Kruger Magazine

A celebration of Africa’s GREATER KRUGER!

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SETTING the SCENE
Winter in Greater Kruger often means exceptional sightings – definitely worth braving the cold mornings and evenings for (although a visitor from the UK recently said our winter temperatures are positively balmy compared to what he is used to!). Clea
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From The Publisher’s Pen
We have had quite a few emails and letters from readers, which means that we are conversing with you, and that is wonderful. In our Autumn issue, we asked you to tell us about your first visit to the Greater Kruger – and we received quite a bit of fe
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A New Generation Of Conservationists
“On behalf of all the staff and beneficiaries of our Environmental Education Programme, we are very grateful for the donation you have given to Lapalala Wilderness School. The magazine will go a long way towards helping our rural children to improve
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Feedback On Our Second DESERVING PROJECT
What a wonderful journey we are having – and thank you, readers, for supporting us, enabling us to fulfil one of the main purposes of publishing KRUGER MAGAZINE: to give back by donating 15% of our nett copy sales to a deserving project featured in e
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Favourite Spots
2km road from Shingwedzi Camp – My favourite spot! Picture the following: a short tar road lined with gigantic, shady nyala, leadwood and jackalberry trees. Through these magnificent trees, you can see a dry riverbed with a few pools of water – t
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Greater Kruger Information Centre launched!
KRUGER MAGAZINE was invited to the well-known Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) in April, where the Greater Kruger Information Centre was launched. It is a much-appreciated HECS initiative, funded by HESC in terms of location and staff, and
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Light Up The Darkness
The fight against poaching is relentless and all-consuming. The dedicated personnel of SANParks tackle the onslaught every day – particularly the brave rangers who are the ‘tip of the spear’ and come face-to-face with unscrupulous criminals in the bu
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Elephant Hall
One of the great attractions at Letaba Camp is the Elephant Hall, which covers the evolution of elephants, their biology, behaviour and ecology. Best of all, it also contains the ivory of eight of Kruger's greatest tuskers. Tuskers are the Kruger Nat
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Game Drives
Letaba is situated almost in the middle of KNP and this offers you a lot of options when planning your self-drive game drives. One day you can go south and another north; or choose a day to keep it central and just drive around in the area, along the
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Lush Letaba
Kruger National Park’s Letaba Camp is situated on a bend of the Letaba River, midway between the southern and northern boundaries of the Kruger National Park. Letaba is a riverine camp, characterised by tall, shady trees like the sycamore fig, Natal
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ELEPHANTS – Majestic icons of Africa
« Dr Ian John Whyte is an independent environmental consultant who retired from SANParks in 2007. He was previously engaged in full-time wildlife research in Kruger National Park from 1970-2007. At the time of retirement, he was responsible for the c
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Elephants Alive
Kruger is home to one of southern Af rica’s largest f ree-ranging elephant populations. With the fences down, elephants can move throughout the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. This includes Kruger National Park and the Associated Private Nature Res
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Flying Colours
« Dr Ian John Whyte is an independent environmental consultant who retired from SANParks in 2007. He was previously engaged in full-time wildlife research in Kruger National Park from 1970-2007. At the time of retirement, he was responsible for the c
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Mahlometela
« Ralf Kalwa is Ecological Consultant at Malelane, a position he has held since December 2001. He established Rhengu Environmental Services in the Malelane area and is trails leader for the Lebombo Eco Trail. Prior to holding this position, Kalwa was
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Leadwood
« Nick Zambatis the former Manager: Biodiversity Conservation in Conservation Management: Kruger National Park. He retired in 2016. His first job in Kruger was as a research technician based at Skukuza, which he started in 1987. “The transfer from
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Kambaku Jewel On The Crocodile
Tony and Leanne Santana had a dream – a dream they would one day own a guest lodge. Their love of nature and Leanne’s passion for wildlife photography prompted them to search around the Greater Kruger. Setting out to find a suitable lodge for sale pr
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10 MOST POPULAR wildlife photographs WINTER 2018
The 4th amateur photo competition of KRUGER MAGAZINE kicked off on 8 April 2018, and from kick-off, the competition amongst entrants was tough. Just over 1 250 entries were received, and the closing date of round one was a mere 20 days after that, wh
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Fitness For Use
« Roger de la Harpe is a freelance photographer based in South Africa. He has long had a passion for conservation, natural history, wild places and indigenous cultures and has plied his trade in various regions of the African continent for 25 years.
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HISTORY KNP : The developmental years
« Joep Stevens is a keen historian who was introduced to the Kruger National Park by his parents in 1966. This ignited his interest in and passion for the Park. This era in the history of the Kruger National Park is one that many of the current (al
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Matters Heritage
Mahula Hill archaeological site is situated around 30km south of Skukuza in the Kruger National Park. It is located roughly halfway between the Muhlambamadvube and Mahula rivers and their floodplain. The known presence of pottery and a grinding stone
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TINTSWALO – A Beautiful Gift
The feeling of peace, pride, love and gratitude you feel when accepting a gift is what ‘tintswalo’ is, as described in the Shangaan language – a Shangaan blessing. Manyeleti Game Reserve is home to the luxurious Tintswalo Safari Lodge, which is situa
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Built SPEED for
« Salomon Joubert (Dr SCJ Joubert) started his conservation career in 1964 as a postgraduate student in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin, and was appointed to the Kruger National Park as Junior Ranger at the end of 1964, stationed at the remote Klipkoppies Sec
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Species ID ‒ Reptiles Squeeze Big The
« Donald Strydom runs the Kinyonga Reptile Centre, formerly known as Swadini Reptile Park, which was founded in 1984. He has been involved in the filming of approximately 50 documentaries and has worked with Sir David Attenborough. Through the Kiny
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Shikondo Tales Why Hippos Don’t Eat Fish
In ancient Africa, it is believed that, in the days of long, long ago, when the Good Lord Unkulunkulu made his plans for all the creatures upon earth, he made the hippopotamus as an animal of the savannah. But Imvubu (the hippopotamus) was greedy and

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