tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:40:05 +0000The latest news from the Kruger Park and South Africa's Lowveld for those interested in conservation, safaris, specialist trips and regional travel.http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/news.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)Blogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-5304816985560794769Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:35:00 +00002008-11-03T18:40:05.819+02:00streaminggame drivetvnational geographicsingitaNELSPRUIT - Premier South African safari brand Singita Game Reserves will be making international news this week when National Geographic Wild Channel broadcasts twice-daily game drives live from Singita Kruger National Park, to 166 countries worldwide. The programme, called ‘Caught on Safari: Live’, will be presented by John Varty and Andy Coetzee, and will feature morning and afternoon game http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2008/11/natgeo-broadcasts-live-game-drives-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-8398537465028229775Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:42:00 +00002008-10-05T16:51:05.679+02:00leopardskillleopardafrican rock pythonContinuing our amazing series of pictures from the Bush, here is an extraordinary sequence of a Leopard killing an African Rock Python. http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2008/10/leopard-takes-african-rock-python.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-8310381270664621131Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:58:00 +00002008-09-25T17:49:35.593+02:00elephants(SOUTH LUANGWA) - This is apparently a regular occurrence at the Mfuwe Lodge in the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. The Lodge was seemingly built on the Elephant's traditional path through to some wild mango trees on the property. The herd of a dozen or so elephants walk through the Lodge's Reception area at least twice a day for about 4 weeks and then sporadically for about anotherhttp://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2008/09/elephants-checking-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-6200816439222863153Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:43:00 +00002008-08-06T11:49:32.541+02:00leopardssabi sandduikerkillleopardAstonishing recording of a leopard killing a duiker live on a Wild Earth TV game drive. http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2008/08/live-leopard-kill-on-wild-earth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-6328235470430233524Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:09:00 +00002008-09-25T19:26:17.747+02:00killleopardphotoscrocodile(TELEGRAPH, LONDON) - The astonishing spectacle of a leopard savaging a crocodile has been captured for the first time on camera. All pictures by Hal Brindley/SOLO Syndication A series of incredible pictures taken at a South African game reserve document the first known time that a leopard has taken on and defeated one of the fearsome reptiles. The photographs were taken by Hal Brindley, anhttp://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2008/07/amazing-kruger-leopard-croc-kill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-8708062299932525922Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:20:00 +00002008-07-11T11:50:11.072+02:00podcastsawardssingita(IAFRICA) - South Africa's premier safari brand, Singita, scooped no less than three major international travel awards when it was named Best Hotel in the World, Best Small Hotel in the World and Best Hotel in Africa and the Middle East in the US Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2008. The result of an extensive reader's survey, the Travel + Leisure winners were announced in the USA on NBC's http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2008/07/awards-showered-on-singita.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-8182451055959782438Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:47:00 +00002008-06-19T12:53:06.795+02:00krugerbookingsSANParksSKUKUZA - To prevent day visitors from making a booking and then not arriving, Kruger National Park will now insist on a non-refundable deposit. General manager of Tourism Operations at SANParks, Joep Stevens, said on Wednesday that there were repeated incidents in which day visitors failed to honour a booking, unnecessarily forcing the park to turn away other guests who arrived at the gates on http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2008/06/deposits-for-kruger-day-visitors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-6370995807775254778Thu, 15 May 2008 17:06:00 +00002008-05-15T19:16:45.842+02:00migrationpafurimakulekeelephantsSteve and Michelle Henley have been following the progress of male tusker Mac in his annual migration from the far north of the Kruger into the Private Game Reserves of the sougth in search of a mate. Part of BBC Radio 4's World on the Move programme, you can read the reports of this epic musth-inspired trek online on the BBC website. We will see if we can't catch up with Steve and Michelle at http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2008/05/bbc-tracks-mac-elephants-mating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-8405185119550478605Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:12:00 +00002008-04-25T14:54:50.136+02:00conservationkruger to canyonssustainable living festivalbiospherehoedspruitSome highlights of next month's inaugural Kruger to Canyons Sustainable Living Festival have now been revealed: Thursday Night 15th May 2008 STARGAZING & Marshmallow Braai @ Southern Cross School Pre-primary School Time: 19h00 Cost: R30 per adult & R20 per child Tickets available from the Southern Cross School Friday Night 16th May 2008 Mango Groove Live Concert @ Southern Cross http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2008/04/mango-groove-star-gazing-gala-dinner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-1307515910838350192Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:20:00 +00002008-03-27T19:33:09.195+02:00conservationfestivalbiospherehoedspruitThe Kruger to Canyons Biosphere will be holding its first Sustainable Living Festival from the 15th-17th May 2008. It is expected that these will become an annual feature in the Hoedspruit calendar. The 3 day festival will showcase projects, products and organisations involved in Sustainable Development, as well as Biosphere-related projects and practices. The Festival includes a local http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2008/03/sustainable-living-festival-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-1611469258355152360Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:24:00 +00002008-05-29T14:46:26.118+02:00phabenigiriyondoPhalaborwacrocodile bridgekrugerpunda mariaorpenpaul krugerSKUKUZA- Day visitors to the Kruger National Park (KNP) will no longer be able to book their entry as this will be done on a strict first come, first served basis. "We decided to do away with this day visit booking system as it created logistical problems and was considered unfair by many of our visitors", commented the Park's Director of Public Relations, Mr William Mabasa. Gate quotas will http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2008/03/change-for-kruger-day-visitors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-4568176154590725158Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:23:00 +00002008-03-26T17:27:57.763+02:00The capture of wild elephants for use in the elephant-back safari industry, or for use in any other commercial exhibition facilities, will be prohibited from May 1st 2008. This was announced by Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, at the launch of the Final Norms and Standards for Elephant Management on February 25. “We have decided to prohibit the capture of http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2008/02/elephant-capture-for-captivity-banned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-5565271353410521956Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:54:00 +00002007-10-06T17:40:08.065+02:00escaped animalsnelspruitlionsConservation authorities on Tuesday continued their search for lions that escaped from the Kruger National Park. Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks agency spokesperson Jimmy Masombuka said they were searching for the two remaining beasts. Two others that escaped had since been killed. "We are busy monitoring the situation and taking part in a joint search effort with community members and Kruger http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/09/kruger-lions-still-on-loose.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-865559021293268410Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:50:00 +00002007-09-19T13:52:15.210+02:00South African National Parks (SANParks) is once again offering free access to most National Parks as part of the Heritage Month celebrations. Free access will be extended to all South African citizens for day visits only from 17 to 21 September 2007. To facilitate free admission, day visitors must produce a valid South African identity document while scholars will be allowed to enter without http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/09/free-week-for-south-africans-at-kruger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-5106184530433202556Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:57:00 +00002008-03-15T18:19:37.731+02:00hoedspruitHOEDSPRUIT (The Lowvelder)- It's only on those rare occasions that the famous Blue Train snakes its way through Mpumalanga and the Lowveld en route to Dar es Salaam, via Pretoria. In this case it was a private charter by First National Bank for a Game Safari. On one of these occasions two locals from Hoedspruit realised their dream of travelling on this prestigious train, in a non-conformist http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/09/blue-train-joy-ride.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-3435889791311164616Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:01:00 +00002007-08-02T13:19:17.115+02:00SKUKUZA- A key man-made dam in the Kruger National Park will be emptied and permanently closed this week after it was again infected with poisonous algae that has been killing animals over the past two years. The Nhlanganzwane Dam is in the far south eastern area of the Park, south of the Lower Sabie Restcamp and north east of the Crocodile Bridge Restcamp and the entrance gate, said Park http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/08/key-southern-kruger-dam-to-be-breached.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-2544450883468339716Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:43:00 +00002007-07-09T11:45:24.089+02:00JOHANNESBURG- Hundreds of tourists and holidaymakers were turned away at two of the gates to the Kruger National Park on Sunday. A visibly furious Pretoria resident, Martin de Waal, 46, said he and his family were turned away from the Crocodile Bridge gate on Sunday morning after waiting for one-and-a-half hours. "We've been going to the game reserve every year for the past eight years. This ishttp://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/07/exercise-caution-kruger-reportedly-full.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-7652104228407004375Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:37:00 +00002007-07-09T11:52:27.870+02:00South Africa stands to make R40 million from the imminent sale of 30 of the 50 tons of stockpiled ivory in the Kruger National Park. SANParks chief executive David Mabunda said the profit from the tusks, warehoused since 1992, would be "one of the benefits of good management". The ivory is to be sold to Japan. Last week, a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/06/sa-to-sell-30-tons-of-ivory-to-japan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-988393635276672810Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:30:00 +00002007-06-07T11:34:40.932+02:00massingirconservationgreater limpopo parkgreat limpopo parkMASSINGIR- On Monday, Mozambican President Armando Guebuza visited a site where houses are being built to resettle people who had previously been living within the boundaries of what is now the Greater Limpopo National Park (PNL), in the southern province of Gaza. Guebuza visited Chinhangane, on the outskirts of Massingir town, where 20 of the 148 families transferred from the park are being http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/06/guebuza-visits-resettlement-site-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-5878423628079187625Thu, 03 May 2007 11:52:00 +00002007-05-03T14:35:40.232+02:00conservationPRETORIA- Conservation fees for all South African National Parks, including the Kruger, will rise, SANParks said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Wanda Mkutshulwa said the increase was a result of various factors in the day-to-day management of national parks. "Among others, the South African CPIX (Consumer Price Index) has generally increased, which has resulted in increased costs" Mkutshulwa said http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/05/kruger-fees-to-rise-by-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-6270649673495642939Thu, 03 May 2007 11:36:00 +00002007-05-03T13:40:48.119+02:00climatecrocodile bridgehydrologyPRETORIA- Water levels along the Crocodile River in Mpumalanga are exceeding expectations because of the recent rainfalls in the province. "Concerns that have been raised regarding low water flow levels in the Kruger National Park and adjoining areas are baseless," the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) said in a statement on Wednesday. A two-day inspection at the site by a DWAF http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/05/low-water-level-concerns-baseless.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-3905744062113505162Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:30:00 +00002007-04-23T14:37:17.098+02:00nelspruitdevelopment2010sportworld cupJOHANNESBURG- South Africa had exceeded its target revenue commitments for the 2010 Soccer World Cup by $500 million (R3.6 billion) and the excess was expected to reach $1 billion, Danny Jordaan, the chief executive of the 2010 local organising committee, said last week. Revenue commitments had already reached $3.5 billion compared to the targeted $3 billion, Jordaan said at a meeting to review http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/04/2010-world-cup-commitments-exceed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-3258880436496464780Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:34:00 +00002008-03-02T16:58:59.871+02:00nelspruitsportNELSPRUIT- Team Total's Etienne Lourens' and Andre Vermeulen's moment of glory in winning the SASOL Rally in Nelspruit in their Toyota RunX turned into a nightmare when they inadvertently fell foul of the Class S2000 rules. During a routine, post-rally inspection of the class-wining cars, it was found that Lourens’ car did not comply with the rules in that his rev limiter was set at 8800 rpm http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/04/sasol-rally-ends-in-disappointment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-5969843696814817795Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:45:00 +00002007-04-21T12:47:40.019+02:00rhinospoachingCAPE TOWN- A total of 94 animals, including 20 white rhino, were killed by poachers in the Kruger National Park last year, Environmental Affairs Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Friday. Also on the list of animals poached in South Africa's flagship reserve were 35 impala, 15 buffalo and three lions, according to a written reply by the minister to a parliamentary question. The list http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/04/twenty-rhino-poached-in-kruger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7958846.post-6837355491144445594Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:33:00 +00002007-04-23T12:14:39.703+02:00nelspruitmozambiquedevelopmentJOHANNESBURG- A South African and a Mozambican company are to construct a R4-billion liquid petroleum pipeline between the two countries, reducing South Africa's reliance on Durban harbour and offering some hope that inland fuel prices might drop in the long term. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has issued a licence to build the pipeline from Maputo to Kendal in Gauteng, http://www.kruger2canyons.com/news/2007/04/r4bn-for-sa-mozambique-pipeline.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kruger2Canyons.com)0