I shall try to respond to some of the issues raised, give some advice on suitable lodges and camp, as well as on Kruger in general and the north in particular, but it may be a week before I get around to it. I assume you can wait that long?

Johan (currently in KL's JNB lounge, after 6 days in the Mpanamana concession in the very southeastern corner of the KNP. This morning I was watching two rhino's mating, from a distance of 40 meters. A laborious process! After a couple of minutes I got tired of standing, so I put my tree identification guide on the ground and sat on that, which gave me a different perspective. Looking up at rhino perched on the back of another rhino is quite interesting).