The Kruger Park Lodge is just as great as I remember it, a rolling 9 hole golf course, herds of Springbok on the fairways and vervet Monkeys in the trees. At night you have to keep a keen watch for hippos as they take a walkabout to graze as soon as it gets dark. It is located on Portia Shebanga road, which was formely Paul Kruger Road, part of the sweeping name changes that are confusing anyone and infuriating the map makers. The local Hazyview gazette put out a request for anyone who could tell them who she is. The …
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It has been a long time since I last drove from Cape Town to “The Bush” about 5 years at least, so despite a plea from my wife to fly, we will be road-trippin to Hazy View, Mapumalanga.
It should be around a 20 Hour drive, its 1800Km (1125 miles) from Cape Town and on good roads. The last stretch from Nelspruit to Hazy view is a little fiddly, so that may take an hour or so longer if I factor in a few cows and potholes.
There is something about driving silly distances like this that really give you the feeling of….well distance, which adds to ones appreciation. Sort of like putting on tight shoes to get the pleasure of taking them off again. (you know who you are)
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SA Logue brings you the lowdown on the camps of the Kruger National Park. See our Kruger Camps tag for more.
Lower Sabie Camp
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Grey Heron
Where is it? On the banks of the Sabie River, where the park’s southern hills become its southern plains, dominated by acacia and marula trees.
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How large is it? Large - just under the size of über camps like Satara and Skukuza.
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Mopani Camp
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Mopani Baobab
Where is it? Between Letaba and Shingwedzi camps, about 2/3 the way up the length of the park, on the banks of the Tsendze River, where the northern low rolling hills flatten into the dry, shrub mopani-dominated northern plains. Mopani is just south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
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Skukuza Camp
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Elephant in southern Kruger
Where is it? Not fifteen minutes’ drive inside one of the park’s main entrance points in the south, the Paul Kruger Gate.
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How large is it? Skukuza is Kruger’s largest camp. It’s the size of a small town.
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So there is definately a gap in the market for maintaining hotel/resort internet services. Both the Kruger Park Lodge and now Sabi River Sun, both have been down sporadically (when I need it). So I am writing this offline, and will just keep trying to find a working bush telegraph.
The drive up was surprisingly fast and relatively easy. I had estimated we would manage 100km/hour over the 1800km and that
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Shingwedzi Camp
Where is it? On the banks of the Shingwedzi River, between Mopani and Punda Maria camps, in the vast northern plains that feature a heckuva lot of mopani shrub, which can be a nuisance when trying to spot animals. (Birdlife, on the other hand, is usually abundantly visible.)
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Steenbok
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For South Africans, overhearing the word “Singita” can cause the complexion to flash momentarily green. It is the ultimate in safari luxury, with a nightly price tag for bed, breakfast and the Big Five that’s far beyond those of ordinary means.
Now Singita - along with its nearby Kruger Park rival, Londolozi - has made it on to the Forbes list of the world’s most expensive hotels, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Dubai’s Burj al Arab and Sandy Lane in Barbados.
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Satara Camp
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Giraffe Near Satara
Where is it? About 50 kms from the park’s central Orpen gate, at the junction of the busy H1-4 and H7 roads, which is in the heart of the park’s knobthornveld-dominated southern plains.
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Olifants Camp
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Olifants View
Where is it? In the center of the park, on a rocky ridge overlooking the impressive Olifants River. This camp has the best views of any in the park, and gets SA Logue’s Best of Kruger award.
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