On Safari with Dean From the 23 August 2013

23 August 2013

This afternoon’s game drive was out of Nkambeni Safari Camp at 15H00 and up the Numbi Gate tar getting good sightings of impala and kudu. We turned onto Napi Road and made our way in the direction of Napi Boulders to see if the lions from this morning were still there. Unfortunately they had already moved away, but good rhino sightings were enjoyed along the way.

New guests also got to see on the return trip to Nkambeni Safari Camp great sightings of more rhino, elephant, kudu, impala and buffalo.

All returned to camp with a couple of minutes to spare before gate closing time to enjoy a good buffet dinner before going to bed for a good night’s rest.

24 August 2013

Today we left camp at 06H30 and made our way down the Numbi Gate Tar, getting kudu, impala and warthog. We turned onto (Road Cannot Be Named Due To Poaching) getting good sightings of rhino, and elephant together with some great sightings of kudu.

Things were a bit slower today as it is a weekend with loads of local visitors that do not know how to drive in a National Park.

Highlight of the safari so far:

After passing Transport Dam, we came upon a great hyena sighting of two female hyenas as well as three pups running in the road, we spent some time here as the pups were really giving mom a work over by running from one culvert to another with her in tow.

We received a message over the radio of a leopard on the Watergat road, so we decided to make our way in that direction. We got to where the sighting had been, but he had already moved off.

We then made our way back to Napi Road, after being told of a lion sighting at Klipspringer Kopies. We made our way there getting a sighting of a female lion sleeping together with her cubs under the rock. After watching this for a while, we made our way to Skukuza for a morning break.

After leaving Skukuza we made our way back in the direction of Transport Dam in order to see what was going on there. We passed the same lion sighting and got to Transport Dam as an elephant bull was going to have a swim. After watching this sighting for about half an hour as well as getting good photos of hippo, it was off again in the direction of Nkambeni Tented Camp for lunch.

After a good lunch and also getting new guests in, we were out again in the afternoon.
Hearing of a leopard, we decided to go looking for him, however when getting to area where he had been seen, he had already moved off. We continued on getting good rhino, elephant, kudu, waterbuck, and giraffe sightings.

We then made our way back to camp for the evening as camp gates were about to close.

25 August 2013

We left camp at 06h30 and made our way down the Numbi Gate tar getting kudu, elephant and warthog. We turned onto ....Road and it was not long before we got our first sighting of rhino. We got a call about a lion between Napi boulders entrance and exit and so the chase was on!!!

We managed to get him lying a short distance from the road. After a short while roars could be heard nearby and our friend answered back after which he stood up and moved in front of our vehicle looking for his buddy and the females in his life. We enjoyed about an hour on the sighting also getting buffalo across the road from the lions.

We continued on getting elephant, giraffe, zebra, impala, kudu, hyena, warthog and a lioness with her cubs again at Klipspringer Kopies. After a busy morning we made our way onto Skukuza for a break.

After the break we were on our way back to Nkambeni Safari Camp via Doispane and Albasini Roads that proved to be quite except for some sightings of impala and elephant.

This afternoons drive after new guests joined the safari, we drove back down Napi Road to see for the lions, but they had walked off. We got good sightings of rhino, elephant, waterbuck, kudu, impala and buffalo along the way.

We then dashed for the camp gates getting in with just three minutes to spare before closing.