Kruger National Park

Kruger National Park Day

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June 8th 2010
We got to sleep in a bit, but we again up at 7 AM. Seriously though, I cannot wait to sleep like 10 hours. But anyways... Today was the day-long trip into Kruger National Park. I keep referencing Kruger in my other posts, but while we are in Greater Kruger, the official park is like 30 km away. Kruger is about 4.5 million acres, the size of Israel. Its owned by the country of SA and has some of th ... read more

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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