Africa Wild

In the early 1980's before we had kids and before crime ..we used to leave work at 16h00 on a Friday arvie in my VW Beetle ..have a steak at Nelspruit and arrive at Kruger Gate and put up 2 strethers next to the Beetle at the gate and slept there listening to the Hippos, Nightjars, Lion and Hyena and leopard coughs . Next day into the Park ..Shower etc at Skukuza campsite ..Drive around all day ..Put up the Pup Tent at Lower Sabie for Sat Night ..Braai and Sunday break camp and exit at Orpen and drive home ...Petrol was cheap then and we only had to drive up the hill to JHB ..now its 2-3 days hard driving at 100x the Petrol price

Found out that the gate was already there around 1970, with a drift leading through the Sabie River for low level access and a dirt road linking with the Doispane road to Skukuza.. The "new" gate complex was built by SANParks a few years later when the tar road from Hazyview was completed by the provincial authorities, who also built the high-level bridge for them.

The same architect who did the gate complex did some admin buildings and guest accommodation in Skukuza.

Kruger Sightings
@LatestKruger
4:09pm
1 leopard on the move
H11, followed it until it crossed the Paul Kruger bridge
Near Paul Kruger Gate
5/5
Tinged by Sumayya
4:24 PM · Jul 10, 2021

Another leopard walking in the road

Gate in background:

He forgot to look to the left for any traffic

Kruger Sightings
@LatestKruger
3:15pm
1 Elephant stationary
Outside Paul Kruger Gate, Main road
5/5
Tinged by Umar & Ammaraah shaik
3:22 PM · Oct 5, 2022

Out for a walk