Kruger National Park in the 1980s

This article outlines a timeline of major events occurring within South Africa's Kruger National Park from 1980 to 1989.

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

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