The Kruger National Park boasts the world’s greatest concentration of species and is the largest game reserve in the Republic of South Africa.

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK SOUTH AFRICA SAFARI

The Kruger National Park boasts the world’s greatest concentration of species and is the largest game reserve in the Republic of South Africa. The Park as it is known today covers roughly 20,000 sq kms, it is 355 kms long and on average about 60kms wide.

A brief history reads – in 1844 the border between Portuguese, Mozambique and South Africa was agreed, today that same border comprises much of the Park’s eastern boundary. In 1869, a gold rush in the area resulted in over-hunting and in 1884 President Paul Kruger proposed that boundaries in the region be defined as game reserves to protect the flora and fauna. He encountered inevitable resistance with the proposed restrictions and did not succeed until 1898 when the Crocodile and Sabie River areas were officially deemed reserves. Eventually they grew into today’s Kruger National Park.

Some of the game that you can hope to see includes

The numbers are the estimated Kruger population in 2000
Black rhino     250
Blue wildebeest     14,000
Buffalo     21,000
Burchell’s zebra     30,000
Cheetah     200
Eland     500
Elephant     9,152
Giraffe     5,000
Hippo     2,963
Hyena     2,000
Impala     100,000
Kudu     3,500
Leopard     1,000
Lichtenstein’s Hartebeest     45
Lion     2,500
Roan antelope     60
Sable antelope     300
Tsessebe     200
Waterbuck     1,500
White rhino     2,500
Wild dog     350