Makuleke
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The Makuleke Contractual Park or Pafuri Triangle constitutes the northernmost section of the Kruger National Park, South Africa, and comprises approximately 240 km2 of land. The "triangle" is a wedge
A westward view of Lanner Gorge in the Makuleke
The walls of Lanner Gorge in the Makuleke are made of ancient sandstones. The Luvuvhu River has carved a deep canyon into these rocks.
Looking out over the floodplains of the Luvuvhu River (right) and the Limpopo River (far distance and left)
A breeding herd of elephants crossing the Luvuvhu in the Makuleke area
Thulamela
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Thulamela is the most dramatic of around 300 archaeological sites identified in Kruger National Park. It is located on heights south of the Levubu River offering a panoramic view. Sidney Miller led ex
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…Bulawayo. It was then, around 1550, that groups crossed the Limpopo and founded numerous flourishing settlements in the Pafuri region including that of Thulamela on the southern bank of the Luvuvhu. Thulamela was one of many walled cities that existed in the Pafuri triangle – almost every hill and overlook in…
A rebuilt enclosure at Thulamela