24 March 2014
Route: Doispan - Skukuza - Napi - Skukuza
General animals seen: kudu, blue wildebeest, impala, hippos, common duiker, rhinos and zebra
Highlights:
General animals seen: kudu, blue wildebeest, impala, hippos, common duiker, rhinos and zebra
Highlights:
Once we entered through Phabeni gate we saw a dark chanting
goshawk attack a snake which looked like a vine snake. As the attack was on, it
was interesting to see that the snake was trying to wrap itself around the legs
of the bird and intern the goshawk only attacked the head area of the snake.
This continued for approximately 15min and in the end the goshawk got the
better and the snake expired.
Along our route we had wonderful sightings of single elephant bulls as well as herds of elephant cross over in front of our vehicle. Most of these sightings had elephants either drinking water or cooling themselves down by spraying water behind the ears.
We did find a lioness lying in the shade of a sickle bush, however not much could be seen apart from a full belly going up and down as she breathed. Will look for a better sighting so guests can take some photos.
We head north tomorrow morning, just to show guests another part of Kruger as later on in the safari will be based south at Nkambeni.
Along our route we had wonderful sightings of single elephant bulls as well as herds of elephant cross over in front of our vehicle. Most of these sightings had elephants either drinking water or cooling themselves down by spraying water behind the ears.
We did find a lioness lying in the shade of a sickle bush, however not much could be seen apart from a full belly going up and down as she breathed. Will look for a better sighting so guests can take some photos.
We head north tomorrow morning, just to show guests another part of Kruger as later on in the safari will be based south at Nkambeni.
25 March 2014
Route: Skukuza - Tshokwane - H10 - Elloff - Skukuza
General animal sightings: impala, warthog, kudu, bushbuck, chackma baboons, dwarf, slender and banded mongoose, elephant, rhino, crocodile and ostrich
Highlights: At the lower sabi bridge on the H10 we were luck to get a cape clawless otter out of the water on the river bank. Unfortunately as we spotted him, he move back into the water on his way to catch fish and we lost all sight of him. We stayed around but unfortunately didn't get visual of him again. One of those brilliant sightings that no one expected and the only photo taken was in a persons mind.
Heading back to skukuza we found a lioness with her 2 cubs lying in the shade of a sickle bush. We stayed with her a while hoping that she would get up and move closer, but because of the heat of the day she just stayed in the shade relaxing.
General animal sightings: impala, warthog, kudu, bushbuck, chackma baboons, dwarf, slender and banded mongoose, elephant, rhino, crocodile and ostrich
Highlights: At the lower sabi bridge on the H10 we were luck to get a cape clawless otter out of the water on the river bank. Unfortunately as we spotted him, he move back into the water on his way to catch fish and we lost all sight of him. We stayed around but unfortunately didn't get visual of him again. One of those brilliant sightings that no one expected and the only photo taken was in a persons mind.
Heading back to skukuza we found a lioness with her 2 cubs lying in the shade of a sickle bush. We stayed with her a while hoping that she would get up and move closer, but because of the heat of the day she just stayed in the shade relaxing.
26 March 2014
Route: Skukuza - Doispan - S65 - H3 - S112 - S114 - Doispan
- Albaseni - Nkambeni camp
General animal seen, impala, kudu, giraffe, warthog, zebra, elephant, rhino, waterbuck, hippos, common duiker,
Highlights: A male leopard walked out behind our vehicle on the S65 approximately 9kms from doispan. As I turned the car around, it moved off the road into the thicket and although we waited a while, that was all we got to see of it. Guests once again couldn't get photos of it but enjoyed the sighting never the less.
General animal seen, impala, kudu, giraffe, warthog, zebra, elephant, rhino, waterbuck, hippos, common duiker,
Highlights: A male leopard walked out behind our vehicle on the S65 approximately 9kms from doispan. As I turned the car around, it moved off the road into the thicket and although we waited a while, that was all we got to see of it. Guests once again couldn't get photos of it but enjoyed the sighting never the less.
We responded to a call about wild dogs just south of S112.
We found all 11 just lying right next to the road. Guests got good photos of
these and enjoyed the sighting tremendously.
We moved on looking for lion, but no such luck. As we moved
towards skukuza, we came across another sighting of 15 wild dogs lying in the
road approximately 20m from Stevenson Hamilton and S112 junction. This brought
us up to 26 for the day.
After lunch we were fortunate to experience a black rhino game capture for possible relocation purposes. Our guests got good photos of this and a explanation as to how we handle such a process here in Kruger.
Guests are on a sundown drive so we headed back to camp for some rest before leaving on their drive.
After lunch we were fortunate to experience a black rhino game capture for possible relocation purposes. Our guests got good photos of this and a explanation as to how we handle such a process here in Kruger.
Guests are on a sundown drive so we headed back to camp for some rest before leaving on their drive.
Keep watching for more!
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