Four Nights at Kruger Untamed
People often ask me for advice about where to go on holiday in or around the Kruger National Park. I'm always unsure how to answer because the options are endless. But I usually present [...]
Kruger, Top to Bottom: Secret Places and Random Tips
Before my recent trip, I hadn't fully grasped how large the Kruger National Park is. The park is 19,500 square kilometers (7,523 square miles), spread over a pipe-shaped area 360 kilometers (220 miles) long and [...]
15 Birds of the Kruger National Park
I like birds as much as the next person, but I am not a Birder with a capital B. In fact, I've been known to make fun of Birders occasionally. (Sorry, Birder friends. You [...]
Three Incredible Moments in the Kruger
I've just come back from a week with Ray and his family in the Kruger National Park. I'm not sure where to begin writing about it. This was an extraordinary trip. Sunrise in the Kruger. [...]
Pafuri: A Beautiful Place With an Ugly History, Turned Beautiful Again
Once upon a time, the Makuleke people lived on a triangle-shaped piece of land, bordered by two rivers, at the intersection of three countries. The land was beautiful and fertile, with a huge diversity of [...]
The Land of Elephants and Baobabs
The Pafuri Triangle -- a piece of wilderness in the very northern corner of South Africa's Kruger National Park -- is a land of giants. The trees are huge. The animals are huge. The [...]
Sunset + Giraffes = Beautiful
I don't think there's much more I can say about this. Giraffes at sunset, shot last night near the Ndzuti Safari Camp. I just got back from four days in the Klaserie Game Reserve, [...]
Kruger at Ground Level, Part 3: Mineral
Welcome to the final blog post about my hike through the Kruger Park’s Pafuri Triangle: the mineral installment. Most of the facts in this post were gleaned from Brian, our Pafuri wilderness guide, and [...]
Kruger at Ground Level, Part 2: Vegetable
Announcements: 1) A story about my Kruger trip has been published on travelgurus.co.za. Please check it out. 2) 2Summers turned one today! I wrote my first 2Summers post exactly a year ago, six weeks [...]
Kruger at Ground Level, Part 1: Animal
A big thank you to travelgurus.co.za and Wilderness Adventures for making this blog post possible. Last weekend I visited Kruger National Park, the largest park in South Africa. This wasn’t just any old Kruger safari, either. I went [...]