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Letaba Rest Camp. Letaba is a main rest camp along the Letaba River in the north-central region of Kruger National Park in South Africa. It is situated at the junction of the H1-5 (the park's main north road) and the H9 road westward to Phalaborwa gate. The name comes from the Sesotho word for "river of sand", because of the wide, generally ...
Letaba Ranch Provincial Park. / 23.73000°S 31.08556°E / -23.73000; 31.08556. Letaba Ranch Provincial Park, is a protected area in Limpopo Province, South Africa. It is located north of Phalaborwa, next to the Kruger Park (border unfenced), and has an area of about 42,000 ha. The Great Letaba River, runs through the park.
History of Kruger National Park. The Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. Originally known as The Sabi Game Reserve, it became a game reserve in 1898. The park became known as Kruger National Park in 1926, when it was named after Paul Kruger.
www.sanparks.org /parks /kruger. Kruger National Park (Afrikaans: [ˈkry. (j)ər]) is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,623 km 2 (7,576 sq mi) in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km (220 mi) from north to south and 65 km (40 ...
The camp is situated in elephant country, and breeding herds of 50 to 60 animals frequent the vicinity. The tusks of a local elephant bull named "Shingwedzi" are now displayed in the museum at Letaba. Shingwedzi died in 1981 near the camp, and was one of the so-called "magnificent seven" that roamed the park during the 1970s and 80s.
South African National Parks. South African National Parks (SANParks) is the body responsible for managing South Africa's national parks. SANParks was formed in 1926, and currently manages 19 parks consisting of 3,751,113 hectares (37,511.13 km 2), [3] over 3% of the total area of South Africa. [4][a] Many parks offer a variety of accommodations.
Lower Sabie. Lower Sabie is one of Kruger National Park's Main rest camps and is situated on the southern bank of the Sabie River, in the southeastern section of the park. It is connected to the main Skukuza camp by the H4-1 tarred road (43 km (27 mi) apart), which is often considered to be the busiest road in the park.
Engelhard Dam. Engelhard Dam is a dam on the Letaba River, between the Letaba and Olifants Rest camps in the Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa. [1] Its main function is to regulate water flow down the Letaba in the direction of Mozambique. The construction of the dam in the 1970s was funded by the American industrialist Charles Engelhard.