Kruger Park

We were here in 2016 and expectantly not much has changed. Still a wild and open area made for wildlife and not humans.

Ah, but wait. There seems to be a lot of people in the park. Park rules mandate that you cannot exit you car other than in the camp areas, and these areas are teeming with visitors.

Our camp for 4 days was Satara, which in a north-south line is about halfway between the northern Pafuir gate and the southern Malelane Gate. The park is narrow and long and borders to the east with Mozambique. The length of the park is 528km so it can take days to cover the park since the maximum driving speed is 50kph.

The other camps where accomodation is available include Shingwedzi, Mopani, Letabe, Olifants, Skukuza, Hamilton’s and Berg-en-Dal Rest Camps.

We each had a rondavaal which were self-contained and had an external kitchen.

Finally, 4 days in which we didn’t have to pack up the tent in order to head out and go animal hunting.

To go out looking we would pile into the truck at 0600hrs and spend a few hours driving around to see what we could find. Then return to camp, have breakfast and repeat at around 1600hrs.

We didn’t manage to see all the animals we were looking for but a good portion of them. The previous posting had a few of the animals we were able to photograph, but I will leave you with the last photo I took as we exited Kruger Park on our way to Johannesburg.