The day it snowed in the staff village…
Our lovely staff village is located just outside Letaba rest camp about 3 kilometres from the four-way junction on the left of the tar road towards Olifants camp. It has around 15 houses, a few…
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Dando Disaster. A story about the 2012 floods in Kruger National Park.
In January of 2012, I had a flight to Johannesburg with a 3-day layover. Letaba is a far drive. I only had 72 hours before I had to fly back to Amsterdam again, but I just…
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Bats in the roof
The kids were playing outside late one afternoon earlier this week when I saw the bats come out of our roof. (I never let them outside on their own. The vervet monkeys and baboons are not…
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The ranger and the Flight Attendant
I fell in love with the South African bush and Kruger long before I fell in love with my husband who is a trails ranger in Kruger National Park. I was a cabin attendant for…
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