On Safari with Mark

4 June 2013

Route: Numbi tar - Napi - S114 - Gwatamiri - S112 - H3 - Napi - Nkameni camp

Animals spotted:

2 hyena on numbi tar at the shabeni link  junction, numerous elephant and rhino sightings throughout the day, A young male leopard was killed by 2 male lions 300m past S65 on the napi, 2 male lion's sleeping in long grass 200m before deleport on the napi, got to hear of a male and female lion 6.6km from S114 on gwatamiri. Went down there and got them lying on the road, A mating pair of saddle billed storks at natural water pan just before the lions on gwatamiri she had caught a cat fish and as not sharing with the male. General game was out today and numerous sightings of Kudu, steenbok, diukers, giraffe, buffalo, warthog and impala was seen.

Strange though, we haven't seen a zebra yet.

Anyway we try again tomorrow.

5 June 2013

Route: Albaseni - Doispan - H3 - Napi - Shabeni koppies - Albaseni - Back into camp

Animals seen:

Zebra, duikers, kudu, warthog, giraffe, impala, water buck and rheedbuck. Many different sightings of rhino during the day. Mother with her calf in the afternoon drive, a few herds of elephant and 1 elephant bull right next to the open vehicle. A herd of buffalo (150) slowly moving towards albaseni in the late afternoon. Might be lucky and get them tomorrow morning.

On our way down the H3 approx 1km from quagga pan 2 lioness walking in the road approximately 2m from the open vehicle. As we were the only ones with them we spent approx 30min before the next car arrived. As it did, so they moved off the road and into the thicket, 2km from that we saw 5 lion's catch an impala. Great viewing and photos taken by guests. Napi rather quiet, until shitihave dam were we found 2 black manned male lions lying sleeping. Distant sighting.

No leopard found despite the fact that weather was ideal for them.

6 June 2013

Dean Enters The Park

Entered the park through Numbi gate and travelled down to Pretoriuskop camp for lunch.
After lunch we travelled from Pretoriuskop camp getting a leopard walking towards us on the road, We then went down Napi road stopping off at a lion sighting of two males on the Shithave dam wall. Things got a bit quite until we got onto the H3 getting a breeding herd of elephants as well as a herd of about 100 buffalo at quagga pan. We then made our way to Skukuza camp, getting some good baboons along the road.