Skukuza rest camp Archives - TRAVELBUCKET http://travelbucket.co.za/tag/skukuza-rest-camp/ Sat, 17 Feb 2018 19:14:12 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 http://travelbucket.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-24-at-11.05.00-32x32.jpeg Skukuza rest camp Archives - TRAVELBUCKET http://travelbucket.co.za/tag/skukuza-rest-camp/ 32 32 PASS THE BUCK http://travelbucket.co.za/passing-the-buck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=passing-the-buck Tue, 08 Mar 2016 08:51:32 +0000 http://travelbucket.co.za/?p=1884 Kruger National Park is famous for its hordes of Impala from Pafuri in the north along the 350 km stretch to the most southern gate at Crocodile Bridge.  This is so to the extent that if you see a herd of impala that you hardly  mention it to your travel buddies – unless there is really nothing else to get excited about! On our recent trip I took some time to photograph the beautiful buck faces hiding in the grass and foliage. But I think the first prize goes to the cutest curious baby Kudu, with  its white moustache, peeking through the trees to us! Despite the severe drought all the animals seem to have babies and all looked in a good shape considering the extreme drought conditions.  Park officials reckon that it is the worst drought since 1991.  We can all just hope and pray that the rain will... Read more >

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]]> Kruger National Park is famous for its hordes of Impala from Pafuri in the north along the 350 km stretch to the most southern gate at Crocodile Bridge.  This is so to the extent that if you see a herd of impala that you hardly  mention it to your travel buddies – unless there is really nothing else to get excited about!

On our recent trip I took some time to photograph the beautiful buck faces hiding in the grass and foliage.

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But I think the first prize goes to the cutest curious baby Kudu, with  its white moustache, peeking through the trees to us!

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Despite the severe drought all the animals seem to have babies and all looked in a good shape considering the extreme drought conditions.  Park officials reckon that it is the worst drought since 1991.  We can all just hope and pray that the rain will come soon in this part of the country.

 The meaning of “pass the buck” for those who do not know the expression:

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Fig. to pass the blame (to someone else); to give the responsibility (to someone else). (See also The buck stops here.) Don’t try to pass the buck! It’s your fault, and everybody knows it. Some people try to pass the buck whenever they can.

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]]> THE LIBRARY @ SKUKUZA (KNP) http://travelbucket.co.za/the-library-skukuza/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-library-skukuza Sun, 06 Mar 2016 14:30:32 +0000 http://travelbucket.co.za/?p=1873 After  brunch at the Cattle Baron in  Skukuza village, actually on our way to collect some information for a geocache, we stumbled upon  the library with the little hero acre in front of it. Here pets who served with their masters are remembered.  Some died of old age and some died in the line of duty – defending their master and the Park. Here  Spotty, Lappies,  Percy, Hebet, Tessa and many more rest  in peace and are remembered by way of commemorative stones.  However the legendary Jock of the Bushveld  that also traversed Kruger with Sir Percy Fitzpatrick you will not find here. Tucked away under a thatched roof we found a well-stocked library with books ranging from law to French dictionaries, to all sorts of science and reference books as well as all the major daily newspapers.   Must say the comfy leather chairs in the cooled room looked... Read more >

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]]> After  brunch at the Cattle Baron in  Skukuza village, actually on our way to collect some information for a geocache, we stumbled upon  the library with the little hero acre in front of it.

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Here pets who served with their masters are remembered.  Some died of old age and some died in the line of duty – defending their master and the Park. Here  Spotty, Lappies,  Percy, Hebet, Tessa and many more rest  in peace and are remembered by way of commemorative stones.  However the legendary Jock of the Bushveld  that also traversed Kruger with Sir Percy Fitzpatrick you will not find here.

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Tucked away under a thatched roof we found a well-stocked library with books ranging from law to French dictionaries, to all sorts of science and reference books as well as all the major daily newspapers.   Must say the comfy leather chairs in the cooled room looked very inviting to me in the sweltering and humid conditions.   What an elegant place to escape the heat outside!

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But on to the Stevenson-Hamilton museum to sharpen those history facts.  The small museum adjacent to the library gives an interesting overview of the history and all the major role players in the establishment and development of Kruger Park.  Amongst others I have learned that In 1927 the first three tourist cars entered the Park at a cost of £1 each.

My husband,  being a direct descendant of one of the Voortrekker families, really enjoyed reading  the interesting titbits of Louis Tregardt and his son, Karel Tregardt, and their  treks  in the Lowveld and through the Park area.  As we have a copy of Louis Tregardt’s  (Trichardt) diary my contribution to a bit of useless information is that he had dyslexia and spelled his surname in six different ways of which Triegaardt is still the closest to the original version.

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