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Wilderness Trails

Self Drive the South East
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Game Viewing Routes
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Holiday Planner
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Safari Experiences
An Intro to Kruger Park
Attraction of Kruger
Cultural Heritage Sites
Five days in Eden
Kruger - a Place for All
Kruger - an Ancient Land
Kruger - Beauty in Silence
Kruger - Into the Future
Kruger Dawn to Dusk
Kruger Moments
Lowveld Adventure
One day in Kruger
Take Your Kids on Safari
Top 10 Kruger Park Self-Drives

Luxury Lodge Reviews
Jocks Safari Lodge Review
Legends Lodge Review - Tinga
Narina Lodge Review - Tinga
Plains Camp Review
Platforms Camp at Rhino Post
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Gemsbok



Name

Gemsbok or Oryx [Oryx gazelle]

Description

The Gemsbok is one of the characteristic animals of the arid areas of Southern Africa, adapted to living in deserts where there is no water to drink. They get their water requirements from the food they eat.

Where they are found

In the desert areas of Southern Africa: Namib Desert, the Kalahari, Gemsbok National Park and on many other reserves and private land.

Orynx

For more information on the Gemsbok see more on the Orynx


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