In the upper north-eastern part of SA is a wonderful protected national reserve. It is a wondrous park that stretches for miles, seven thousand five hundred and eighty square miles' and its name is the Kruger Park. It's an amazing place, stunning to behold! The area set aside for biodiversity is made up of the national parks of Kruger, Gonarehou and Limpopo make up the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, and is protected.
The reserve is also part of the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere, which UNESCO recognized and registered in October 2001. It the largest of South Africa's six biosphere regions and ranks third largest on the planet. It consists of land that is a combination of forest, grassland and Savannah.
The Kruger National Park has an abundance of life, plant and animal. Three hundred different types of trees grow here, and an amazing parade of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and a lot of different insects and other bugs also make their home here. Conservationists the world over has applauded the reserve for implementing environmental management policies and techniques. There is evidence of the presence of man going back thousands of years in the rock paintings scattered all over the area, which in itself is reason enough to declare the park a national treasure deserving government protection.
The most requested tour in the Kruger is the open Jeep big 5 tours. Video and photography hunting lions, the leopards, the rhinos, the elephants, and the Cape buffalo is what makes this tour so popular. It's not easy to capture a glimpse of one of these animals, let alone take a photo of them! They are very dangerous, but beautiful animals, but are not the only kind around. There is a variety of buck, crocodiles, baboons, hippos, hyenas and many, many more to see.
Self drives during the day is also very popular and quite safe. There are a few camps all over the park and they offer guided tours of their own as well. All guided tours are accompanied by armed, experienced rangers, for safety reasons. Walking around is not advised, however.
The reserve's infrastructure is in excellent condition with good quality roads that can easily accommodate regular passenger vehicles as well as 4X4s. Small side roads are more suitable for a 4x4 vehicle. These offshoots allow closer inspection of the landscape and its inhabitants.
There are speed limits on the roads for your safety and that of the animals. If you were to be speeding and a buffalo stepped in front of your vehicle, the damage to your car would be sever, and dangerous as an injure animal is a very dangerous one! So keep the speed low and you won't scare the animals away.
The reserve has thirteen camps. Visitors can find everything from rustic tent accommodations to luxury facilities with swimming pools, laundry facilities, and cafeterias. The largest camp is Skukuza, which is a 20-minute journey from the Kurger Gate and serves as the KNP headquarters. Among the many amenities are a gas pump, a post office, a grocery store, a library and the world's hottest 9-hole golf course. Its location alongside the Sabie River makes it a prime location for animals to find water.
The BaPhalaborwa society of forgers occupied the region in the eighteen hundreds. The village dates back to the Iron Age and is called the village of Masorini. The village huts and furnaces have been reconstructed as authentically as possible and even has the remains of and original furnace.
Archaeologists uncovered two bodies when excavating bombs were detonated in the area of Thulamela (which sits on a plateau in the north of the reserve) and believed they were royals since they were adorned with gold. They were discovered and named by the excavating team, King Ingwe and Queen Losha. The site remained undiscovered until 1993 and the oldest stones ruins date back to the fifteen hundreds. This royal citadel is amongst the most historically significant archaeological sites in the country.
The weather is sub-tropical, meaning it is typically hot and dry in the summer and cold and wet in the winter. This is the exact opposite to the European countries and North America. The rainy season is usually between September and April because of its location south of the border. Visitors from EU countries find the end of summer the easiest to time to visit and ideal because animals are easier to spot in the low brush.
The reserve is also part of the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere, which UNESCO recognized and registered in October 2001. It the largest of South Africa's six biosphere regions and ranks third largest on the planet. It consists of land that is a combination of forest, grassland and Savannah.
The Kruger National Park has an abundance of life, plant and animal. Three hundred different types of trees grow here, and an amazing parade of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and a lot of different insects and other bugs also make their home here. Conservationists the world over has applauded the reserve for implementing environmental management policies and techniques. There is evidence of the presence of man going back thousands of years in the rock paintings scattered all over the area, which in itself is reason enough to declare the park a national treasure deserving government protection.
The most requested tour in the Kruger is the open Jeep big 5 tours. Video and photography hunting lions, the leopards, the rhinos, the elephants, and the Cape buffalo is what makes this tour so popular. It's not easy to capture a glimpse of one of these animals, let alone take a photo of them! They are very dangerous, but beautiful animals, but are not the only kind around. There is a variety of buck, crocodiles, baboons, hippos, hyenas and many, many more to see.
Self drives during the day is also very popular and quite safe. There are a few camps all over the park and they offer guided tours of their own as well. All guided tours are accompanied by armed, experienced rangers, for safety reasons. Walking around is not advised, however.
The reserve's infrastructure is in excellent condition with good quality roads that can easily accommodate regular passenger vehicles as well as 4X4s. Small side roads are more suitable for a 4x4 vehicle. These offshoots allow closer inspection of the landscape and its inhabitants.
There are speed limits on the roads for your safety and that of the animals. If you were to be speeding and a buffalo stepped in front of your vehicle, the damage to your car would be sever, and dangerous as an injure animal is a very dangerous one! So keep the speed low and you won't scare the animals away.
The reserve has thirteen camps. Visitors can find everything from rustic tent accommodations to luxury facilities with swimming pools, laundry facilities, and cafeterias. The largest camp is Skukuza, which is a 20-minute journey from the Kurger Gate and serves as the KNP headquarters. Among the many amenities are a gas pump, a post office, a grocery store, a library and the world's hottest 9-hole golf course. Its location alongside the Sabie River makes it a prime location for animals to find water.
The BaPhalaborwa society of forgers occupied the region in the eighteen hundreds. The village dates back to the Iron Age and is called the village of Masorini. The village huts and furnaces have been reconstructed as authentically as possible and even has the remains of and original furnace.
Archaeologists uncovered two bodies when excavating bombs were detonated in the area of Thulamela (which sits on a plateau in the north of the reserve) and believed they were royals since they were adorned with gold. They were discovered and named by the excavating team, King Ingwe and Queen Losha. The site remained undiscovered until 1993 and the oldest stones ruins date back to the fifteen hundreds. This royal citadel is amongst the most historically significant archaeological sites in the country.
The weather is sub-tropical, meaning it is typically hot and dry in the summer and cold and wet in the winter. This is the exact opposite to the European countries and North America. The rainy season is usually between September and April because of its location south of the border. Visitors from EU countries find the end of summer the easiest to time to visit and ideal because animals are easier to spot in the low brush.
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