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The Wilderness Family by Kobie Kruger6/22/2023 ![]() Krüger, whose love for this way of life is always evident, had to send her children away to school, bringing them home for weekends-not an easy task: she had first to row across the river, then pick up their car parked on the other side (and often the hippos were obstructive or the river either too low or flooded). ![]() There were no telephones or electricity, and no neighbors. Their first post in 1980 was at Mahlangeni, in the far northwest corner of the Park on the banks of the Letaba River-an idyllic spot far from civilization and home to lions, hippos, elephants, and a leopard that patrolled their compound each night. ![]() Krüger met her husband at college, married him soon after, but then had to wait a while before he was able to fulfill his dream of becoming a game ranger in Krüger National Park (South Africa’s largest game preserve). Enchanting portrait of the South African wilderness, by a woman who lived there with her game-ranger husband, three daughters, sundry animals, and a lion cub whose best friend was the family dog. ![]()
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