Kruger National Park in the 1980s
This article outlines a timeline of major events occurring within South Africa's Kruger National Park from 1980 to 1989.
1980
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|+Number of annual visitors to the Kruger National Park: 1980–1990Joubert, Salomon, The Kruger National Park: A History Volume II, High Branching, Johannesburg, 2007Paynter, David, Die Krugerwildtuin in Woord en Beeld, Macmillan Suid-Afrika Uitgewers, 1986. |
| 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.{{cite journal |last=Schreiber |first=Arrie |date=October 1988 |title=Ten years of trails in the Kruger National Park |journal=CUSTOS |volume=17 |issue=7 |pages=20–23 }}
1981
- 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.{{cite journal |last=Pienaar |first=U. de V. |year=1981 |title=Another important Ichthyological find in the Kruger National Park |journal=Koedoe |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=189–191 |doi= 10.4102/koedoe.v24i1.628|doi-access=free }}
1983
- August - The Bushman Trail opens.
1984
1985
- July - Lichtenstein's hartebeest reintroduced to the park.