From the time her youngest daughter discovered a cobra curled up in the family’s toilet, to when a mad hippo charged their boat, Kobie’s writing made me feel as though I was there with her. Teeming with adventure, The Wilderness Family often had me afraid for the lives of Kobie and her family. Her memoir offers readers a peek into the kind of life most can only dream about.

In fact, it’s often to difficult to see the lion at my local San Diego Zoo! Kobie, however, encountered such incredible animals on a daily basis. Living in Southern California, the idea of encountering an elephant, hippo, or lion in its natural habitat is unimaginable to me. Reading Kobie’s book I was in awe of the absolutely unbelievable things Kobie experienced during her time at Kruger National Park. The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa’s Wildlife is Kobie’s memoir of her experiences living in the park as the game ranger’s wife. There, Kobie and Kobus raised their three daughters and lived among Africa’s wildlife.

Married after graduation, they would eventually follow Kobus’ dream of being a game ranger to Kruger National Park. Kobie Kruger’s The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa’s Wildlife shares with readers her experiences as a game ranger’s wife in South Africa’s Kruger National Park.īoth born and raised on farms in South Africa’s Northern Province, Kobie and Kobus Kruger met while they were both studying at the University of Pretoria. New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 2001. The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa’s Wildlife.

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