On the evening of 9 September 2020, a fire burned a significant part of the shop at Letaba, which was put out by firefighter teams from Olifants and Phalaborwa, as well as staff and guests at the camp.

[8][9] Letaba is in a fairly dark area of the park, making stargazing an ideal nighttime activity.

The camp also provides guided bush walks, game drives, breakfasts and dinners in the wild and a TV lounge.

It was likely a trading hub connecting Venda farmers in the north with Portuguese, Arab, and Chinese traders along the east coast.

There is a museum and picnic area on site with guided tours to the top of the hill, where reconstructed furnaces and huts can be seen.

[11][12] Letaba is in a transition zone between the granite and gneiss to its west and basalt to the east, providing some unique geology.

[14][15][16][17] The Magnificent Seven—Dzombo, João, Kambaku, Mafunyane, Ndlulamithi, Shawu and Shingwedzi—were seven large bull elephants with enormous tusks ("tuskers").

With the help of over R1.5 million in donations from Australia's University of the Sunshine Coast and the South African National Parks Honorary Rangers, it was reopened on 2017-03-20 after nine weeks of renovation.

[14] The renovation also meant the addition of the tusks of Mandleve, the largest ivory-carrying elephant ever recorded in Kruger park, who died of natural causes in 1993.