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Surveys Completed, Fire Researchers Prepare To strike A Match
Krugerpark News Information: SavFIRE – the Savanna Fire Ignition Research Experiment - is a collaborative experiment between Working on Fire, the Kruger National Park and the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal and is being conducted...
Tsendze Rustic Camp Site Receives Three Star Grading
Krugerpark News Information: The recently opened Tsendze rustic camp site received a three star grading from the Grading Council of South Africa. The camp is assessed in the caravan and camping category and evaluated in categories...
Rare Bird Sighting Brings Joy On River Walk
Krugerpark News Information: There are few wildlife sightings in the wilderness that can be guaranteed on a day and date, “as it goes with luck and how much does Mother Nature open a window for us to see.” So says Martin Msimeki...
Rangers In The Shangoni Section Keep Poachers At Bay
Krugerpark News Information: We have to do things differently and we cannot be predictable. This philosophy, combined with a highly motivated field ranger team, has enabled David Manganye, section ranger at Shangoni, to file a number of positive reports...
Is There A Hyena Hotel In Skukuza
Krugerpark News Information: Is there a hyena hotel in Skukuza? This may seem like a strange question but researchers from the Mammal Research Institute (MRI) at the University of Pretoria are looking into how close contact with humans is affecting the behaviour of spotted hyenas....
Sable And Other Species In Punda Maria Under Surveillance
Krugerpark News Information: Recently four more collared animals were added to a study currently underway to monitor the declining sable numbers around Punda Maria. Sable numbers have been declining in the Kruger National Park...
First Dedicated Black Rhino Count Finds 55 Animals
Krugerpark News Information: The endangered black rhino is in the spotlight again. This time it’s to find out how many of these elusive and secretive creatures there are in the Kruger National Park...
New Information Centre Unveiled At Pretoriuskop
Krugerpark News Information: During a short ceremony on 26 May 2007 the Lowveld Honorary Rangers handed over a new information centre to Pretoriuskop in the Kruger National Park...
Fertilising The Timbavati Bush Gives Sanparks Scientists Food For Thought
Krugerpark News Information: It is a dilemma that probably bothers the odd tourist to the Kruger National Park, has almost certainly bothered more than one elephant, and is currently at the forefront of a number of scientific minds. If you eat 180kg of vegetation each day...
Lion Cannibalism Awes Trailists and Guides Alike
Krugerpark News Information: Lions are known to often kill nomad lions moving into the pride’s territory, but feeding on her is a different matter. Cannibalism among lions is unusual according to Dr Keet, but it was possible that the cubs were feeding...
Estimating Herbaceous Biomass Across Kruger Using Satellite Imagery
Krugerpark News Information: The information retrieved from satellite images taken from space often has to be checked and validated on the ground. This is exactly what the ambitious scientists in the Kruger National Park are attempting to do...
2007 Kudu Award Winner
Krugerpark News Information: Siyabona Africa has received the SA National Parks Executive Award for Business Partner of the Year at this years annual Kudu Awards. Siyabona Africa received the Business Partner of the Year Award...
How Many Animals Are There In Krugers Mozambican Counterpart
Krugerpark News Information: The GLTP is regarded as part of a bigger conservation area, measuring almost 100 000km2. In 2001, the eyes of the world were focused on the GLTP when 25 elephants were translocated to the Limpopo National Park...
Krugers Hidden Secrets
Krugerpark News Information: Kruger National Park is justly famous for its Big Five. Less well known is that Kruger represents a world-class laboratory for understanding how landscapes are sculpted into ridges and valleys...
Upgrades And Developments In Kruger National Park
Krugerpark News Information: A new day visitor’s site at Shingwedzi, a conference venue at Mopani and upgrades to the tented accommodation at Lower Sabie are some of the improvements in store for Kruger over the next two years...
KNP Emerging Tuskers Competition 2006 Winners Announced
Krugerpark News Information: The 2006 Kruger National Park (KNP) Emerging Tuskers Competition attracted more than 180 individual entries and has identified eight new emerging tuskers, bringing the total to 50...
Burning For Biodiversity
Krugerpark News Information: Fire is an integral part of the African savanna. Understanding how it works and the effect it has on the veld is vital for any management plan...
Bowl of Worms
Krugerpark News Information: A branch of an old umbrella thorn tree that died about a year ago in front of their offices broke off and nearly collapsed on the building. The exposed areas revealed a lot of tunnels in the wood...
Tsessebe Move North
Krugerpark News Information: A total of 12 tsessebe, comprising five males and seven females, as well as 11 reedbuck found a new home in the northern part of Kruger having been moved from an enclosure in the south...
New Tools Help Manage Ranger Section
Krugerpark News Information: Earlier this year Steven Whitfield, Section Ranger at Tshokwane, implemented a controlled burn in his section south west of Nkumbe mountain...