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A blog about what it is like to live in Kruger National Park and to raise a family here.

emergency phone numbers for reporting emergencies in the park

9th Oct 20189th Oct 2018 Linda 8 Comments

Do you know how to report an emergency in the park?

I used to know! When we were living in Letaba I had the section rangers number saved on my phone in case I had to report an emergency. And our neighbour there knew pretty much everyone…

SANParks helicopter on its way to count rare antelope

13th Jul 20184th Jan 2019 Linda 13 Comments

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…