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.