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Thanks Chip

It must be great having memories of Kruger from back in the day

Now to go find a question - will find one by tomorrow.

Olifants camp opened on 3 June 1960 but Chip will tell you one could stay in Olifants camp way back in the 1950's

How is that possible?

Balule was called Olifants up to that time .

You are it Ndloti

Balule is a shortening of Rimbalule, the Tshonga name for the Olifants River.

You stay with IT, Ndloti, but strictly speaking you are only half right. Balule originally was called OLIFANTSRIVIER. It was one of the few places where you could get out and a ranger would take you in a group to the waters edge to see the hippos. The original camp had 6 huts of 3 beds in each, making a full camp of only 18 persons. I think the name had to change when Total Petroleum Co., who were given the sole right to petrol sales in Kruger, sponsored the building of Olifants.

I have vague memories from my toddler years which must have been just before Olifants opened in the early 60's of such a place where a ranger took you to the waters edge (I don't think I am thinking of Hippo Pools as the place I recall had tall trees and green corrugated iron ablution facilities)

ndloti, there was a place near Balule where you could see hippos with a Ranger just like we can near Croc Bridge. Cannot forget it as my Mom refused to get out of the safety of the car.

Chip, my book mentions two Olifants Camp before the present one. There was Olifants (Pontoon) Camp which is now Balule and there was (Olifants) Gorge Camp or just Gorge.

Enjoying this - thanks guys

An easy one - Satara was formerly known as ....

It was called " SATRA " .

I agree okie, except that my reference book has the spelling 'Satrah'.

No , it was a rangers station with a different name .
Satra (meaning 17 - the seventeenth beacon surveyed) named by the Indian surveyor of the location .

Satara 305 ????????? The name of the farm surveyed by W H Gilfillan & given by him to J Stevenson-Hamilton

I love it when they say, "easy one", for inevitably it seldom is.

...the answer is not contained within glossy tourist guide books ...

ndloti, can't find the answer even in the old reference books

The Rangers post was set up in 1910 and the camp in 1928 and we already had Satrah and Satara 305