On Safari With Dean From 16 September 2013

16 September 2013

Dean picked up two guests at the Emerald guest house as well as another two guests at OR Tambo International Airport after which we made our way to Nelspruit.

After changing over to our open safari vehicle we made our way to the Numbi. Gate. After checking in, it was off to the camp of Pretoriuskop for a lunch stop.

After a good lunch we made our way down Napi road, getting good sightings of impala, kudu, zebra and wildebeest.

We turned onto the H3 and made our way down to Quagga Pan and back again to Napi Road. Things were quiet on the drive back with some good sightings of elephant and kudu.

We then made our way to Inkambeni Tented Camp where guests enjoyed a great dinner,
before retiring to bed.

17 September 2013

Today we left camp at 06h00 and made our way down the Numbi gate tar getting good sightings of kudu, impala and stenbuck.

We turned onto Napi road travelling in the direction of Skukuza. It was not long before we had good sightings of giraffe, elephant and three good sightings of buffalo of which one sighting was just outside Inkambeni Tented Camp.

It was not long before a message came in on the radio of a lioness down the H3 together with her two cubs who had pulled down a large warthog.

We started making our way in that direction. As we made our way down Napi Road, we got good sightings of more impala, kudu, wildebeest, zebra and giraffe.

We got to the lion sighting, but the lioness together with her cubs were lying a bit back from the kill. It became apparent that there was quite a bit of hyena activity in the area and we were lucky to experience some great interaction between the two species.

We carried on towards Skukuza also getting a good sighting of a female leopard at Deleport bridge.

We made our way onto Skukuza were guests were given a break before carrying on with more game viewing.

We made our way back to Inkambeni Tented Camp for lunch, and a break from the heat before leaving again in the late afternoon for another game drive.

The afternoon session was going down to Shithave dam, getting good sightings of hippo, waterbuck, kudu and baboon before returning to the camp, getting in just before 18h00.

After a good dinner, guests left for a good night’s rest.

18 September 2013

Quite a day was experienced by all today,

We left camp at 06H00 and made our way down the camp road, getting good sightings of buffalo, and elephant.

We made our way down the Numbi gate tar and got more elephant. We made a turn at Shithave dam getting a great sighting of lion lying on the dam wall.

After a call on the radio, it was off to Napi Boulders were another sighting of mating lions was enjoyed. After watching the lions mating and making loads of comments that people should try this sometime, we made our way on towards Skukuza.

About three kilometers from Napi Boulders loop we ran into more elphant.

Also great sightings of impala, kudu, wildebeest and zebra were experienced. About three kilometers before Transport Dam, we got a call of a leopard sighting about one kilometer before the dam turn off, so it was off on action stations to get there.

It was only about four minutes before we arrived on the sighting and managed to get some great photos, before pulling out of the sighting in order to give some other open safari vehicles a chance to get some good photos.

We made our way onwards to Skukuza, when we came upon a great sighting of rhino that was feeding in the open area.

We made our way on and got more great sightings of elephant, baboon, stenbuck, impala and common duiker.

After a stop off at the camp of Skukuza, we made our way up the Tshokwane tar, getting more great sightings of elephant and buffalo at Mutlamuvi Dam.

We made our way over the high water bridge and down Elloff Street getting more good sightings of elephant, Ground Hornbills, buffalo and hippo.

We then made our way back to the camp of Skukuza for lunch as the temperatures were reaching 36'C,

We left Skukuza at about one thirty and made our way back down Napi Road as guests needed to have a rest, before going out on the Sunset safari, but as fate would have it, sightings were good on the road and this took president of the situation.

We got more lions at Klipspringer Kopies, as well as more elephant on Napi Road and a lovely sighting of a hyena pup of about three weeks old lying outside of the culvert next to the road.

More elephant and rhino were enjoyed on the way back.

We got back to camp at about three thirty, giving guests at least an hour’s rest, before they left on their afternoon / evening safari.

19 September 2013

Today we say goodbye to all guests as their safari comes to an end and they return back to Johannesburg.

Next Safari starts on Saturday 21 September with mark so keep watching!!!!