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.

African sunset,

Kruger National Park

Roelof.