Southern Eagle Travel and Tours

16/03/2020

26/04/2019

Table Mountain as seen from the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town Harbour

26/04/2019

Exploring the Wonder Cave
@ Wonder Cave

21/05/2018

Did you know?
Kruger National Park (part 1)

The surface area of Kruger National Park is 7,580 miles² (19,633 km²) or roughly the size of the country of Israel. It is 360 kilometres (220 mi) from north to south and 65 kilometres (40 mi) from east to west.

The park is part of the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere an area designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an International Man and Biosphere Reserve (the "Biosphere").

The park was first proclaimed in 1898 as the Sabie Game Reserve by the then president of the Transvaal Republic, Paul Kruger. He first proposed the need to protect the animals of the Lowveld in 1884, but his revolutionary vision took another 12 years to be realised when the area between the Sabie and Crocodile Rivers was set aside for restricted hunting.

James Stevenson-Hamilton (born in 1867) was appointed the park’s first warden on 1 July 1902.

On 31 May 1926 the National Parks Act was proclaimed and with it the merging of the Sabie and Shingwedzi Game Reserves into the Kruger National Park.

The first motorists entered the park in 1927 for a fee of one pound.

Out of the 517 species of birds found at Kruger, 253 are residents, 117 non-breeding migrants, and 147 nomads.

All the Big Five game animals are found at Kruger National Park, which has more species of large mammals than any other African game reserve at 147 species.

Don't miss part 2 on the Kruger National Park next week!

27/02/2018

This legendary waterfall is among the biggest, and most awe-inspiring, on the planet.

26/02/2018

One of the favourite stops on our tour of the Panorama Route is God's Window with it's majestic views over the Mpumalanga lowveld.

23/02/2018

Sunrise over the Olifants River as seen from the beautiful Olifants Rest Camp

19/02/2018

Sunrise at Phabeni Gate, Kruger National Park

12/02/2018

One of the highlights on our Safari Tour is a stopover at the Three Rondavels and the magnificent Blyde River Canyon. Did you know that the Blyde River Canyon is the third largest canyon in the world and the largest green canyon.