As many as 32 tourists who were trapped in South Africa's Kruger National Park after torrential rains and flooding have been rescued, park officials said Thursday.
Tourism and wildlife officials want the slaughter to stop. Private security armies and the South African military have cracked down. Still, rhinos are being killed in South Africa alone at a rate exceeding one a day, a rate that has already made one species of rhino extinct and threatens the two others.
Each year around this time, golf clubs are summoned from cold garages and basements into living rooms while their owners begin plotting a new season in the sun.
Flying high above the dry, sweeping plains of southern Sudan, Paul Elkan is a man on a mission.
Vacation's over
updated: Mon Sep 21 2009 16:14:00
CNN.com's Jarrett Bellini is back from South Africa and talks about his trip.
I spent two nights sleeping under a full-moon sky, nestled in my trusty hammock at Kruger National Park. Our guides provided us with tents, but I figured I wouldn't have too many opportunities in my life to slumber in the open bush on the African continent.
CNN.com's Daily Distraction host takes us overseas on a safari excursion.
CNN.com's Jarrett Bellini takes us along on his vacation CNN.com Live viewers voted for.
The flight from Atlanta, Georgia, to Johannesburg was as easy a 15-hour flight as I've ever had.
The web video "Battle at Kruger," in which a baby buffalo is rescued by its herd from a lion attack, is less surprising to animal behaviorists than to its millions of Web fans
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SINCE RETIRING from competitive golf at the 2005 British Open, Jack Nicklaus has traded long-distance drives for longer-distance flights. The Golden Bear is CEO of his golf course design firm, Nick...
Keeping track of the thousands of animals, plant species and birds that inhabit South Africa's Kruger National Park is no simple task, but thanks to a GPS device, the job has become a lot easier.
Hear the word "safari," and you might have visions of trekking through the bush in the heart of Africa, thousands of miles away from any sign of civilization, exhausted and grimy from several days'...
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