Kruger Park Safari with Dennis Wu and Joseph Yeow from the 26th - 29th May 2011

After picking up Dennis and Joseph from their guest house Nhongo Safaris transfer vehicle made it's way in the direction of Nelspruit and the onto the Numbi Gate of the Kruger National Park were Silvano and Laura were waiting to be transfered back to Johannesburg.
After check inn procedure at the Numbi gate it was off to the camp of Pretoriuskop so guests could check inn to there accommodation and have some lunch before departing on the afternoon's game drive.

Guests left on there first game drive at 15h30 and after just a short distance we came across a white rhino walking on the road. We managed to get quite close to him before he realized that we were there he did not seem to worried and quickly went back to eating his grass not two meters away from our vehicle. We carried on with our game drive with good sightings of elephant impala and kudu. We decided to take a drive up to klipspringer kopies were we manged to find the Klipspringer antelope standing on the rocks. It was getting late already and we had to start making our way to camp in order to be back at 17h30. A short distance down the road we came across a national parks vehicle who had found some lions lying close to the road. We decided to join them for a while and enjoy the sighting. We spent quite a time there before deciding that it was time to move out and make our way for the camp, otherwise we would be late for the closing of the gates.


Upon arrival back at camp, guests were quite overwhelmed with what they had seen so far in such a short space of time. Guests enjoyed a good dinner at the camp restaurant, before making there way back to there accommodation for a good nights rest.

Next morning, after packing all the luggage and enjoying some early morning tea and coffee, it was back on the road to find more animals. We drove down the Napi Road on route in the direction of the main camp of Skukuza, and then made our way down to the Nkhulu Picnic spot to enjoy some breakfast. We had had a good morning with good sightings of rhino, elephants, and buffalo. After breakfast, we carried on with our game drives for the day, getting good sightings of Baboon, Ground Hornbills and many other species. We decided to go into the camp of Skukuza at about 14h00, in order to check inn to the guests accommodation and have a bit of a rest, before leaving on a later afternoon game drive as we were looking for a leopard. We left the camp at about 16h00, and immediately got a radio message that a leopard had been spotted on the road to the "Paul Kruger Gate".
We decided to make our way in that direction and see what we could find. When arriving in the area of the sighting, everything had disappeared. We decided to stay in the area for a while as leopards will always come back onto the road, especially late in the afternoon. After a while of driving up and down the area, we managed to find the leopard walking next to the road in the direction of the camp of Skukuza. We followed him for a while until he crossed the road in front of us and made his way into the thick bush were we no longer had anymore sighting of him. We decided to make our way back in the direction of the camp, only to come across a huge hippo standing in the road in front of our vehicle. Another good sighting experienced by all. We made our way back to camp, arriving with just minutes to spare.
After a good dinner guests went to have a good nights rest, before having to leave early in the morning again.

The next morning, it was up early and after enjoying tea and coffee, it was back on the road.
Just outside the camp we came across a leadwood tree with Marabou Stolks standing on the top of it, this made for quite a good photo. We left the sighting and made our way to the Tshokwane road, only to find that lions had killed a buffalo calf not one meter off the road. This was a major sighting, so we decided to sit and see what was going to happen. The traffic started to build around us. we stayed at the sighting for about an hour, and then decided to make our way northwards to the picnic spot of Tshokwane for breakfast. After a good breakfast, we decided to make our way down the H10, this proved to be a quite road and before long we were at the camp of lower sabie. After a rest and toilet stop, we made our way back in the direction of skukuza were the guests had a lunch break, before continuing on to the camp of Pretoriuskop for there final evening. Guests had a good day and after a good dinner and feeling a bit tired they went to bed.

The following morning it was up early for the guests final game drive, very little was seen on the drive as it turned out to be rather cold. We got back to camp at about 09h00 were the guests enjoyed a leisurely breakfast, before departing the park in order to change our vehicle in Nelspruit and then transfer back to Johannesburg.


The guests had a wonderful time, were so happy to have seen the big 5 while on safari in the Kruger National Park. All want to return, and bring more of the family to experience these safaris.