| Africa has an allure like no other place on earth. It | | | | A Kruger Safari offers you the perfect |
| is a mysterious and undiscovered continent | | | | introduction to African fauna and flora. The Kruger |
| promising vast open spaces teeming with the | | | | Park is home to an impressive number of species: |
| largest collection of weird and wonderful wild | | | | 147 mammal species including the Big 5 (elephant, |
| animals found anywhere on the planet. Africa is a | | | | lion, rhino, buffalo and leopard), together with 336 |
| place of contrast, promising excitement and | | | | types of tree, 49 classes of fish, 34 amphibian |
| unpredictable adventure at every turn. | | | | and 114 reptile species. 507 species of bird make |
| Safari in Africa is guaranteed to be an adventure | | | | the Kruger a popular birding safari destination too. |
| trip of a lifetime, a chance to experience the | | | | The aim of most tourists and safari guides is |
| staggering beauty of the landscapes and the | | | | usually to see The Big 5. Hunters coined this term |
| creatures for yourself. This is one of the earths | | | | in days gone by to describe the five African |
| last wildernesses, where time slows down and | | | | game animals that were hardest to hunt on foot. |
| you can feel what things were like before buildings | | | | These days the hunters are safari goers hoping |
| and cars and schedules and deadlines. Safari was | | | | to capture the animals on film, but the thrill of the |
| born in Africa over a century ago and the safari | | | | chase remains the same ... hear for yourself the |
| industry remains a booming business. With so | | | | thunderous roar of the lion, king of the beasts, |
| much experience under its belt, the safari industry | | | | watch the lumbering mass of a herd of African |
| has many choices to offer the visitor. | | | | elephants or tread carefully around the famously |
| Many people are afraid of roughing it in Africa. But | | | | cantankerous rhinoceros. |
| with an organized safari these fears are | | | | But there is more to see on a Kruger Safari than |
| ungrounded. Established safari destinations offer | | | | the Big 5. African wildlife comes in all shapes and |
| you all the adventure youd expect in Africa while | | | | forms, from the pyjama-striped zebra or comical |
| still promising the comforts that we have become | | | | bush pig, to the long necked giraffe, wallowing |
| accustomed to at home. South Africa is one such | | | | hippopotamus or a host of beautifully marked |
| destination. | | | | buck. There is an astounding variety of antelope in |
| For a perfect introduction to Africa, what better | | | | the Kruger Park, from the ever-present impala to |
| way to go on safari than in South Africa's | | | | the very rare tsessebe, sable and roan antelopes. |
| foremost Game Reserve? Established over a | | | | Those who enjoy a challenge should seek out the |
| century ago, the Kruger National Park leading | | | | Little 5 on their Kruger Safari: buffalo weaver |
| safari destination. Situated in the northern reaches | | | | birds, untidiest nest makers in Africa, the curious |
| of South Africa, the Kruger Park offers the | | | | mouse-like elephant shrew, the beautiful shell |
| visitor an astounding variety of wildlife in an area | | | | markings of the leopard tortoise, the dung loving |
| that is comparable in size to the whole of Israel. | | | | rhino beetle with its rhinoceros-like horn or the |
| The Kruger Park lies on the border that South | | | | elusive ant lions which dig funnel holes in sandy soil |
| Africa shares with neighbor Mozambique, and it | | | | to trap ants and other delicacies. |
| now forms part of a massive peace park that | | | | Other rare sightings to make your Kruger Safari |
| amalgamates the areas of Gonarezhou National | | | | an experience of a lifetime include Africas most |
| Park in Zimbabwe and the Limpopo National Park | | | | endangered predator, the wild dog, Africas |
| in Mozambique. There are no internal borders in | | | | fastest cat, the cheetah, and the entertaining |
| this massive 35,000 square kilometer Great | | | | antics of funny little creatures like the meerkats |
| Limpopo Transfrontier Park that allows wildlife to | | | | or ground squirrels. |
| move freely on their ancient migration routes. | | | | |