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modernoverland.com Introduction — KRUGER 473 KRUGER Kruger Kruger National Park is the top spot in the country to see amazing wildlife and big game. Whether it is the excitement of coming face to face with a giant elephant, observing the powerful movement of large herds or witnessing an intense moment of life, death or survival among different species of the animal kingdom, every day in Kruger is one guaranteed to be worthy of recounting over an evening campfire. For those looking for some adventure beyond driving through the park and observing wildlife, the park offers sunrise and sunset game drives, hiking into the wild with a ranger, mountain biking, camping, game hides, and even golfing in an unfenced 9-hole course in the middle of the park. 474 KRUGER — Highlights modernoverland.comKobojangoKobojango modernoverland.comA4 A4 Highlights — KRUGER 475 A6 A6 Thuli Thuli A15 A15 ChamumnangaChamumnanga A6 A4A6 A4 CHA P T E R H I G H L I G H T S BeitbridgeBeitbridgeZIMBABWEZIMBABWE R572 R572 423 423 Kruger Nat'l ParkA1 A1 BOTSWANABOTSWANA MachallaMachalla KRUGER MusinaMusina 423 423 412 412 Self-Drive - Motor through Kruger at MapungubweMapungubwe 208 208 R525 R525 your own pace, choosing the journey and R508 R508 KRUGER R521 R521 N1 N1 stopping and watching the big game for as 423 423 PalapyePalapye R572 R572 N11 N11 long as you want (p. xxx) R525 R525 423 423 Sao JorgeSao deJorge Limpopo de Limpopo A14 A14 Night Drive - Head out toA1 see gameA1 R521 R521 R524 R524 R572 R572 R523 R523 Lerala Lerala MakhadoMakhado 208 208 after the park gates close and search for R523 R523 R524 R524 SableSable R561 R561 N1 ThahoyandouN1 Thahoyandou HideHide lions and leopards out for an evening stroll R522 R522 (p. xxx) R522 R522 MahalapyeMahalapye R81 R81 N11 N11 R572 R572 N1 N1 R578 R578 LimpopoLimpopo Hides - Head to one of the game- viewing hides perched beside a watering R521 R521 NationalNational CamocolloCamocollo R561 R561N11 N11 Park Park hole and watch as theA1 animalsA1 come in for a R81 R81 MphakaneMphakane drink or to cool off in the water (p. xxx) R33 R33 R36 R36 R518 R518 MorbengMorbeng 208 208 LephalaleLephalale R529 R529 Braai - Grill in one of the camps or sign R36 R36 R81 R81 up for a full-on bush braai experience (p. 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The Kruger Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe to join Kruger Kruger National Park Park 24-hour emergency call number is 013-735- with a number of neighboring national parks to KRUGER 4325. Kruger Park is in a malaria zone and visitors form the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Entry/Exit Gates to the park should make sure to wear insect which is nearly double the size of Kruger. Crocodile Bridge (S 25 21.778 E 031 53.737, 013- repellent and clothes that cover any exposed 735-6012) on Rissik St, 10 km north of Komatipoort KRUGER skin. Consult with your doctor about taking anti- malaria medication and go to a clinic to get tested TOURIST INFORMATION Malelane (S 25 27.835 E 031 31.793, 013-735- if you are experiencing flu-like symptoms. 6152) on R570, 3 km north of the N4 South African National Parks ( 012-428-9111, Numbi (S 25 09.317 E 031 11.845, 013-735-5133) www.sanparks.com/parks/kruger, reservations@ on Napri Rd, 7 km east of the R538 HISTORY sanparks.org) takes reservations for activities and accommodation within the park. Reservations can Phabeni (S 25 01.511 E 031 14.486, 013-735-5890) Kruger National Park is filled with stunning be made via phone, online or by e-mail. If placing on Albasini Ruins Rd, 2.5 km east of the R536 archaeological sites, artifacts and cave rock reservations less than 24 hours in advance, call the Paul Kruger (S 24 58.861 E 031 29.091, 013-735- paintings, as humans have inhabited this region camps directly to make your booking. 5107) on the R536, 42 km east of Hazyview for nearly 100,000 years. For the past few Detailed maps and park guides in multiple thousand years, the area has been home languages are sold at all 12 main rest camps and Orpen (S 24 28.555 E 031 23.447, 013-735-0732) to both abundant wildlife and groups of at some of the entrance gates. on the R531, 42 km east of the R40 nomadic hunter-gatherers. With the arrival Phalaborwa (S 23 56.745 E 031 09.926, 013-735- of the Boers and English and the spread 3547) on the R71, 1.5 km east of Phalaborwa of firearms, hunting and killing of animals TOURS rapidly decreased the populations Punda Maria (S 22 44.304 E 031 00.536, 013-735- of some species – in many cases, Funky Safari's (S 25 29.585 E 030 59.335, 102 Van 6870) on the R524, 65 km east of Thohoyandou populations dwindled to such alarmingly Wijk St, 013-744-1310 or 083-310-4755, www. Pafuri (S 22 24.009 E 031 02.475, 013-735-5574) low numbers that residents sought to funkysafaris.co.za, 1-day safari R1,450, 3-day safari on the R525, 127 km east of the N1 address these unsustainable practices R3,650) is run out of Funky Monkey Backpackers in by establishing a protected game reserve Nelspruit and offers good budget options for one where hunting could be controlled. to four day tours into Kruger in open, game viewing Safaris is in a private tent camp inside of Kruger. Kruger National Park (S 24 59.574 E 031 35.536, In 1898, Paul Kruger, then president of the Zuid- vehicles. Overnight accommodation for Funky Wildlife Safaris ( 011-791-4238, www.wildlifesaf. 012-428-9111, www.sanparks.com/parks/kruger, Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR), proclaimed the co.za, 3-day safari R6,410) runs three-day (or daily conservation fee: adult R180, child R90) establishment of the Sabie Game Reserve. Four longer) small group game safaris departing from is for many visitors the country’s number one years later in 1902, James Stevenson-Hamilton either Johannesburg or Pretoria. Accommodation attraction, a place where a high concentration of was designated as the park’s first warden. Gate and Camp Opening is in one of the Kruger Park camps but can be lions, elephants, rhinos, giraffes and zebra roam Hamilton worked hard at curbing the hunting & Closing times upgraded to a private lodge for an additional fee. freely and where a casual afternoon drive through of animals and establishing a reserve in which They also offer side trips through the Blyde River MONTH MAIN GATES CAMP GATES ALL GATES the park can mean spotting hundreds of animals. populations could grow. In 1926 the Sabie and OPEN OPEN CLOSE Canyon just outside of the park. Shingwedzi Game Reserves were combined and Kruger covers nearly 19,000 square kilometers and Jan. 5:30am 4:30am 6:30pm is one of the top game reserves in the world, both renamed Kruger National Park to commemorate Feb.