| If you want to see a lot of wild animals in their | | | | recently. 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 to | | | | grazing or taking mud baths and spraying mud all |
| stay at least two days since it is the largest | | | | over themselves. |
| game reserve in South Africa, covering 7,332 | | | | However, 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 Johannesburg | | | | remember not to get too close and give the |
| before you go to the park. The weather may be | | | | animals their space. Be sure to retreat if they |
| significantly different than from where you | | | | show 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 plenty | | | | horn. 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 popular | | | | young. |
| southern gates to enter from Johannesburg are | | | | You can't help but be impressed by the kudus and |
| either the Crocodile Bridge Gait or the Nambit | | | | other wildlife not commonly known. Even the |
| Gate - and traveling between the two to get a | | | | warthogs, 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 per | | | | in the air, will give you great entertainment when |
| person (children are half price) for entrance into | | | | you spot them. |
| the park. If you plan to stay overnight at one of | | | | Don't forget to keep your eye out for groups of |
| the camps, you will pay prices similar to staying in | | | | rhino, herds of zebras, sables, and hordes of |
| hotels. Most people tour the park in private or | | | | wildebeests throughout your visit. As you keep |
| rented vehicles, but tours are also available. You | | | | your eyes are peeled looking for wildlife out in the |
| must be careful to get to your planned destination | | | | grass, don't forget to look up now and then to |
| before the gates close. If you arrive at a gate or | | | | spot birds and monkeys in the trees. |
| camp after they close, you will not be permitted | | | | It 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 no | | | | is provided at over 18 camps within the park. |
| difficulties navigating the park. You will more often | | | | Most camps have a fence all around to keep the |
| than not run into a park ranger who can give | | | | animals out. Dinning is available at the camps for a |
| directions and offer guidance as to where to find | | | | reasonable 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 to | | | | a Malaria region and you will be required to take |
| see giraffes grazing along the road, warthogs | | | | anti-malaria medicine. The infected Anopheles |
| darting in and out of the brush, and impalas by | | | | mosquito 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 spot | | | | the 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 where | | | | You may feel forlorn to leave this great, |
| the wildlife is located since some game tends to | | | | once-in-a-lifetime experience behind when you exit |
| not to stay fixed in one area. The ranger's job is | | | | Kruger Park. To express the thought that it is well |
| not only to care for and protect the animals in | | | | worth the time to visit Kruger National Park would |
| this sanctuary, but also provide assistance to | | | | be a severe understatement. |
| visitors. After all, without visitors, there would be | | | | For insider secrets of the trade, and to discover |
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