Pretoriuskop chalets

After a very early departure, we arrived at Berg & Dal rest camp, the first stop on our Tour operator’s tour of the Kruger National Park. On the way in we saw elephant, rhino, impala and kudu. After this, we are heading to Pretoriuskop rest camp.

Berg & Dal reception

The purpose of these tours is for SAN Parks to show tour operators & agents the various facilities and possibilities of the Kruger National Park. It also affords operators the opportunity to meet each other, share ideas and forge new relationships.

1836 – Great Trek
Louis Trichardt was the first white Voortrekker to trek through the present-day Kruger Park to Delagoa Bay (Maputo) in Mozambique. Most of his party succumbed to malaria on this journey.

1898
President Paul Kruger proclaimed the “Gouvernement Wildtuin on 26 March 1898. Its boundaries stretched from the Crocodile River in the south to the Sabie River in the north and from the Nsikazi River in the west to the Mozambican border in the east.

1899 - During the Anglo Boer War, the proclamation of the Sabie Game Reserve was nullified. This was reinstated in 1902.