TABLE OF CONTENTS KRUGER NATIONAL PARK LOCATION LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE WILDLIFE PEOPLE COMMUNITIES CUSTOMS SCHOOL AND WORK PLAY FOOD CELEBRATIONS TIMELINE SOUTH AFRICA FACTS GLOSSARY TO LEARN MORE INDEX 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 32
KRUGER NATIONAL PARK It is a warm afternoon at Kruger National Park A family boards a safari vehicle with open sides As they move past a herd of impala the driver suddenly stops In the distance a lion rests under a tree His bushy mane blows in the breeze 4
OTHER TOP SITES BLYDE RIVER CANYON NATURE RESERVE THE GARDEN ROUTE KIRSTENBOSCH NATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN TABLE MOUNTAIN Farther down the road they arrive at the Sabie River A white rhino bathes in the water Yellow village weaver birds make a racket from their hanging nests Later the family discovers a group of elephants feeding on plants by the river’s edge Welcome to South Africa 5