{"id":195679,"date":"2022-08-18T06:07:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T04:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/natures-corner-daytrip-in-the-kruger-national-park\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T06:07:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T04:07:33","slug":"natures-corner-daytrip-in-the-kruger-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/natures-corner-daytrip-in-the-kruger-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature\u2019s Corner: daytrip in the Kruger National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Alana Bailey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time of year is particularly suitable for visiting the Kruger National Park. Get your biltong and \u201cknipmes\u201d and join us on this tour from Phabeni Gate past Skukuza and Lower Sabie to Malelane Gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sightings include impala, an African fish eagle, baboon, giraffe, Goliath heron, martial eagle, crocodile, serrated hinged terrapin, warthog, hippo, kudu, klipspringer, Cape buffalo and elephant. Enjoy the sounds of the bush and feel Africa stirring in your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, everyone would like to see the Big Five in the Kruger National Park, but there are 142 other mammal species to be found there as well. It is indeed possible to run into the Big Five all in one day. According to SANParks\u2019 website, there are about 1&nbsp;620 to 1&nbsp;750 lions, 13&nbsp;750 elephants, 1&nbsp;000 leopards and 37&nbsp;130 buffaloes in the park. The number of rhinos is not mentioned for security reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The footage has recently been posted by Katie and Andr\u00e9 of Two-V Productions on their You Tube channel. We thank them for their great videos. Please subscribe to their YouTube channel and follow their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OpVlerke?_rdc=1&amp;_rdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>. Books in their <em>Op Vlerke<\/em> series can be ordered from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kraaluitgewers.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kraal Uitgewers <\/a>and should be available in the shops in the rest camps of the Kruger National Park soon. Please note that the books are published in Afrikaans only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Day visit fom Phabeni gate via Skukuza to Lower Sabie camp in the Kruger, we exit at Malelane gate.\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1i1bgqUvoAg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alana Bailey This time of year is particularly suitable for visiting the Kruger National Park. 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