Kruger – Portrait of a National Park –

“Kruger: Portrait of a National Park is the first book to give a comprehensive overview of one of the world’s finest nature conservation areas, the Kruger National Park. It will be extremely useful to every visitor to this huge reserve, especially the first-timer.

Details are provided about the various camps, their environments, the kind of wildlife one is likely to encounter, and how to make maximum use of a visit to the Park. Each camp description is accompanied by a map of the roads in the area and a detailed account of the various possible routes, so that visitors can plan their hours sensibly and economically.

But the book is much more than a where-to-go guide. In addition to an enormous amount of practical information, which even includes a section of hints for photographers, the nature lover is provided with an overview of many of the creatures and plants of the Park. It traces the fascinating history from the Stone Age, through the swashbuckling era of early explorers, and shows how this huge area is carefully administered by a team of experts, from scientists and game rangers to engineers and bush pilots. t also tells dramatic stories of tragic encounters between man an d best and tales involving odd and unusual species of wildlife.

Most of all, the book caries what is probably the finest single collection of wildlife photographs of any book published on a South African national park or game reserve and certainly one of the best in any wildlife book emerging from Africa.”