This weekend’s sightings included amongst others: wild dog, 2 male lion, elephant, zebra, buffalo and wildebeest.

Wild dog (Lycaon pictus) - the African Wild Dog is one of the most endangered species in the world. Their numbers have declined severely over the years due to disease, loss of habitat and human persecution which is mainly due to a lack of education.

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.