Hippos – no horsing around!
We’re on the cusp of the month of June and the welcome cool of winter is on our doorstep. The change in weather brings with it a reprieve from the summer highs and our little town of Phalaborwa, perched happily on the watershed of the Letaba and Olifants Rivers, can look forward to a period of calm, cool evenings and warm sunny days.
Kruger National Park Guided Safari Game Drive: The Ultimate Packing List
Kruger National Park Guided Safari Game Drive: The Ultimate Packing List Going to the Kruger National Park for a guided safari game drive is an adventure you are likely never to forget. Seeing the extraordinary capabilities, mannerisms and sizes of each unique wild animal and insect in their natural habitat will give you a true […]
Tips for international adventurers visiting the Kruger National Park
If you are visiting us from overseas, as an outsider, our rainbow nation and everything it has to offer is a magical destination! Kruger is an essential part of that magic!
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.
The newbie adventurer – Kruger spotting checklist
Whether you are a newbie to the wonders of the Kruger or are already a bush enthusiast, you probably have a spotting checklist of animals you hope to lay your eyes on whilst on your trip, right!?
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.
A Kruger honeymoon-begin your marriage with bliss
Setting out on one of life’s greatest journeys together is an exciting life event, and there is no better place to do so than in the Kruger National Park.
I’m dreaming of a bushveld Christmas
Make 2021 Christmas one for the record books with a holiday in the Kruger!
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!
Summer lovin’, had me a blast!
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