Looking back… and looking forward!
My year-end function As the year 2018 draws to a close, I like to engage in an activity that I like to call ‘The summery of the year’. It is like my own little private year-end…
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Tag: Kruger
Flying in the SANParks helicopter, my best Kruger experience ever!
Each year around August or September SANParks holds their annual game counts. It is an areal census, which they do from both a helicopter and a fixed-wing airplane. They count elephant, buffalo and rhino populations amongst…
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Early permit – a drive after hours
Before we went to Berg en Dal last week, our oldest Alex had to have his tonsils removed. The poor guy has been suffering from tonsillitis so often, so our GP suggested they better come out.…
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Elephant on the driveway – a story of the Kruger drought
The drought of 2016/2017 hit very hard here in Kruger National Park, as it did in most of South Africa. Our rainy season usually starts in October or November, but in 2016, we had no rain…
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