Kruger National Park

South Africa has dedicated more than three million hectares of its total land mass to the conservation of its natural heritage. You will see a great variety of habitats and wildlife when you visit these amazing sites.

The Kruger National Park was established in 1898 to protect the wildlife of South Africa. Most of the park is grass and bush covered plains. The border with Mozambique is marked by the Lebombo mountain range. Many rivers, like the Limpopo, Letaba, Olifants, Timbavati, Sabie and Crocodile River chop up theKruger National Park into territories.

Winter season in the Kruger Park is quite dry and rain is scarce. During this season, visitors will be able to spot the animals when they come to the waterholes in the mornings and evenings. Summer is the rainy season in Kruger Park and the rains fill the rivers and waterholes, and the bushveld looks lush.

Surrounding the Kruger National Park are several smaller game reserves. Until about a decade ago, these were all fenced off from the main park. With the removal of the fences, the park was increased in size by about 15 percent. Since there are no longer fences separating the reserves from the Kruger, it effectively creates one huge, continuous reserve area across whichthe animals are free to roam.

The Kruger National Park can be divided into three sections: the south, central and the north. The South, which is also known as the hill country of theKruger National Park has easy access and a large number of camps and game drives. Central consists of open grassy plains, roamed by the large predators and herds. The North is a more remote part of theKruger National Park, and thus offers more rest. It consists of mopane plains.

The best time to go game viewing in the park is in the early morning or late evening. In the summer time it gets really hot and the animals will generally hide in the shade of trees. In the winter time it hardly rains at all and quite a few of the waterholes dry up, upping your chances of spotting the more elusive animals when they come to drink.

Although there was a game drive just after lunch, Ryno refused to sit in an open 4x4 in the midst of the hot weather, so we opted for the drive at dusk. I didn't blame him, because although I couldn't wait to go into the bushveld for some game-viewing, dusk has always been my favourite time of day and the weather was taking some time getting used to.

Even though thunder is scary, the voice of God as some would call it, I find it soothing. Obviously not when the lightning strikes right at your side, but when you hear the rumbling thunder in the distance, muffled rain falling on the roof as in the hut's case it was thatch. It is then that you experience certain calmness.

After a hearty breakfast, we set off on our first walk. While walking on at a comfortable pace, our guide shared with us his extraordinary knowledge of the bushveld culture, identifying everything from the names of the grasses, to the local folk lore and medicinal uses of some of the plants.

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