Today on 25.02.24 the time has come, we made it to the Kruger National Park
The Kruger NP is almost exactly half the size of Switzerland, namely 10,000 km2.
As soon as we drove in we could see wild animals.
Kruger National Park
The Kruger National Park ( German: often incorrectly Krüger-Nationalpark , English: Kruger National Park) is the largest game reserve in South Africa . It is located in the northeast of the country in the Lowveld landscape in the territory of the Limpopo province and the eastern section of Mpumalanga . Its area stretches from the Crocodile River in the south to the Limpopo , the border river with Zimbabwe , in the north. It stretches from north to south about 350 km, in an east-west direction the park is on average 54 km wide and covers an area of around 20,000 square kilometers , comparable to the size of Saxony-Anhalt . This makes it one of the largest national parks in Africa .
The reserve was founded on March 26, 1898 under President Paul Kruger as the Sabie Game Reserve to protect the wilderness. In 1926, the area was given national park status and renamed to its current name. The park is home to 147 species of mammals , including the " Big Five ," as well as around 507 species of birds , 114 species of reptiles , 49 species of fish , and 34 species of amphibians . The traditional list of the "Big Five" animal species (elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, lion, leopard) was based primarily on the wishes and risks of the hunters who came to hunt them.
We have reserved a place at Sukuza Camp for 2 nights.
The picture is our lodge from the previous day
With a daytime temperature of 40 degrees, we wished we had stayed in the air-conditioned lodge from the previous day.
But nothing helped, after dinner we went back to Mr. Leo.
It was boiling hot up there. But then a tropical storm came with lightning and thunder,
that Toldi had completely submerged. When we heard the thunder, Mr Leo's tent roof shook and we also felt uneasy.
Then the rain came, a wonderful cooling effect.
This morning we planned our route through the park and actually looked for lions, but
They were there
The African Buffalos were there
They were there,
They couldn't understand that a car was coming and challenging their right of way.
Lots of the impalas were there
It wouldn't be possible without the zebras. Of course, the hippos and warthogs, as well as many colorful birds, were waiting for us too.
It's great when you're driving through the area almost all alone and suddenly, out of nowhere, the animals appear. Imagine if in Europe they had just left Switzerland as it was 250 years ago and protected it. You could drive through and marvel at the natural wonders, from bears and wolves and everything else.
Fabulous. Switzerland is of course just an example, Baden-Württemberg could also be fenced in. What a miracle.
I think Europe is too small for something like that.
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