Kruger National Park, South Africa - What to Expect

If you want to see a lot of wild animals in theirrecently. You might get lucky and even see the
natural habitat and have an awesome experience,baby elephants. You can observe the elephants
go to Africa's Kruger National Park. Expect tograzing or taking mud baths and spraying mud all
stay at least two days since it is the largestover themselves.
game reserve in South Africa, covering 7,332However, as fun as elephants are to watch, the
square miles.only protection you have is your vehicle. Please
You most likely will be staying in Johannesburgremember not to get too close and give the
before you go to the park. The weather may beanimals their space. Be sure to retreat if they
significantly different than from where youshow signs of aggression such as shaking their
departed, so be prepared for climate changes.head, flapping their ears, and trumpeting their
Plan for a 4-5 hour drive (pack snacks and plentyhorn. They are surprisingly quick and fast for how
of water), depending upon which gate (entrance)big they are and extremely protective of their
you choose to go to first. The more popularyoung.
southern gates to enter from Johannesburg areYou can't help but be impressed by the kudus and
either the Crocodile Bridge Gait or the Nambitother wildlife not commonly known. Even the
Gate - and traveling between the two to get awarthogs, which were so ugly and yet so cute as
glimpse of the park.they run around with their tails pointed straight up
Expect to pay about $15 (120 Rand) a day perin the air, will give you great entertainment when
person (children are half price) for entrance intoyou spot them.
the park. If you plan to stay overnight at one ofDon't forget to keep your eye out for groups of
the camps, you will pay prices similar to staying inrhino, herds of zebras, sables, and hordes of
hotels. Most people tour the park in private orwildebeests throughout your visit. As you keep
rented vehicles, but tours are also available. Youyour eyes are peeled looking for wildlife out in the
must be careful to get to your planned destinationgrass, don't forget to look up now and then to
before the gates close. If you arrive at a gate orspot birds and monkeys in the trees.
camp after they close, you will not be permittedIt is difficult to even get a taste of the park if
to enter, exit, or receive accommodations.you only tour it for one day. Consequently, lodging
If you are equipped with a map, you will have nois provided at over 18 camps within the park.
difficulties navigating the park. You will more oftenMost camps have a fence all around to keep the
than not run into a park ranger who can giveanimals out. Dinning is available at the camps for a
directions and offer guidance as to where to findreasonable price with excellent service.
the game.You need to take special note that Kruger Park is
As you tour through the park, you can expect toa Malaria region and you will be required to take
see giraffes grazing along the road, warthogsanti-malaria medicine. The infected Anopheles
darting in and out of the brush, and impalas bymosquito carries the protozoan responsible for
the thousands. When you pass by pools of water,Malaria. The mosquitoes may not seem bad during
be sure to drive slowly to see if you can't spotthe day, but at nighttime they become especially
the hippo poking their snouts out of the water.aggressive and numerous.
Don't be hesitant to ask the park rangers whereYou may feel forlorn to leave this great,
the wildlife is located since some game tends toonce-in-a-lifetime experience behind when you exit
not to stay fixed in one area. The ranger's job isKruger Park. To express the thought that it is well
not only to care for and protect the animals inworth the time to visit Kruger National Park would
this sanctuary, but also provide assistance tobe a severe understatement.
visitors. After all, without visitors, there would beFor insider secrets of the trade, and to discover
no revenue, and they also want to make surefirsthand how to save bundles of cash when you
you have a fabulous, naturalistic experience.are traveling the world, click on the link below to
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