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Letaba Rest Camp
Letaba is a main rest camp along the Letaba River in the north-central region of Kruger National Park in South Africa. It is situated at the junction of the H1-5 (the park's main north road) and the H9 road westward to Phalaborwa gate. The name comes from the Sesotho word for "river of sand", because of the wide, generally shallow river. History The area around Letaba had been settled for millennia before the creation of Kruger Park. In the 1800s, the inhabitants of the land were the Ba-Phalaborwa people, a Sotho-speaking tribe who inhabited the area. They were primarily crop and cattle farmers, but had an extensive iron smithing expertise, trading their iron goods with Arab merchants along the east coast of southern Africa, in what is today Mozambique. The people of the area were removed during the creation of Kruger National Park, but most of their descendants live just outside the park's gates. Fire On the evening of 9 September 2020, a fire burned a significant par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letaba River
The Letaba River ( af, Letabarivier), also known as Leţaba, Lehlaba or Ritavi, is a river located in eastern Limpopo Province, South Africa. It is one of the most important tributaries of the Olifants River. Course It starts at the confluence of the Groot Letaba River and Klein Letaba River, whence they continue their journey eastwards through the Lowveld as the Letaba River. It joins the Olifants River in the foothills of the Lebombo Mountains, near South Africa's border with Mozambique. In Mozambique the latter river is called the Rio Elefantes. Tributaries include the Middle Letaba River, Nharhweni River, Ngwenyeni River, Nwanedzi River, Molototsi River, Nsama River and Makhadzi River. Dams in the basin * Ebenezer Dam *Tzaneen Dam * Modjaji Dam, in the Molototsi River * Hudson Ntsanwisi Dam, in the Nsama River * Middle Letaba Dam, in the Middle Letaba River * Engelhard Dam none, 450px, Game animals along its banks, near Letaba camp, central Kruger Park See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
