7 articles tagged with kruger national park
From 35,000 feet above South Africa, the landscape transforms from the urban sprawl of Johannesburg to the undulating green carpets of Mpumalanga province. As we begin our descent into Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, I'm always struck by how the terrain...
The first light of dawn breaks over Kruger National Park's western edge, casting a golden hue across the savanna that borders Nelspruit. I've positioned myself on a rocky outcrop, camera poised, waiting for that perfect moment when light and landscape...
There's something profoundly transformative about witnessing a lioness teaching her cubs to hunt in the golden light of dawn, or watching a herd of elephants silhouetted against a tangerine sunset from the infinity pool of your private villa. My recent...
The first time I laid eyes on a lioness stalking through golden grass at sunset, I completely forgot about the 30+ hours of travel it took to get to South Africa. That's the magic of Kruger National Park – it...
The Land Rover slows to a halt as our tracker gestures silently toward a clearing ahead. There, bathed in the golden light of a South African sunset, a leopard lounges on a marula tree branch, her spotted coat glowing like...
The early morning mist hangs like a delicate veil over the savanna as our open-air vehicle rumbles to a halt. My friend's ten-year-old daughter Hannah gasps and points silently toward a clearing where a lioness and her three cubs are...
There's something about tracking wildlife that reminds me of detective work – following subtle clues, waiting patiently for the reveal, and experiencing that rush when everything falls into place. Five years ago, after losing my wife Elena, I promised our...