Birthday celebrations for the Kruger National Park

Enjoy some of the most stunning scenery in South Africa and celebrate the 110th anniversary next year of the Kruger National Park with Ramblers Worldwide Holidays. This long-established walking holiday specialist operator is offering a 17 day, half-board adventure embracing Swaziland, The Kruger National Park and Hazyview, Mpumalanga.

Highlights include Piggs Peak (in Swaziland, the oldest mountain kingdom in the Southern African region); The National Museum; a traditional Swazi village; the Kruger National Park (established in 1899 by President Paul Kruger and home to a fantastic array of fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds); Hippo Hollow Country Estate, Hazyview (located on the border between the low veld and the spectacular Drakensberg mountains); Pilgrims Rest and the Prospect hiking trail.

Prices from £1,879 per person which includes return flights, transfers, half-board accommodation and the services of a tour leader.

Additional information regarding The Kruger National Park – established in 1899 by President Paul Kruger, this is the second oldest game park in Africa. It is the largest National Park in the world, about the size of Wales. It is home to 336 species of tree, 49 species of fish, 34 species of amphibian and 114 species of reptiles. There are over 500 species of birds such as hornbills, starlings, vultures, rollers, bee eaters and shrikes, saddle-billed stork, marshall eagle, lappet faced vulture, pel’s fishing owl and ground hornbill.

Kruger also has 147 different mammals, including antelope, baboon, otter, monkey, steenbok, wildebeest, mongoose, hyena, hippopotamus as well as the ‘big five’ – lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhino and the ‘little five’ – buffalo weaver, elephant shrew, leopard tortoise, ant lion and rhino beetle.

For more information and bookings, log on to RamblersWorldwideHolidays.co.uk.