath at the edge of a riverbank.
For so many of us, the Kruger experience is defined by its predators. The flick of a tail that might be a lion. The flash of painted fur that is, unmistakably, an African Wild Dog. The spotted ghost of a cheetah crossing the road at dusk. These moments are not guaranteed.
In the northern Kruger National Park, the lion population has declined by 63% since 2005, driven largely by targeted poaching. Across Africa, cheetahs have lost 90% of their historic range. And fewer than 6,600 African Wild Dogs remain on Earth. In the park’s centenary year, its most iconic carnivores are under threat. The position is serious — but it is not hopeless.
The work already underway
The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Carnivore Conservation Unit, in close partnership with South African National Parks (SANParks), is in the Kruger National Park every day. Field teams are fitting lions with GPS collars so rangers can monitor pride movements in real time and respond before poaching incidents occur, not after. A single collared lion provides indirect protection to its entire pride. Wild Dog packs beyond the park boundary are monitored and protected, and cheetah populations are counted and tracked across a growing network of reserves.
Right now, 30 GPS collars are needed to cover the highest-risk areas of the northern Kruger National Park. Ten have been funded. Twenty more are needed. Each collar costs R35,500 and delivers two full years of satellite monitoring. That is the gap this campaign exists to close.
The SANParks Honorary Rangers, celebrating 60 years of volunteer service to our national parks, receive and steward every rand raised, with the science and field delivery led by the EWT and SANParks’ scientific services.
Our 20th harvest. Our biggest campaign yet.
Painted Wolf Wines was founded in 2007 on a single belief: that exceptional wine can keep wilderness wild. Named for the African Wild Dog, we have donated over R4.5 million to conservation and are the only South African winery to hold the EWT’s Cheetah Award twice. This year marks our 20th harvest, and we are marking it with our most ambitious conservation campaign yet.
Together with the SANParks Honorary Rangers and the Endangered Wildlife Trust, we aim to raise a goal of R600,000 for carnivore conservation in and around the Kruger National Park. We have hand-selected 6,000 bottles of our finest wines and donated them to the cause.
The Limited-Edition Kruger Carnivore Case
- Six premium Painted Wolf wines (Platter’s 4–4.5 star / Tim Atkin 90+)
- Automatic entry into every monthly prize draw, plus the Grand Prize Draw in December
- Domestic delivery included; Use code Kruger2026 to activate free shipping. Worldwide shipping available at an additional fee location dependent.
Click here to see the full set of tasting notes for the wines in our Kruger Carnivore Case.
Wines are subject to change in this case based on stock availability*
Where your money goes
We believe in full transparency. Of every R995 case sold, R600 — R100 per bottle — goes directly to the SANParks Honorary Rangers for carnivore conservation, administered in partnership with the EWT. The balance covers promotion, fulfilment and delivery with not one cent going to our pocket for profit.
Our live fundraiser counter on this page shows exactly how the fund is growing, week by week.
The prizes
Every case purchased is an automatic entry into our monthly prize draws of safari stays, culinary experiences, art and more, donated by our prize partners - culminating in the Grand Prize Draw on 16 December 2026.
For more information on the prize lots keep an eye on our social media!
How to take part
Order your Kruger Carnivore Case
Use code Kruger2026 to activate free shipping
Cases ship in monthly delivery batches.
The campaign runs from 1 July to 16 December 2026. One hundred years of Kruger. Sixty years of the Honorary Rangers. Twenty harvests of Painted Wolf. One pack, one goal: R600,000 for the carnivores that make the Kruger wild.
Join the pack. Buy the case. Fund the collars.
