http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , South Africa , Mpumalanga , Kruger National Park en-us Sat, 05 Dec 09 21:52:41 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 09 21:52:41 +0000 After leaving the Swazi border I drive north to the town of Nelspruit from where I start a 4day tour of one of Africa's bestknown game reserves Kruger. The size of Kruger Park is difficult to comprehend... 350 kilometres from north to south covering an area of nearly 2 million hectares. It was established in 1898 as the Sabie National Park by Paul Kruger and now comprises the park itself http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-439022.html Hi thereJust returned from 6 days in Kruger. Easy drive down from Jo'burg in the Nissan 4.2 patrol petrol gulping monster. Two nights at Biyamiti Bush camp and 4 at Lower Sabie. The Biyamti river was dry only really flows in the rainy months so the Animals had moved off to more permanent water. Dissapointing game viewing in the area very dry. Headed off towards crocodile bridge for morning http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-433237.html Well guys this is pretty much it as far as the blogging goes as I don't think that there will be another oppurtunity to come to an internet cafe again before the grand return home which is going to be on the 11th as plannedGreat news. I have FINALLY seen Mufasa Although he was really more of a teenage Simba with Nala next to him so I feel I may have stumbled upon a 'can you feel the love ton http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-426105.html Howzit guysSorry I haven't been on for so long... it's been absolutely hectic down here.I can now add to my list of animals that I've seen... two families of wild elephants the mother of one group charging at our van and throwing stones at us with her trunk. Now THAT was scary and two white rhino's who were far far bigger than I had ever imagined rhino's to beSince I last updates we've also http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-423358.html Hello EveryoneHere are our last stops for South Africa. Kruger National Park here we spent 4 nights all at different camps throughout the park. The park is almost 500 miles long and over 300 miles wide so you have to do alot of driving to see animals but it was so neat. The first night we tent camped at the main camp we went on a night safari drive with a guide and I got to see some animals http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-422945.html Very exciting actually arriving at the Punda Maria Gates in the northern most part of the Kruger wersquore here AND just a minute down the road was the first elephant standing side on in a most photogenic pose wow was it as easy as this First night in first camp in bed at about 8.30 and up early with great expectations at this stage it was still taking us nearly 2 hours to decamp so it http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-422573.html Well I have very little time to write this and far too much to write as it has been so long since I wrote the last one.So I'll just list and waffleEnjoy....Hectic howzit izit lush genius and fo sho are now the staple basis for my vocabulary.Thats right. I now partake in slang.I feel that I may have trumped you all for the first ever driving lesson basically driving a 4x4 up an almost vert http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-420250.html Ok witch doctor aside many awesome things have been going down in the Southern hemisphere.I have been on a microlight aircraft flight basically a gokart on a kite over both the Kwa Madwala reserve and Kruger Park including the 'Crocodile river.It was seriously good and I managed to get a birds eye view of a herd of elephants Impala a Giraffe many groups of Hippo's and a MASSIVE Crocodil http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-416803.html Ok.I have 15 minutes to write this FIRST TIME IN AN INTERNET CAFE So cool.Well I've arrived with no problems apart from hacing to repack all my stuff in the Heathrow carpark after my suitcase splitting and did not sleep at all on the plane so right now I am certainly verging on the delirious. I'm most prbably casting a very bad first impression as a resultI'm starting to feel like I'm ac http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-414424.html amazingly we managed to get onto a trip to kruger for the next morning for 2 nights and 3 days amazing. so we got picked up at 5.30am and headed to the national park to do one of my all time top things to do before i die.. safari in africai was unbelievably excited it took all day to drive up there we stopped at a couple of places on the way.. a view point over the 4th i think largest canyon http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-413708.html Although we're back in New York now I wanted to briefly write about our last stops of the trip South Africa and Mozambique. After another stay in Bangkok we were once again off to South Africa. This time we came from the other side of the world with a completely different view of things figuratively and literally. We flew from Bangkok into Johannesburg and headed straight to Sandton for a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-409955.html Animals We wanna see animals And we did indeed Us Sarah and Nikk went together with Jimmy from Nelspruit Backpackers as a guide. Left early tuesday morning to be at the gates when they opened at 6. The day was full of sightings Black rhino white rhino with baby lion with babies three leopards one ugly old buffalo and many normal ones elephants up close baboons monkeys zebras and m http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-405230.html In Kruger Park no one walks but the animals. Itrsquos Disney without animatronics. Live wart hogs hippos ostrich gnu crocs giraffe buffalo and elephants roam and die freely while we watch from the unairconditioned car. The Great White Hunter and his present Native Companion stalked the African veldt in search of the extremely large dangerous herbivore Africanustuskaroarusg http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-404659.html nach dem trails guide kurs hatten wir ne woche frei und sind durch den krger gefahren.hier einige bilder davonviel spass beim anschauengrsse aus sdafrikanatali http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-404500.html Makuleke camp pafuri kruger n.p.23.4.2009 bis 19.5.2009heute morgen um 5.30 wurden wir mit getrommel von bruce lawson geweckt gingen danach ein morgentee trinken und um viertel nach 6 sind wir losmarschiert. Habe diese nacht nicht wirklich gut geschlafen. Alle waren nach der freien woche um 20.30 uhr im bett oder zumindest im zelt und daher ging ich auch ins bett und habe noch gelesen. Ko http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-401901.html Finally I got to have my break from classes and once again enjoy being in Africa. The past week has been phenomenal and I donrsquot know how I am possibly going to get it all down but I guess the best thing to do at this point is just to start. Thankfully I have a million pictures maybe not a million and those will help to tell the story.Saturday morning April 4 I woke up bright and ea http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-389640.html Lige nogle nye billeder herfra og lidt opdatering.Min sster har lige vret p besg og det var super hyggeligt. Vi var lidt rundt i landet frst i Blyde River og Kruger og derefter Cape Town.Her er nogle billeder fra den frste del af turen Vi var frst p strabadshiking i Blyde River jeg kunne ikke g normalt i flere dage efter men lignede kronisk en som havde skidt i bukserne.Derefter ov http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-381134.html 30 JAN 2009 DAY 1We depart for the Kruger Park Lower SabieWe drove all the way to Malelane Gate to enter the parkthe drive was great and nice weather as wellBut as soon as we arrived the heat was hectic very humid..we checked in our luxury tents overlooking Lower Sabie RiverHippos and a couple of Buffalos welcomed us The tents were fantastic little patio area where you can enjoy drinks over http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-375048.html it doesn't realy get any better than a bottle of red and a sunset safari11th Feb Kwazulu Natal Drakensburg mountainsHello How are you guys liking the snow HaSo Been on a safari since I last checked in had a last few nights on JorsquoB and have headed down into the Drakensburg mountains today. Irsquoll begin where I left you...We spent that last night in JorsquoB in the bar with Gav http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-372271.html Africa is famous for itrsquos diversity in animals plants and landscapes. One of the main reasons we extended our layover here to 20 days was so that we could go and see these things. Only 3 days after we arrived we packed up and went on a fourday camping safari in Kruger National Park. The goal was to see the ldquoBig 5rdquo elephant rhino leopard lion and buffalo. We slept in tents http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Mpumalanga-/Kruger-National-Park/blog-366531.html