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KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

Kruger is one of the best game-watching destinations in the world. The park is nearly 2 million hectares large and characterized by combinations of open grasslands, savannah, shrub mopane landscape, riverine areas, mountains and woodland. It is home to an impressive number of species: 336 trees, 49 fish, 34 amphibians, 114 reptiles, 507 birds and 145 mammal species. From the famous “Big Five” to the lesser species include the elephant (12.000), rhino (black and white, 5000), buffalo (2500) and lion (1500). Other “Big Cats” are the leopard (1000) and cheetah, and other carnivores like wild dog, jackal and spotted hyena. The park also is home to some remarkable well known animals like the giraffe, zebra, hippo, crocodile, kudu, wildebeest and 25 antelope species. A rich and diverse bird-life occurs in this world-renowed park.


Info:

www.krugerpark.com
www.sanparks.org
www.gamelodges.com
www.wildinafrica.com

Photo 39320DP : South Africa, Kruger National Park, , River landscape with gallery forest near Lower Sabie, panoramic view,
Photo 39392D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, a herd of african elephants crossing the Letaba River
Photo 39383D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, two large mammals, a giraffe and and an african elephant, on their way
Photo 39394D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, a herd of African Elephants, Loxodonta africana africana, adult and young, crossing a road
Photo 39062D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, a white rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum, crossing the H 3 road, close to tourists
Photo 39388D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, the national symbol, the male Impala, Aepyceros melampus, on a termite mound
Photo 39389D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, a Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa, with his neck and head out of a tree, eating
Photo 39390D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, African Elephants on the move
Photo 39387D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, a female Lion, a lioness, Panthera leo, close up
Photo 39385D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, a southern carmine bee-eater, Merops nubicoides, a common summer visitor, on a branche
Photo 39350DP : South Africa, Kruger National Park, A Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa, on the savannah, resting in the shadow under a tree, near Lower Sabie, panoramic view,
Photo 39395D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, a young Leopard, Panthera pardus, one of the big cats, hiding under a shrub
Photo 39382D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, Red-Breasted Swallow, Hirundo semirufa, a common summer visitor on the savannah and grassland
Photo 39391D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, an adult Blue Wildebeest or Brindled Gnu, Connochaetes taurinus, with three young, marching on the savannah
Photo 39381D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, a female Bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus, inside dense vegetation
Photo 39397D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, a Giant Kingfisher, Megaceryle m. maxima, close up
Photo 39398D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, a Woodland Kingfisher, Halcyon senegalensis, sitting on a branch
Photo 39379D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, a male Greater Kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Photo 39396D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, one of the big cats, a female lion, Panthera leo, near Lower Sabie
Photo 39380D : South Africa, Kruger National Park, a White-Backed Vulture, Gyps africanus, looking around from a high position
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