Kruger National Park

Backpack in Kruger National Park

If you can get a group of no more than 8 fit, experienced hikers together who are between the ages of 16 and 65 and looking for something more primitive combined with the thrill of trekking through Big-5 country, this hike in the Kruger National Park is for you.

You will be required to get a medical certificate confirming that you can survive the 4 day ordeal over rugged terrain in a climate where temperatures reach 30 deg Celsius. You will be required to carry your own tent and food. You will be required to make and break camp yourself. You will be required to cook for yourself. You will have to bathe in the river with hippo's and croc's, and you will have to dig your own toilet. You will even have to purify your own drinking water from the river. And, you will have to do all this under the watchful amazement of dangerous game including the Big-5!

Star Gazing in Kruger Park

Did you know that Astronomy Africa offers 3-hour star gazing outings from Olifants Camp in Kruger National Park at R300 per person including refreshments.

Contact +27 13 735 6606

Picture courtesy of USGS Astrogeology

Dullstroom Arts Festival

Traveling to the Kruger National Park in mid December 2006?

Consider visiting the Dullstroom Arts Festival from 16 to 18 December.

Dullstroom, only three hours drive from Johannesburg, is South Africa's premier fly-fishing destination. The festival features music, visual and performing arts and the Dullstroom Bird of Prey and Rehabilitation Centre offers educational talks.

Two of the towns dams will be open to all, which means entry, fly-fishing, and fly-casting sessions will all be FREE!

Accommodation goes fast...so book now!

For festival accommodation and info, contact +27 13 254 0254 / +27 13 254 0020.

Prime Game Viewing Region

I define the Southern Kruger Park as the area ranging from the Crocodile River in the far South to Skukuza, the largest camp and administrative headquarters of the Kruger Park. It's an area that can be covered in a days driving, albeit a long days driving. Not that I'm suggesting you spend the day in your car. It is far more rewarding to break it down into smaller day outings spread over 3 or 4 days.