| r imaginations the wild places of Africa are timeless | | | | swarms. It is home to a larger percentage of the |
| and unchanging. That is the reason why Africans and | | | | Kruger National Park‘s total rhino population. |
| non-Africans seek them out, to restore calm and | | | | Letaba |
| proportion to their lives. | | | | The idyllic Letaba Rest Camp is situated on a |
| In reality of course, this isn't true because Africa's | | | | sweeping bend of the Letaba River, midway |
| landscapes change just like any other as they | | | | between the southern and northern boundaries of |
| respond to shifts in their environment and human | | | | the Kruger National Park. The name means |
| activity. | | | | “river of sand”, and the sandy |
| For the past million years or so, humans and their | | | | riverbed is an excellent location for game viewing, |
| ancestors have been the main agents of change in | | | | particularly elephant, which thrive in the area. Letaba |
| Africa's savannah. Kruger National Park is not an | | | | is a green oasis in the surrounding mopane veld, and |
| Island, but an integral part of a continent, alive with | | | | remains a firm favorite with visitors. |
| people, their needs and dreams and hopes for the | | | | Lower Sabie |
| future. | | | | Lower Sabie graces the banks of the Sabie River, |
| As part of Africa's greatest safari parks, Kruger | | | | one of the few perennial rivers to flow through the |
| National Park is part of the great Limpopo | | | | Kruger National Park. Visitors cannot but feel soothed |
| Transfrontier Park. Elephants can easily be seen in | | | | by the view towards the river and the Lebombo |
| this park and their are 145 mammal species to look | | | | Mountains beyond. In this rest camp, the bounty and |
| out for including lions, cheetah, giraffe, hippos, rhino, | | | | plenitude of nature are very evident, eloquently |
| and buffalo. | | | | symbolized by the most conspicuous of its numerous |
| Kruger National Park Accommodation styles range | | | | trees, the mighty sycamore fig, which provides |
| from standard bungalow, to luxury safari lodge, to | | | | generously for the livelihood of many birds and |
| basic camp site, with prices to suit just about every | | | | insects. Not only do these giants produce fruit at |
| budget. Whether you are looking for a family | | | | least twice a year, but different trees produce fruit |
| vacation, Africa travel or a budget African safari, | | | | at different times, extending the gifts of life over |
| there's bound to be something for you. | | | | many months. |
| Here are some Restcamps at Kruger National Park. | | | | Olifants |
| Berg-en-Dal (with satellite Malelane) | | | | The camp is situated a top a hill which towers |
| Berg-en-Dal is situated on the bank of the Matjulu | | | | several hundred feet over the Olifants river. Views |
| Spruit with a view of softly undulating hills to the | | | | from the lookout platforms allow one to see the |
| east. On the northern and southern sides dry | | | | river below, just as a soaring eagle would survey it, |
| riverbeds and a dam border the camp. There are | | | | as it hunts from the skies. |
| large trees along the streams and dry riverbeds. | | | | Pretoriuskop |
| Special care has been taken to preserve the natural | | | | When the world was still young, some 3 500 million |
| vegetation in the camp. Berg-en-Dal is also the only | | | | years ago, molten rock forced its way through the |
| camp set in a rugged mountain environment and is | | | | earth's crust and solidified to form the spectacular |
| built on the site of a prehistoric settlements. | | | | granite outcrops where Pretoriuskop Rest Camp is |
| Crocodile Bridge | | | | now nestled. The impressive granite dome known as |
| This small and delightful camp is situated in the | | | | “Shabeni Hill” is not far from the |
| south-eastern corner of the Kruger National Park, on | | | | camp, which is found in the south-western corner of |
| the northern bank of the Crocodile River, from which | | | | the Kruger National Park. It is immediately apparent |
| it derives its name. After an early morning game | | | | to any visitor that Pretoriuskop is unique as brilliant |
| drive, one can retire from the Lowveld heat to a | | | | red trees adorn the camp, pre-dating the decision to |
| lunch of prawns before coming back for late | | | | make exclusive use of indigenous plants in laying out |
| afternoon game viewing. The game viewing area is | | | | rest camp gardens. Nostalgia prompted an exception |
| known as the ‘Southern Circle’ and is | | | | to the rule for Pretoriuskop, the Kruger National |
| renowned for its concentration of different prides of | | | | Park's oldest rest camp, and exotic flowering plants |
| lion with different hunting techniques and behavior. It | | | | were allowed to stay, enhancing the strong sense of |
| has an abundance of prides, herds, troops, packs and | | | | the past that is so pervasive. |