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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Some of Nhongo Safaris Fleet of Open Safari Vehicles
The photo shows some of our fleet of Open Safari Vehicles used while on safari in the Kruger National and Hwange National Parks. These ve...
Thursday 7 March 2013
Poachers Aressted In The Kruger National Park
2 rhino poachers were arrested during a joint operation between SANParks, SANDF and SAPS yesterday 7/3/2013. A 458 ammo and other equipment were recovered.
An Update On The Rhino Poaching Statistics
An update on the rhino poaching statistics: To read the full story click here http://www.sanparks.org/about/news/default.php?id=55461
Wednesday 6 March 2013
Photos Taken By Nhongo Safaris
Blackbacked Jackal's enjoying their meal |
A herd of Blue Wildebeest drinking water |
Kudu Standing between the trees |
Tuesday 5 March 2013
Safari Starting 23rd February Ending 26th February 2013
23rd February
Mark left early morning from Nkambeni with his guest after breakfast and this is how the day panned out:
Route: Napi - Eloff - Kruger gate road - Napi
4 different sightings of elephant bulls down the napi, distant visual of a herd off buffalo (approx 100). On napi boulders 1 lioness lying on the rock, 2 male lions walking down the road 900m past the flat rocks, 1 cheetah 900m past the flat rocks lay watching the lions walk past in the road. 1 lioness just before transport dam entrance, 3 massive male lions on experimental tar S114 just lying sleeping next to the road. 2 rhino running across the road. General game throughout the morning was great. Afternoon drive was rather quiet with just general game viewed and then returned to camp to watch some cricket.
24th February
Once again an early morning breakfast before departure from camp and the route travelled was as follows:
Route: Napi - H3 - S114 - Watergat - Doispan - Albeseni - back to camp
Very good elephant, buffalo and rhino sightings throughout the day. Got a pride of lions 300m before transport dam access road. 3 males 3 females and 5 cubs all in good health. Male leopard at klipspringer koppies. 1 lioness walking up from S112 towards napi. 1 male leopard 100m from H3 on the S114, 1 leopard cub up in a marola tree 2Kms from napi on Watergate. 10 wild dog on H3 1km before S114. 4 wild dog on biyamiti weir, of which the alpha male and female were mating. In general we have had 2 great days of sightings.
25th February
Enjoyed an early breakfast and then did a short drive as Mark had to have his guest back in Nelspruit by 09h00am so that he could be transferred back to Johannesburg.
26th February
Dean left Johannesburg at 07h00am after collecting his guests from a private residence in Sandton and started his day with arriving in Nelspruit before lunch to change over vehicles and then onto the camp of Pretoriuskop for lunch. After lunch a drive was taken down Napi, to Kwagga Pan and then back to Nkambeni for the night. The day was very warm so sightings were few and far between with only two elephants and a herd of Impala being seen in the heat of the afternoon. We shall see what tomorrow will bring, but the weather is once again a warm 36 degrees.
Mark left early morning from Nkambeni with his guest after breakfast and this is how the day panned out:
Route: Napi - Eloff - Kruger gate road - Napi
4 different sightings of elephant bulls down the napi, distant visual of a herd off buffalo (approx 100). On napi boulders 1 lioness lying on the rock, 2 male lions walking down the road 900m past the flat rocks, 1 cheetah 900m past the flat rocks lay watching the lions walk past in the road. 1 lioness just before transport dam entrance, 3 massive male lions on experimental tar S114 just lying sleeping next to the road. 2 rhino running across the road. General game throughout the morning was great. Afternoon drive was rather quiet with just general game viewed and then returned to camp to watch some cricket.
24th February
Once again an early morning breakfast before departure from camp and the route travelled was as follows:
Route: Napi - H3 - S114 - Watergat - Doispan - Albeseni - back to camp
Very good elephant, buffalo and rhino sightings throughout the day. Got a pride of lions 300m before transport dam access road. 3 males 3 females and 5 cubs all in good health. Male leopard at klipspringer koppies. 1 lioness walking up from S112 towards napi. 1 male leopard 100m from H3 on the S114, 1 leopard cub up in a marola tree 2Kms from napi on Watergate. 10 wild dog on H3 1km before S114. 4 wild dog on biyamiti weir, of which the alpha male and female were mating. In general we have had 2 great days of sightings.
25th February
Enjoyed an early breakfast and then did a short drive as Mark had to have his guest back in Nelspruit by 09h00am so that he could be transferred back to Johannesburg.
26th February
Dean left Johannesburg at 07h00am after collecting his guests from a private residence in Sandton and started his day with arriving in Nelspruit before lunch to change over vehicles and then onto the camp of Pretoriuskop for lunch. After lunch a drive was taken down Napi, to Kwagga Pan and then back to Nkambeni for the night. The day was very warm so sightings were few and far between with only two elephants and a herd of Impala being seen in the heat of the afternoon. We shall see what tomorrow will bring, but the weather is once again a warm 36 degrees.
Monday 4 March 2013
A Did You Known For The Day
Rhino Poachers in the Kruger Park
It has been a very busy weekend, the incursions continue relentlessly and our Rangers have had 4 seperate contacts with armed groups in 4 different sections of the park, all in a 36 hour period. In 3 incidents the poachers managed to evade arrest by being close to the boundary and making use of the darkness to make good on their escape. A final contact late yesterday afternoon resulted in 2 poachers being fatally wounded. A rifle, silencer & ammunition were recovered. No rhino were found dead during the incidents.
Friday 1 March 2013
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