Donald Penn-goff

Journey to Africa Donald Penn-goff

The book is about a game ranger in the Kruger National park who has invited his brother in laws two children Tim and Cathy to spend some time with him in the park. His wife the twins aunt and her daughter were killed by a stampeding elephant when Steve went in search of water because of the vehicles engine overheating. Steve arranges a walking tour from one of the camp sites where these types of tours are arranged and supervised by park rangers where tourists can have an up close encounter with wild animals. Over the border with neighbouring Mozambique a farmer who supplies food to rebel forces has to flee the country with his wife and two children. The children escape over the boundary fence of the Kruger park but the parents are captured. Steve comes upon their tracks and sends Tim and Cathy back with Jim the assistant ranger to alert the authorities while he and Solomon follow the tracks of what seems to be two young children. Policemen from Mozambique follow the children into the park and capture them. Steve rescues the two children takes the policemen captive and asks Solomon to take the little girl and the captured Mozambique policemen back to base camp where Jim would be waiting. Steve and young Jeorge set off for Mozambique to rescue his parents. They become involved with rebel forces and eventually escape into South Africa. Solomon gets involved in his own adventure with a lion and a crocodile. (Alligator) Steve almost does not make it back when he is bitten by a venomous snake, Jeorge then sets off to find help for Steve. Eventually everyone is reunited again, the Portugese couple and their children go off to Portugal and Steve is reprimanded and asked to resign his position and he leaves his beloved Kruger Park.