Summer 2022-2023

Kruger Magazine

A celebration of Africa’s GREATER KRUGER!

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SETTING the SCENE
As we reflect on the past year, it is with great sadness that we had to say goodbye to one of our expert contributors, Dr SCJ Joubert, who we got to know with great respect for a great man. His humble manner, his unconditional love for nature and esp
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The World-renowned Kruger National Park
I s one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of nearly two million hectares (20 000km2) in the province of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in the north-east of South Africa. It extends 360km from north to south and 65km from east to west.
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Publisher: Pat Botha Editor: Quintus Strauss PRODUCTION TEAM Erika Alberts Meldt van der Spuy Aletta Pretorius-Thiart Ronelle Oosthuizen Martin Botha Tanya Lacey LAYOUT & DESIGN Carmen le Roux EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Pat Botha Quintus Strauss Nick Zam
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GIANT Of The KRUGER
Dr SCJ Joubert 30 June 1941 to 14 September 2022 The well-known former park warden and later executive director of the Kruger National Park (KNP), Dr Salomon Cornelius Johannes Joubert, affectionately known as ‘Doc Solly’ by his colleagues, passed aw
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From The Publisher's Pen
Over the years we have met some of the most amazing individuals through our publication – some have become friends, like our authors, which made Dr SCJ Joubert's passing an exceptionally sad time in our otherwise joyful days. And sometimes we meet ne
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Orpen For Opportunity
Deon Behrens has always had a fondness for the Kruger National Park. After many visits, he knew he needed to do something to pay it forward. Here's why he spent time beautifying Orpen Camp's reception area. “I've always loved the Kruger and visited r
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My First Visit To Greater Kruger
Image © Vector Tradition The first time I can recall visiting the Kruger National Park (KNP) must have been either in 1992 or 1993 with my parents at the height of the drought at the time. I was about five years old. All I can recall from what my par
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Magical MALELANE
If you love privacy and seclusion, whether just for you and your partner, or a small family group, your choice has to be Malelane Camp. A short drive of 3km from the Malelane Cate on the Berg-en-Dal road (S110), will take you to this quaint little ca
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Game Drives
As a guest at Malelane Camp, self-drive offers a variety of options. A good morning drive is to take the H3 tar road up to the S113. In the early morning hours tar roads are normally hot spots for lion, leopard, cheetah and wild dogs, so if you are a
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Leopards of MALELANE
The Malelane area, and specifically the S114 to Biyamiti Weir and the S25 (Crocodile River road), is famous for its many leopard (Panthera pardus) sightings. Here are some of our readers’ photos from this area. Leopards are highly catholic in the ran
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Chacma Baboons
The chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) is a member of the monkey family (Cercopithecidae) and is in fact the heaviest. The males weigh 21kg to 45kg at an average of 31.8kg. Females are considerably smaller, weighing 12kg to 25kg at an average of 15.4kg. T
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Part 2 CUCKOOS Devious and intriguing
The family Cuculidae includes 33 genera with 147 known species world-wide. The subfamily Cuculinae are the cuckoos of the Old World (Africa, Europe and Asia) and these are all obligate brood parasite breeders, meaning they do not build nests or rear
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Mahlometela Paintball Guns, a Rare Bird and a Final Resting Place
Photos of elephant relocation courtesy Elephants Alive are illustrative only, showing the ongoing work of Elephants Alive, working in the Greater Kruger Area, to ensure the survival of elephants and their habitats, and to promote harmonious co-existe
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Silver Leaves
Three species of cluster-leaf occur in the Kruger National Park (KNP), with the silver cluster-leaf, Terminalia sericea (vaalboom in Afrikaans, nkonola or nkonono in Xitsonga, and mususu in Tshivenda) being the most conspicuous. The other two cluster
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Agulhas Revisited
One of the downsides (actually, in many respects it's an upside) of being in the stock travel and wildlife photography business is the need to continuously update your portfolio of images, which means you have to regularly return to places to get mor
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TOP 11 AMATEUR Photographs
THEME KRUGER PARK SIGHTINGS: SELFDRIVE, CAMPS & HIDES What an exhilarating competition it was once again and tough for the Executive Team to make the TOP 50 and TOP 10 choices. The entries are so good and are becoming better and better with each roun
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KNP HISTORY: History Of Camps
In Issue 21 of KRUGER MAGAZINE, we featured the history of Berg-en-Dal Camp. In this issue we look at the history of the Bush Camp. Joep Stevens keen historian who was introduced to the Kruger National Park by his parents in 1966. This ignited his in
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Reimagined HAMILTONS
The third of Extraordinary's three luxury camps in the Kruger National Park we had the privilege to visit, is Hamiltons Tented Camp. Situated on one of the first concessions awarded to private operators, the l0 000ha named Mluwati is bordered to the
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The Letaba River
The Letaba River joins the Olifants River a few kilometres from the Kruger National Park's eastern border and has the longest trajectory from west to east across the Park. Its source lies in the upper reaches of the Drakensberg Escarpment and its cat
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Favourite Spots
Whether your FAVOURITE SPOT is related to a memorable sighting, or special to you for personal or sentimental reasons, or even an area you feel connected to, all KRUGER MAGAZINE Facebook members are invited to share their favourite spots with the com

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