The U.S. Embassy in South Africa is urging Americans to be “situationally aware” when traveling to the country’s famed Kruger National Park and to only make stops at designated areas.
“Due to an increase in crime, to include the recent murder of a foreign tourist, the U.S. Embassy in South Africa recommends that U.S. Citizens avoid Numbi Gate at Kruger National Park and instead use either Paul Kruger or Phabeni gates when entering and leaving the park,” the embassy said in an Oct. 11 statement.
A German tourist was shot and killed in a robbery in Kruger National Park, according to reports last week. Officials told Deutsche Welle that a tour group was stopped by armed assailants as they made their way to Numbi Gate….