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Number of annual visitors to the Kruger National Park: 1980–1990 [ 1] [ 2]
Year
Total visitors
1979/1980
369 653
1980/1981
428 840
1981/1982
463 853
1983/1984
451 780
1984/1985
509 173
1989/1990
669 167
August – The Nyalaland Trail opens near Punda Maria in the far north of the Park.[ 3] 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.[ 4] August - The Bushman Trail opens. February 24 - Berg-en-Dal rest camp officially opens.[ 1] July 11 - The Gonde-Gonde incident: a park vehicle detonated a landmine a few kilometres south of Pafuri. No one was hurt.[ 1]
^ a b c Joubert, Salomon, The Kruger National Park: A History Volume II , High Branching, Johannesburg, 2007
^ Paynter, David, Die Krugerwildtuin in Woord en Beeld , Macmillan Suid-Afrika Uitgewers, 1986.
^ Schreiber, Arrie (October 1988). "Ten years of trails in the Kruger National Park". CUSTOS . 17 (7): 20–23. ^ Pienaar, U. de V. (1981). "Another important Ichthyological find in the Kruger National Park" . Koedoe . 24 (1): 189–191. doi :10.4102/koedoe.v24i1.628
