Baby Elephant

King's Camp Safari

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May 5th 2007
We traveled from Cape Town to Johannesburg to Hoedspruit Airport where we were met by the GM of King's Camp. We arrived at the camp in about 1/2 hour then had time to check in to our beautiful room complete with indoor and outdoor showers, before going out on our first night time safari. It wasn't long into the trip (in an outdoor Land Rover with high seats for great game viewing) that our tracke ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park

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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... ... read more