kruger national park
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The Kruger National
Park.
Welcome to the Kruger National
Park, South Africa’s premier wildlife
destination. The 2.2 million hectare
Kruger National Park is one of the last truly unspoilt
wilderness areas in Africa, where you will
encounter lions, elephants, giraffe,
zebra and an abundance of other wild animals in their natural habitat, as they have lived for
thousands of years.
Kruger monument in front of the Paul
Kruger Gate.
The Kruger National Park is a place of supreme beauty, a
place of tranquillity, a place of adventure,
and a place of unforgettable safari
experiences. It is wild and remote, yet safe
and accessible for travellers. The Kruger National Park is one of Africa’s greatest
conservation success stories, and South
Africa’s top destination for the
nature lover.
Interesting Facts
In 1869, a ‘gold rush’ exploded in the region causing the number of
game to decrease dramatically due to
hunting and trading of animal horns and skins. In 1884, President Paul Kruger proposed that
boundaries in the region be defined as game
reserves to protect the flora and fauna, but his revolutionary vision was
met with much resistance.
A forest along the
Levuhu River, Kruger
National Park, South Africa, is a
sanctuary for elephants,
lions, leopards,
rhinoceroses, zebras,
wildebeests, impalas, and many birds.
The park was first proclaimed in 1898 as the Sabie Game Reserve and
the area between the Sabie and Crocodile Rivers
was set aside as official reserves.
The Scottish-born James Stevenson-Hamilton was appointed the park’s first
warden in 1902. Many accounts of the park’s
early days can be found in the Stevenson-Hamilton
Memorial Library. In 1926 the National Parks Act was proclaimed and
with it the merging of the Sabie and Shingwedzi
Games Reserves into the Kruger National Park.