Stories Of The Kruger

Name: Stories Of The Kruger
Address: Skukuza, ZA
Telephone: +27 83 680 4467

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02/04/2026

Wishing you all a safe and happy Easter weekend 2026 from Kruger's own "Easter Bunny" 🐇

Night drives in the far north of the Kruger always carry a sense of mystery. The mopane woodland around Punda Maria changes completely after sunset, and the spotlight often reveals creatures that many visitors never see during the day.

Springhares spend most of their lives underground in burrow systems that they dig in sandy soils across southern Africa. They emerge after dark to feed on roots, grasses, and tubers, rarely needing to drink water because they obtain moisture from their food. Sightings like this are always brief, but they are unforgettable, especially when the night bush is alive with sound.

As this one disappeared back into the darkness, the northern Kruger soundtrack continued around us. The fiery necked nightjar called repeatedly from the roadside, while Peter’s epauletted fruit bats passed overhead, their constant chatter echoing through the warm summer air. These sounds are the heartbeat of the Kruger after sunset.

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📍 Punda Maria, Kruger National Park, South Africa 🇿🇦

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28/03/2026

📸 SAFARI LIFE MOMENT: Midnight Acrobat of the Kruger 🌙🐇✨

The spotlight swung across the sand road during a SANParks night drive from Punda Maria when a small shape suddenly bounded across the track.

A Springhare.

Also known as the springhaas, this remarkable animal looks like a miniature kangaroo of the African bush. With powerful hind legs and a long balancing tail it can leap more than two metres in a single bound to escape predators. Despite the name, it is not a hare at all, but a unique rodent called Pedetes capensis that lives almost entirely at night.

As we watched it pause briefly before disappearing into the darkness, the bush came alive with the haunting call of a fiery necked nightjar and the distant chatter of Peter’s epauletted fruit bats on a warm northern Kruger evening.

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📍 Punda Maria, Kruger National Park, South Africa 🇿🇦

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13/01/2026

Spotted Eagle Owl at the Dullstroom Bird of Prey Rehabilitation Centre. 🦉

They do incredible work here, and really worth the visit in support of wildlife rehab and nature conservation efforts. Their aim is to release all rehabilitated birds back into the wild, in their respective natural habitats. 🖤

Spotted Eagle Owls are completely silent, nocturnal hunters, that have incredible night eyesight. They are known for their prominent ear tufts (used for camouflage - not actually for hearing). They mate for life, i.e. they are monogamous. Their earie but distinctive calls (the male hoots "Hooo hooopoooo," female answers with "Hooo hoo hooo"), and their ability to rotate their heads 270 degrees due to extra neck vertebrae, make them so unique. They hunt insects, small mammals, and reptiles; often perching on streetlights and roosting camouflaged during the day. They love thunderstorms, and it is not un usual to see them bathing and "having fun" in daylight in the rain. 🐾

07/01/2026

Long-crested Eagle close ups 📷 from the Dullstroom Bird of Prey and Rehabilitation Centre. My favourite Eagle in Southern Africa...

Probably because I basically grew up watching these beautiful and comical-looking raptors 🦅 hunt in the Highveld and the Eastern Cape highlands.

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05/01/2026

The Dullstroom Bird Of Prey and Rehabilitation Centre 🦅 was established in 1997 and has been located at its present site since November 2004. 📍

I have been fortunate enough to visit this wildlife sanctuary, since December 2004, and have always managed to have close up views and find out more of 2 of my most-loved bird of prey species; the Long-crested Eagle, and my all-time favourite raptor; the Jackal Buzzard. 🫶

The Centre’s original aim was as an educational centre 🎓 teaching members of the public about raptors and promoting an awareness of the raptor species and their plight as a growing endangered species. The need for care of injured and orphaned birds of prey prescribed the evolving of the rehabilitation centre as well. 🦉

What is so incredible, is that the Dullstroom Bird of Prey Centre, does their utmost to rehabilitate and release every raptor back into their natural wilderness habitat. Obviously, we do not live in a "perfect" World, and some birds cannot be released due to: Permanent Physical Impairment, Human Imprinting, Lack of Survival Skills, Chronic Illness, and against regulations (Such as releasing the pictured Harris's Hawk back into an environment where they never naturally occurred). 🐾

Extract from https://www.birdsofprey.co.za/, with my notes on this incredible rehab centre. Dullstroom Bird of Prey and Rehabilitation Centre 🖤

04/01/2026

We had beautiful "Birding Christmas", 🦅 hosted by Steph and her family at Trout River Falls , roughly half way between Dullstroom and Mashishing (formerly Lydenburg). 🖤

57 species ticked ✅ across all variety of habitats on this beautiful property. Wishing all our Stories of the Kruger Family and Followers the most productive and prosperous 2026! 🐾

Species highlighted in these photos:

1. Purple Heron
2. Spur-winged Goose
3. Embden Goose
4. African Fish Eagle (Sub Adult)
5. Common (Steppe) Buzzard
6. White-throated Swallow
7. Mountain Wagtail
8. Jackal Buzzard
9. Cape Weaver
10. Cape Rock Thrush

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