Burchell's Bush Lodge Chalet

Kruger National Park: Wild and Wonderful

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March 22nd 2007
Kruger National Park: Wild and Wonderful March 16-22, 2007 Two huge male lions lay sprawled in the middle of the road, just as the sun was setting. The larger of the two, lifted his shaggy maned head, opened the biggest jaws I had ever seen and roared…then roared again. Flashbulbs fired from several safari tour trucks, but we just looked at each other in our little red Chevy rental car (a piec ... 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