Mar 19, 2013 - Kruger National Park

After two days to chill out after Vic Falls we started on our tour. We left Joburg on Monday to head towards Hazyview and the Kruger. We drove thru the panoramic route thru the Blyde River Canyon which is like a mini grand canyon very picturesque. We arrived at Hippo hollow late in the afternoon another unique african experience where the hippos graze around the grounds at night, thank goodness I havent seen any too close yet! Tomorow we leave for Swaizland. Today we were up at 4.30am for a trip around the Kruger in an opentop vehicle lots...

Jun 27, 2012 - Waking Up in Kruger National Park

Good Morning! Had a long trip yesterday to get to the Kruger National Park. It’s so nice here. We spent the night camping in one of the tents they have. The park is a peaceful place, even though we are out in the middle of the African wild lands. I saw a couple of gazelles this morning after we ate breakfast. I took a few pictures of them. I think we are all going to a festival today. Better go get ready! Haley

Jun 26, 2012 - Nighttime at Kruger National Park

Hey! Now that we have finished a full day exploring Kruger National Park, it is time to retire to our huts by the Shingwedzi river. We learned that one of the largest elephants the park has ever seen died near here, and it was named Shingwedzi after the river. The huts are quite comfortable yet rustic, allowing us to stay in touch with our beautiful surroundings as we rest. A great end to a great day! Zach

Jun 26, 2012 - Exploring Kruger National Park

Kruger National Park is awesome!! It’s been quite a day today, I’ve never been on Safari before and I am not disappointed. And the hut we’re staying, it’s something else. It’s set right in the middle of the elephant range, and we are by no means roughing it. This is the way to live! Check out how gorgeous the hut is, it’s practically a hotel. Noah

Oct 10, 2011 - Kruger National Park - South Africa

Kruger National Park (http://www.sa-venues.com/game-reserves/mpl_kruger.htm) South Africa's flagship National park is located in the northeast (see map). To give you an idea of how vast the park is, it's equivalent in square miles to the state of New Jersey. Game Drives Game drives are what the Kruger National Park is all about. If you’re on a kruger park safari then the highlight to any day is venturing out in your own vehicle, clutching your binoculars & camera while you make your way through the bush in hot pursuit of animal sightings....

May 4, 2011 - Kruger National Park By Hazyview

Hello from Kruger National Park! Today we went on our last game drive(I know, I'm sad too). This evening, we went to a place called Elephant Whisperers to do an elephant interaction(pet,feed,etc. etc.). The game drives are so fantastic. I've had the time of my life on all of them. The only bad things are you have to get up at 5:30 in the morning and when you get there, it's usually very cold and the jeeps have no windows. The good thing is we see some impressive animals. At Kruger today, we saw elephants, warthogs, giraffes(including a a...

May 2, 2011 - Karongwe Game Reserve

Hello from Shiduli(the lodge by Karongwe;it means termite mound)! We had an outstanding day today! Just today we went on two game drives; one in the morning and one at night. We saw amazing amounts of wildlife today as well. That includes tons of impala, lots of zebras, a herd of waterbuck, some wildebeast, a pair of jackels, three rhinos, a herd of about 20-30 elephants of all sizes(including a baby), a hippo(sort of), a giraffe from far away, an eagle, the lions(two females and four cubs(8 months old)), and the best and rarest of all, the...

Mar 25, 2011 - Still Big Game hunting - with my camera

March 24th After an excellent night’s sleep on the really comfortable beds in our safari tent, we were up early so as to get out and enjoy some of the massive game park. We had our breakfast sitting on our deck, watching tame bushbucks wandering around the safari tents then I made a Thermos of 'common coffee' (what our friends call Nescafe instant coffee) to take with us then we were on our way. We drove and drove and drove (never at more than 25 KPH) from about 7am until about 2pm. You mustn't get out of your vehicle: the rules say no...

Nov 15, 2010 - Crossing borders

Crossing borders The border crossing from Zambia to Botswana is an experience. In order to get across the mighty Zambezi river you need to take a ferry. There are two ferries, but one is usually broken. Sometimes, apparently, both are broken down and the wait can be up to eight hours. The ferry had the capacity to carry exactly one large, and one smaller truck, and two to three regular cars. And of course, as we are in Africa, a whole bunch of people on foot. The queue of trucks waiting to make the ten-minute crossing is long and some stand...

Aug 15, 2010 - Safari!

Bright and early Tuesday morning, Alex and I, along with Dr Berkelhamer and his wife, Jackie, were ready to head off on our safari adventure. It was a five hour drive to Krueger National Park, which allowed us to see many sides of South Africa. We passed through Nelspruit, White River, and saw banana plantations, macadamia, cashew and pecan groves, and the coal mines. We also observed the most extreme poverty I personally have ever seen. Our lodge was beautiful (room not so much) – we arrived to lush vegetation, monkeys dancing in...

Aug 9, 2010 - Kruger Park

Kruger Park. Der aelteste und groesste Tierpark der Welt, in etwa halb so gross wie die Schweiz bzw. ca. so gross wie Niederoesterreich. Wir kurvten 5 Tage auf seinen perfekten geteerten und auch Schotterstrassen an unzaehligen Tieren, und deren teils unueberseh- bzw. riechbaren Endprodukten vorbei. Ideal, so wusste man je nach Zersetzungsgrad der verdauten Pflanzennahrung, wann der letzte Elefant hier vorbeigekommen sein musste. Bei Affen und Springboecken war das schon schwieriger - erstere duesten jeweils im gleich namigem Tempo...

Jun 14, 2010 - Kruger National Park Safari

We finally got to see the last of the big five the Rhino in Kruger Park. One of the largest national parks in Africa although not as intimate as Chobe in Botswana we did get very close to some lions as you will see in the pictures. I also took some fotos from our drive from Joburg to Kruger park about a three hour drive. Next stop Nelspruit for the Chile vs, Honduras game!!!