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Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park February 25th 2008

English? Scroll down a little. Obschon ich nicht allzu viel Zeit im Krüger Nationalpark verbracht habe (3 Tage/2 Nächte) habe ich ausser dem Leoparden alle davon zu Gesicht bekommen. Zum Teil auch sehr nahe, so dass ich froh war dass ich in einem Auto mit verschlossenen Fenstern sitzen konnte. Dies habe ich jedoch vor allem meinem 'privaten Guide' Ruan welchen ich per Zufall kennenlernte zu verdanken. Er entschied sich spontan mit mir in den Park zu kommen und ohne ihn hätte ich wahrscheinlich nicht mal einen Drittel der Tiere gesehen. Er ist dabei sein eigenes Individualreiseführer-Business aufzubauen, was er auch super kann. Wer mit ihm in Südafrika unterwegs sein möchte (zu günstigen Preisen) kann ihn per Email kontaktieren: mullerruan@gmail.com. Er ist super flexibel und ich kann ihn zu 100% empfehlen. Even though I didn't spend too ... read more

Animals....

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park February 17th 2008

Lauren and Chantelle

laurenzia49

Yesterday we went into the park, and it was amazing. We got up at 4:00am and there was a huge bug ontop of the net over mine and Mel's bed, and it was sprayed with a spray to kill it,and it fell down the back of the net, and it was right by Mel's head. All of the girls were screaming because it was HUGE and DISGUSTING! We got to the park gates at 5:10am, and we went straight into the park, as the queue was only 7/8 cars long, so we got straight through and it didn't take long to get the permits sorted. As we entered the main bit of the park, we saw impala, and vervet monkeys, and zebra. The monkeys were really cute and they were playing in the middle of the ... read more

Locked in

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park January 21st 2008

Stir fry on the skottle

AndyandCaroline

Decided to head down to the beach for a while so were stopping at Lower Sabie on our way out of Kruger. Decided to stay in the huts so that we can make an early morning getaway. Had a braai and were all packed and organised for leaving early, so an early night was in order. At 1am Andy needed the loo and as the huts only have a sink and no bathroom he was going to have to go for a walk, I also woke and considered whether I could wait until morning, at that point he turned the key in the lock and said 'we have a problem'. The key had broken in the lock so now we were stuck. I won't say what he did, but I did decide I could wait until ... read more

Satara Camp, Kruger Park

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park January 19th 2008

Vervet Monkey and baby

AndyandCaroline

Having such a good time in Kruger we decided to extend it. There was no accommodation in the southern part of the park so we booked camp sites at Satara a bit further north, another lovely site. We drove up and set up camp, Jane and Malcolm in the tent and we were going to sleep in the cab again. The camp site at Satara is right on the fence which is great, of course we saw the hyena, we also saw lots of fireflies and heard lion most of the night - fabulous. We took an early morning drive to Olifants and although the game was a bit scarce we did see an african wild cat, a black backed jackal and another hyena den with cubs. The weather was very hot so we were very ... read more

Crocodile Bridge, Kruger Park

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park January 15th 2008

Safari Tent

AndyandCaroline

The bride and groom had left for their honeymoon, some of the guests had gone to Cape Town, some had gone home and that just left the UK contingent who were flying back that afternoon. We had decided to all go for breakfast before we went our separate ways so all packed up and made for the local shopping centre for a cooked breakfast - I think not! Good old power sharing, no electricity for the entire centre meant that all the restaurants - the pizza, seafood and burger ones could not operate. The spar shop had some cooked food on display so before they sold it all or it went cold we bought some and arranged with the pizza restuarant to use their outside chairs and tables to eat it - well they weren't using ... read more

Day in Kruger

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park January 14th 2008

AndyandCaroline

We had arranged for any of the wedding guests that were staying a bit longer to come into Kruger for the day, we were going in convoy. We left the chalets at 5am to get in Malelane Gate pretty much as soon as they opened. We took a leisurely drive to Crocodile Bridge where we all had breakfast seeing some game along the way although nothing very exciting. Our next leg took us up to Lower Sabie in time for a late lunch before making our way across to the Paul Kruger gate as time had just run away with us. With so many people (about 15 if I remember correctly) it did take quite a while to get everyone fed and watered and back on the road again! Game spotted was white rhino, elephant, lion, ... read more

Kruger NP

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park December 31st 2007

Animal art - the one in blue

michaelandcaroline

The journey into South Africa starts shakily; the truck doesn’t have the right permit so we go back and forth between the border and the customs office to pay fines! Gift’s passport has been held so we can’t do a runner. Once in though, the landscape changes again. Very good infrastructure, lots of cultivation, towns very much like the US - low rise, malls and block system, and homes very much like home with cultivated gardens ( most with lovely fruit trees - mangos, papaya, sweet corn, lemons etc). The flatness of Botswana also gives way to lot of ridges and “mountains”. We’re heading for the Blyde (pronounced blidder) River Canyon, and climb through the mountains, along the edge of the Canyon which has 3 rondavels - stunning views. The site itself is a huge commercial ... read more

Christmas in Kruger Park

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park December 23rd 2007

Putting up the Christmas Tree

AndyandCaroline

We got up at 4am to leave for Kruger Park. It's definitely a Parkhouse thing that unless you get up way before dawn it isn't a holiday. We stopped for lunch at the best motorway cafe called Milly's, the one on the trout lake. On the way we must have passed at least a dozen broken down trailers on their way to Mozambique. They all seem to have a bed and half a dozen chairs lashed to the top. We got to Lower Sabie mid afternoon and set up camp, it was really hot so we then had a swim to cool down. The camp gates open at 4.30 so we rose at 3.30 to make sure we were first out of the gates. This time we weren't lucky enough to get any amazing sightings but ... read more

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK!!!

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park December 16th 2007

And you reckon I have a big arse!! lmao

EljayC

Well… my trip to Kruger was starting to look in doubt or a least not very pleasant. I had been sick for 3 days leading up to our drive to Kruger. I have been suffering from some of the worst stomach cramps I’ve ever had. Along with what they call here “runny tummy” lol the shivers and being so tired I could hardly think.!! The day before our trip I was still feeling awful so I decided I better do something about it otherwise I knew I wasn’t going to enjoy Kruger as much as I should. So I bit the bullet and Leane took me to the doctors. Seeing the doc was fairly cheap, but the cost of the antibiotics and some other stuff he gave me cost more than the consult fee - weird!!! ... read more

Not a lot of people see this sight in Kruger - rivers full!!

Two months in Kruger

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park December 6th 2007

lounging

Lauren Shane

November was a really hectic month and we got a taste of what a week of 105 degree heat feels like. We worked for a couple weeks in the central part of the park, near Satara restcamp, raising 24 rain-out shelters within a big fenced area. The fence is to keep out the animals, but even though the outer fence is 10 feet high, giraffes and zebra can still leap over it to get inside….park staff have to shoo them out every so often. The rain-out shelters are designed to collect half the rainfall that falls on the plot and store it in a barrel. When the barrel reaches a certain level, it discharges all the water onto the plot through irrigation tubing. The goal is to see what effect less frequent, but more intense, ... read more

Brief history of South Africa

After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug...more history

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