Kruger National Park in the 1980s

1980

• August – The Nyalaland Trail opens near Punda Maria in the far north of the Park.

1981

• 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.

1983

• August - The Bushman Trail opens.

1984

• February 24 - Berg-en-Dal rest camp officially opens.

1985

• July - Lichtenstein's hartebeest reintroduced to the park.

1988

• July 11 - The Gonde-Gonde incident: a park vehicle detonated a landmine a few kilometres south of Pafuri. No one was hurt.

See also

• History of the Kruger National Park
• The Kruger National Park in the 1950s
• The Kruger National Park in the 1960s
• The Kruger National Park in the 1970s

References

1. Kruger National Park
2. Kruger National Park in the 1960s
3. Kruger National Park in the 1950s
4. Kruger National Park in the 1970s
5. History of Kruger National Park
6. Hardy Krüger
7. Skukuza
8. Magnificent Seven elephants
9. Matsulu
10. Mpumalanga
11. Pilanesberg National Park
12. Panthera leo melanochaita
13. Hwange National Park
14. Massingir Dam
15. Lists of erotic films
16. Banhine National Park
17. Giyani
18. Rhinoceros poaching in Southern Africa
19. Glen Retief
20. Martial eagle