Kruger Camps III – Bushveld camps – Bateleur & Sirheni

The Bateleur and Sirheni bushveld camps lie in the far northern region of the Kruger National Park. They are both fairly close to the Shingwedzi Rest Camp (one of the main camps on the north-south road), which raises the question of whether it is really necessary to stay in both on the same trip. We […]

The Kruger Red Rocks

The Red Rocks Loop (S52) runs along the Shingwedzi River and is one of the most beautiful areas in the Kruger National Park. The road passes through thick riverine forest and also allows visitors to see where the Shingwedzi River has carved a path across a Karoo Sandstone band. Here there are reddish cliffs and […]

The Kruger Oxpecker Army

We were expecting to see Oxpeckers in Kruger, but weren’t quite prepared for what we came across.  Not only were they on every large grazing species, but there were often a lot of oxpeckers on a single animal. They took their jobs really seriously! Oxpeckers graze exclusively on the bodies of large mammals. Certain species […]

Kruger National Park – Information resources

There is an overwhelming amount of information about the Kruger National Park – both online and in books. I don’t think it is necessary to consult a lot of material before you go to Kruger, but it is useful to read some of what is available in order to plan your trip. The resources I […]

The Big Cat Whisperer

If you have read Lisa’s quirky post “Take your camera to the bathroom (and other Kalahari safari tips)” you would know that self-drive game viewing can be rewarding and fun.  Especially if you are prepared to put in the time and effort.  A vehicle with high lookout position certainly helps.  Kruger presented some different challenges to the […]

Kruger camps II – Bushveld Camps – Biyamiti & Talamati

This is the second post about the camps we stayed in during our visit to the Kruger National Park. For the first post which includes the introduction see Kruger camps – Intro and Letaba Although they were not the kind of bush camps we are used from the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP), we did enjoy staying in […]

Postcards from Kruger: Zebras

Zebras (these are Plains or Burchell’s zebra) are some of our favourite animals to watch and photograph, because no matter how they are standing in relation to the rest of the herd they always form interesting patterns. Kruger has an abundance of zebras, in far bigger herds then I have ever seen. The photos in […]

Kruger camps – Intro and Letaba

There are a variety of accommodation options in the Kruger National Park. Besides the camps of SANParks (South African National Parks), there are private game reserves which border on Kruger (there are no fences between these and Kruger), and also private concession safari lodges within Kruger. One of the best sites to explore these is at […]

Kruger traffic jam

Traffic jams are not unheard of in the Kruger National Park. Most people who have visited Kruger will know the frustration of coming upon a group of cars blocking the road when there is a significant animal sighting. People will have parked at all angles just to get a better view of the action. Sometimes […]

Things we loved about Kruger

I had not been to the Kruger National Park since I was a child, and my memories from that childhood visit were very sketchy. Willie had been there more recently, but it had also been many years ago. So our visit there in August 2016, felt like we were going there for the first time. For many people (both […]