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t was warden James Stevenson-Hamilton’s inspired idea, around 100 years ago, to persuade the Selati Railway to stop its train overnight on the bridge over the Sabie River. Delighted passengers became the first game viewers in what, 20 years later, was proclaimed the Kruger National Park. Now that train is back (permanently), refurbished as a luxury

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