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Old Jan 9, 2019 | 11:59 am
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johan rebel
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Originally Posted by invisible
I do not think anyone is going to dispute that animals are everywhere.
Well, I will!

Sure, there are animals everywhere, but not necessarily in large numbers. Or even in small numbers. There are huge geographic and seasonal variations in abundance and distribution, more so for some species than for others.

The bottom right corner of the KNP (Crocodile Bridge, Lower Sabie) is generally very rich in game, although even there you get conspicuous variations betweens seasons.

There is far less game on the western side of the park where granite soils dominate, i.e. for most of its length. The Mopani shrubveld on the eastern side from about Olifants upwards has an even lower carrying capacity.

I can assure you that it is possible to drive for over 50 km in Kruger without seeing a single large mammal, because I've done it. It is also possible to drive over 200 km in a day, and not see any zebra. Not one. That happened to me last November. There are places in Kruger where you can go for weeks or even months without seeing a giraffe. There are places where you will not see a single elephant after the first good summer rains. And so forth.

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