KRUGER DAY 3 Photo 5

KRUGER DAY 3

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July 5th 2010
Today we decided to drive Hercules, our little car, on our own game drive. Yesterday we didn’t see any cats. Everyone we spoke to had seen the lions, cheetahs, leopards etc. But not us. By 7.30 a.m. we were on the road. In safari times that is quite late as generally people are on the road by 6. We had some superb sightings of elephants, hippos and a whole array of strange and beautiful birds. E ... 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