Kruger National Park

Unforgettable Safari

It was a long road to Mpumalanga Province where Kruger National Park is located. But the weather was nice and the views were beautiful.

Our small team arrived there very early in the morning. At 5.00 am we were near entry gates and felt very exciting…

Welcome to the Kruger National Park, South Africa’s premier wildlife destination. The 18,989 square km Kruger National Park is one of the last truly unspoilt wilderness areas in Africa, where you will encounter lions, elephants, giraffe, zebra and an abundance of other wild animals in their natural habitat, as they have lived for thousands of years.

Kruger monument in front of the Paul

Kruger Gate.

The Founders of Kruger Park

The Kruger National Park is a place of supreme beauty, a place of tranquillity, a place of adventure, and a place of unforgettable safari experiences. It is wild and remote, yet safe and accessible for travellers. The Kruger National Park is one of Africa’s greatest conservation success stories, and South Africa’s top destination for the nature lover.

Impala - the symbol of Kruger

National Park

Some facts

• 147 mammals species

• 507 birds

• 336 trees

• 114 reptiles

• 49 fish

• 34 amphibians

Motherland of BIG 5

• Elephant• Lion• White (Black) Rhinoceros• Leopard• Buffalo

ELEPHANT

H: 3.2 – 4.0 m (M)

2.5 – 3.4 m (F)

5 000 – 6 300 kg (M)

2 800 – 3 500 kg (F)

Record tusk – 102.3 kg

LION

H: 1 m

180 – 230 kg (M)

113 – 160 kg (F)

WHITE RHINOCEROS

H: 1.8 m

1 600 – 2 300 kg

Record horn – 1.58 m

LEOPARD

H: 70-80 cm

40 – 70 kg

BUFFALO

H: 1.6 m

750 kg

Record horn – 1.29 m

Interesting Facts

In 1869, a ‘gold rush’ exploded in the

region causing the number of game to

decrease dramatically due to hunting and trading of animal horns and skins. In 1884, President

Paul Kruger proposed that boundaries in the region be defined as

game reserves to protect the flora and

fauna, but his revolutionary vision was met with much

resistance.

A forest along the Levuhu

River, Kruger National Park,

South Africa, is a sanctuary for

elephants, lions, leopards,

rhinoceroses, zebras,

wildebeests, impalas, and many birds.

It was really very interesting but a bit dangerous to walk in savannah but I used my best chance

It was a kind of adventure when an elephant came to our car very close. He was big and seemed a bit aggressive. We moved and he tried to attack another car.

The park was first proclaimed in 1898 as the Sabie Game Reserve and the area between the Sabie and Crocodile Rivers was set aside as official reserves. The Scottish-born James Stevenson-Hamilton was appointed the park’s first warden in 1902. Many accounts of the park’s early days can be found in the Stevenson-Hamilton Memorial Library. In 1926 the National Parks Act was proclaimed and with it the merging of the Sabie and Shingwedzi Games Reserves into the Kruger National Park.

African sunset,

Kruger National Park

THE END

It was really a very nice and adventurous safari that I never

forget in my life

Pavel Redkin,

Kruger National Park,

South Africa, 2009