23 March 2013
We left Nkambeni and went down Numbi gate tar getting a elephant herd close to shabeni kopies. We carried on for a while finding buffalo, more elephant and rhino and then at 8.2km's down napi we came across a cheetah lying quite a way from the road. We enjoyed the sighting although there were many local cars around us, we then made our way down napi, only to find another cheetah sighting 700mtrs past the last one. We enjoyed this one as it was a bit closer and lying on a termite mound. After the sighting, we turned onto the h3. We travelled down 3.2km's and found two male lions lying close to the road, after some good photos we headed for Skukuza for a break.
After our break the route driven was down the Paul kruger gate road then down river road up the river road link and then down doispane, albasini to Numbi gate. Animals seen were zebra, elephant, rhino,impala and giraffe.
After dropping off some guests returning to Johannesburg, we made our way down to Shithave dam before going into Pretoriuskop for lunch upon reaching Shithave dam, we came across our buffalo that had already been lying there for three days lying and wallowing in the dam, some waterbuck and hippo's were also seen. After lunch together with new guests that had arrived, we made our way to Nkambeni as all were going on a sunset drive.
James took the other guests from Pretoriuskop down napi to transport dam and then back to Nkambeni. They managed to find cheetah, elephant, rhino and buffalo.
24 March 2013
Today both vehicles travelled together from Nkambeni down Numbi gate tar onto napi to skukuza. Animals seen were rhino, elephant, buffalo, impala, kudu and giraffes. We heard of some lions at transport dam, but when we got there they were lying flat that we could not see them.
After our break at skukuza we travelled up Tshokwane tar around marula loop up and over the high water bridge and down elloff street back to skukuza for lunch.
Animals spotted were at 5.1km's down marula loop a breaking pair of lions, at 6.4km's two big male lions lying in the river line, we also got good sightings of a large herd of elephants from the high water bridge as well as other sightings of baboon, impala, kudu, giraffe and wharthog.
After lunch the route driven back to camp was down Paul Kruger Gate road and onto doispane, up the watergat to napi road and then onto Numbi gate. This was a long drive with only sightings of giraffe, elephant, impala and kudus.
25 March 2013
This morning it was out of the camp, down the Numbi gate tar were we found a large herd of elephant playing in the road close to Pretoriuskop camp, after watching them for a while, we made our way straight down napi to transport dam and back to Numbi gate. Made a stop at Shithave dam to see if our buffalo friend was still kicking. After watching him for a while we carried on with really nothing else seen until we left the park.
26 March 2013
Today more guests arrive and Dean heads back into the park to see what new sightings he can find.
More updates coming soon..........
Verity and Dean Cherry had an African dream in 1999 and started Nhongo Safaris® to eliminate the logistical challenges of international visitors on safari. We provide a once in a lifetime experience for wildlife enthusiast that demand quality overnight safaris in South Africa and most particularly the Kruger National Park. We want to enrich our visitors’ experience by providing Luxury Safari Packages or African Safari Holidays and maintain our position as leader in Kruger Park Safaris.
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