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Summertime serenades

Summer in the Lowveld is in full swing. These conditions are optimal for insect activity and visitors to the Kruger Park over the summer will have seen many of our six-legged friends.

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Summer insect activity

Summer began with the emergence of the emperor moth; a large pink, ochre and orange moth with a large eye-spot on either hind wing, fluttering clumsily around light sources to exhaustion.

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Humans in the Kruger National Park – Part 3

In 1902 Major James Stevenson-Hamilton was appointed the first head ranger of the reserve and wasted no time in recruiting a competent individual to assist in the necessary conservation work. This lead him to employ Harry Wolhuter as ranger who filled the position for the next 44 years!

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Humans in the Kruger National Park – Part 1

The biodiversity the Park offers is impressive and the innumerable animal and plant species that call Kruger their home have attracted nature lovers for over 100 years. But there’s another kind of history that shouldn’t be overlooked, and that is the fascinating history of the humans that have over time

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