KRUGER NATIONAL PARK © Lonelyplanetpublications Atmosphere All-Enveloping

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK © LonelyPlanetPublications atmosphere all-enveloping. centrations are somewhatlower,butthebushsettingisstunningandwilderness especially aroundLetaba. aroundPunda Inthefarnorth, MariaandPafuri, wildlife con- tion. This isafavoured foodofelephants,andyou’llseethesecreatures inabundance, and easiestaccess. over Further mopane(mopani)takes asthedominantvegeta- north, without seeinganothervehicle. andongravel roads, it’seasytotravelholidays, orstayinthenorth foranhourormore the soundsandscentsofbushare never and faraway.And,ifyou avoidweekends roughing it,there trails. are Yet, 4WDtracksandhiking even whenyousticktothetarmac, camps.and anextensive Forthosewhoprefer networkofsealed roadsandcomfortable itsfirststeps.gling totake anewbornimpalastrug- One morningyoumayspotlionsfeasting andthenext onakill, sightingsofwildlifedeath playsoutdaily,withup-close,action-packed almost guaranteed. tion history,wildlife diversity andeaseofaccess. It’saplacewhere thedramaoflife and prowl throughthenightandamultitudeofbirdssing,flyroost. populate amajorcity,giraffes nibbleonacaciatrees, hipposwallowintherivers, leopards inanareacountry. Littlewonder: thesize ofWales,enoughelephantswanderaroundto national symbols,andfor many visitors,itis Almost asmuchNelsonMandelaandtheSpringboks,KrugerisoneofSouthAfrica’s Kruger National Park 464 Southern Kruger is the most popular section, withthehighestanimalconcentrationsSouthern Krugeristhemostpopularsection, Kruger isalsoSouthAfrica’s mostvisited park,withover onemillionvisitorsannually Kruger isoneoftheworld’smostfamedprotected areas –knownforitssize, conserva- HIGHLIGHTS

Pampering yourselfwitha few nightsataluxurious Exploring Spendingtime in Sleepingin an Settingoff intothebushononeofKruger’sexcellent nature’s rhythms inthe panoramaatCrook’sCorner,andappreciatingThulamela, thewilderness taking sound oflionsroaringinthedistance Kruger fromsouth tonorth overnight hide northern Kruger northern 46) or (p476) ( p469 of ), visitingtheruinsofancientkingdom ( p467 inthechanging topography and), taking bushveld camp the private wildlife reserve ‘must-see’ wildlife destinationinthe wilderness trails ( p475 ) anddroppingofftothe (p471) (p478) KRUGER NATIONAL PARK B3 B4 A2 B6 B6 A3 B6 B3 B5 B6 B3 A2 B6 B3 B4 A1 A1 A5 A2 B4 A3 B2 B3 B4 A2 465 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 10 11 12 As with most official institutions in South with most official As The area that is now Kruger first came under first that is now Kruger The area From around AD 500, various Bantu- AD 500, various From around Pafuri Camp...... Pretoriuskop Rest Camp...... Punda Maria Rest Camp...... Satara Rest Camp...... Shimuwini Bushveld Camp...... Shingwedzi Rest Camp...... Shipandani Overnight Hide...... Singita Lebombo Lodge...... Sirheni Bushveld Camp...... SLEEPING Aguia Pesqueira Campsite...... Balule Satellite Camp...... Bateleur Bushveld Camp...... Berg-en-dal Rest Camp...... Biyamiti Bushveld Camp...... Boulders Bush Lodge...... Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp...... Letaba Rest Camp...... Lower Sabie Rest Camp...... Lukimbi Safari Lodge...... Machampane Wilderness Camp...... Makuleke Community Centre & Homestay...... Malelane Satellite Camp...... Mopani Rest Camp...... Olifants Rest Camp...... Outpost......

HISTORY HISTORY The San first set foot on Kruger’s savannahs, savannahs, set on Kruger’s foot first The San the apartheid government, and its history history and its apartheid government, the During the this. of contains many reminders numerous in- were there park’s early years, local populations, with evictionstances of of the Makuleke the most prominent case that of government protection in 1898, when Paul Paul in 1898, when protection government the Transvaal Republic of (president Kruger established the Sabie Game hunter) and an avid Reserve, between the Sabie and Crocodile In 1902, as a controlled hunting area. Rivers, following the second Anglo-Boer War, James became the reserve’s first Hamilton Stevenson to see was also the first the warden. Hamilton and to bring a wildlife, of tourism potential conservation In 1926 Sabie vision to the area. Game Reserve was joined with neighbouring Game ReserveShingwedzi and various private and in National Park, farms to become Kruger the public. 1927 the park was opened to was a pawn of Africa prior to 1994, Kruger numerous sites in and around the park. Prior in and around the park. numerous sites wandered hominid species to the San, various ago. years as 500,000 as much the lowveld African peoples West of migration the great their way across the who had begun making Their earlier. years continent about 1500 most famous settlement in the park was at flourished between which the 16th Thulamela, mid-17th centuries. and and they left their mark in rock paintings at in rock paintings their mark and they left speaking peoples had settled in – part of had settledspeaking peoples part of in –

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