What comes to mind when one thinks of paradise?
Traditionally the idea of heaven, nirvana or Shangri-La comes to mind, a place of peace and blissfulness with no pain and suffering.
Yet paradise might be right here in our mist right now. Embodied in the last few wild places we have left on earth.
Kruger national park is one such place a wildlife and nature haven right here in South Africa. An area filled with stretching wild landscapes of bushveld savanna, hills, and rivers. Heaven is not a place out there but are places like Kruger, untamed wild spaces right in front of us.
In my own experience traveling to Kruger park in the many years, I have been lucky to do so. I can honestly say I have never experienced more peace and blissfulness than being close to nature as it was meant to be in its untouched form.
In my opinion, there is no greater joy than to be in the presence of nature. To be able to take in all that happens in the wilds, and to patiently observe the lives of beautiful creatures play out on a grand stage.
Kruger is paradise embodied to me if I think of our traditional human conception of paradise.
It is the place where life and environment exist blissfully, where give and take are perfectly in balance.
No one takes or gives more than they need, in my mind, it’s why we as people are so attracted to still untamed wild places. We innately in our subconsciousness or even in our souls recognize nature as heaven.
Why then do we yearn for paradise? If paradise is here and now!
Kruger park must remain a great wildlife paradise
Kruger national park is a paradise in the here and now where nature and man can live in harmony.it is up to us to recognize the notion of paradise is here and now.
We can ensure for generations to come that the untamed wildlife of Kruger and other wild places remain. If only we recognize the full value of the gems in our hands.
By realizing we already have paradise here and now we will ensure paradise remains
Written by.
Bertjan Bolink Owner of Djumba Ngala, Wildlife photographic guide
