We bring you the history of the Kruger National Park, we will be doing this in series, so look out for the remaining posts. 500 000 years ago Homo erectus roamed the area where the Kruger National Park is now based, cultural artifacts from 100 000 to 30 000 years ago have been found there…
Month: July 2018
Lubyelubye Male Lions – Lions of Kruger
Today’s post is dedicated to the Lubyelubye male lions. These males like most lions have been through a lot, it’s tough being a lion in the Kruger, especially when there is so many male lions around. One of the Lubyelubye males used to dominate the area around the Lubyelubye rocks (that is where they get…
Poacher Gets Trampled by Elephant Before Getting Arrested
Poacher Gets Trampled by Elephant Before Getting Arrested On Saturday afternoon, I was scrolling through Facebook when I came across a post on Camps and Roads of Kruger, which stated that this lady saw someone on the S21 sand road, lying in the bushes “laughing”, she carried on driving and warned other cars about this…
Two Male Lions Were Found Dead Between Phabeni Gate and Numbi Gate
Days after The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) increased South Africa’s lion bone export quota from 800 to 1500 a year, two male lions were found dead between Phabeni Gate and Numbi Gate. The two male lions were found dead and the cause of death was the use of snares by poachers. These two males…
Leopard With An Aardvark Kill
When you use the word “leopard” and “aardvark” in the same sentence you know it’s going to be good. Last week visitors were lucky enough to see a Leopard With An Aardvark Kill. Among the big cats, leopards have the most diverse diet, ranging from impala to porcupines and even catfish. But this leopard wanted to…
Elephant Attacks Rhino in the Kruger
An Angry elephant bull attacked a rhino at a private game reserve in the Kruger National Park. It is a scene commonly seen at Kruger which includes 2 of the big 5, this scene unfortunately it is not what every tourist expects when seeing a rhino and an elephant together. In the video below you…
Brawl on a Kruger National Park Road
The Kruger Park provides some phenomenal sightings, we were lucky enough to see lions steal a kill from a tree, if you haven’t seen the video you can see it here. While on a early morning drive in the northern region of the park, Helen Young captured a video of a snouted cobra trying to…
Tracking Dogs Arrived from the USA to Help With Poaching
A pack of trained tracking dogs have arrived from the US to help track poachers in Kruger. If you see dogs running around Kruger do not be alerted, it is not your average family dog which found their way into the park but trained dogs which track poachers, they arrived from Texas last week. A…
Lions Kill Poachers on Game Reserve
Lions Kill Poachers on Game Reserve. It was reported yesterday that three suspected rhino poachers were mauled to death and eaten by lions at a game reserve called Sibuya Reserve. Body parts and a head were found in the reserve, as well as three pairs of shoes making it clear that there was at least…
Kruger Diary – June Trip
We have recently come back from a trip to Kruger, so we decided to do a Kruger Diary to update our readers on what the trip consisted of. Day 1- Wednesday We arrived at Kruger around 8 o’clock in the morning, we entered the park at Malelane Gate and drove to Skukuza via the H3,…