Lake Panic

Located on the S42 near Skukuza on the road to the Nursery. Lake Panic is so named because of the panic caused when the dam’s wall, shortly after completion, threatened to breach after a cloud burst. This is a bird hide where visitors can sit and observe waterbirds.

here are no ablution facilities at any of the hides (except for toilet facilities at Shipandani and Sable Dam for overnight visitors only), but most are located close to rest camps or picnic sites, where such facilities do occur.
The beauty of the hides is that almost anything can turn up. There is a high incidence of leopard sightings from several of the hides. As all the hides are located at waterholes or on rivers, hippo and crocodile are resident at most hides, as are large selection of water birds such as herons, fish eagles, storks, kingfishers and crakes.