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1980
edit| Year | Total visitors |
|---|---|
| 1979/1980 | 369 653 |
| 1980/1981 | 428 840 |
| 1981/1982 | 463 853 |
| 1983/1984 | 451 780 |
| 1984/1985 | 509 173 |
| 1989/1990 | 669 167 |
- August – The Nyalaland Trail opens near Punda Maria in the far north of the Park.[3]
1981
edit- April 21 – A research team collects specimens of the African lungfish Protopterus annectens brieni Poll in a small pan in the Pumbe sandveld on the border with Mozambique. This is the first record of this species in the Park as well as the Republic of South Africa.[4]
1983
edit- August - The Bushman Trail opens.
1984
edit- February 24 - Berg-en-Dal rest camp officially opens.[1]
1985
edit- July - Lichtenstein's hartebeest reintroduced to the park.
1988
edit- July 11 - The Gonde-Gonde incident: a park vehicle detonated a landmine a few kilometres south of Pafuri. No one was hurt.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Joubert, Salomon, The Kruger National Park: A History Volume II, High Branching, Johannesburg, 2007
- ^ Paynter, David, Die Krugerwildtuin in Woord en Beeld, Macmillan Suid-Afrika Uitgewers, 1986.
- ^ Schreiber, Arrie (October 1988). "Ten years of trails in the Kruger National Park". CUSTOS. 17 (7): 20–23.
- ^ Pienaar, U. de V. (1981). "Another important Ichthyological find in the Kruger National Park". Koedoe. 24 (1): 189–191. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v24i1.628.