Safari Starting 21 September 2013

On Marks open Vehicle:

21 September 2013

What a busy month it has been!!!

Route : Napi - Boulders - Napi - Nkambeni camp

General animal sightings were poor this afternoon due to the bad weather we experienced. (Cold very very cold.)

Highlights of this afternoons drive was a herd of tsesabee just before shitlhave dam.

Just before napi boulder entrance we got 3 female and 1 male sable antelope.

On our return towards camp a female leopard walked out in front of us and crossed over the road.

Guest got good photos of her.

22 September 2013

Route: Napi - Eloff - Doispan - Albaseni – Nkambeni Camp

General animals seen:

Kudu, common duiker, impala, zebra, chackma baboon, vervet monkey, warthog, rhino and elephant.

Great sightings of buffalo bulls right next to the open vehicle as we left skakuza golf course.

After turning around at 3 different lion sightings because of heavy traffic and long queues of cars we found 2 lioness lying in the river bed approximate 300m from alpha exit.

Not much else to report as the weather is extremely cold and has had an impact on the animal sightings throughout the day.

23 September 2013

Dean enters the park today!

On Deans open vehicle:

We left Nkambeni safari camp at 15h30, and almost immediately got the call about Lions on Napi Boulders, we made our way in that direction getting only some kudu on Napi Road.

After spending about an hour on the lion sighting and also getting a chance to see rhino and elephant crossing the road while on the same sighting, we made our way back along Napi Road getting more kudu, giraffe and vervet monkeys together with two large herds of buffalo on the camp road.

24 September 2013

Today we left Nkambeni at 06h00 and made our way up the Numbi Gate tar getting good sightings of buffalo, we turned onto Napi Road and got more good sightings of buffalo, elephant, kudu, impala, giraffe and wildebeest before going down the H3 and back again to Skukuza for a break.

Rhino sightings were also enjoyed through the day.

After the break, it was back to the H3 down to Voortrekker road getting more sightings of impala, buffalo and elephant. We turned onto the Voortrekker road and got nine lions lying about 10.6 km's up the road. After spending about half an hour with them, we decided to
move on, getting more sightings of elephant and a martial Eagle before stopping at the camp of Pretoriuskop for lunch.

After lunch we drove around Faye Loop getting two buffalo Daga Boys, before moving onto camp for guests to have a rest as it was in the region of 37 degrees.

Marks Open Vehicle:

Route: Napi - Tshokwane tar - Satara - S100 - Satara

General animals seen today include:

Giraffe, waterbuck, zebra, kudu, warthog, impala, elephant herds, crocodile, hippos, vervet monkeys, chackma baboons, blue wildebeest and nyala's.

On our trip we came across a lioness trying to catch a warthog 7km before the baobab access road.

A leopard lying in a Tree 5kms past the baobab access road.

A "flight" hehehe of ostriches 11kms from satara.

Guests are happy with what they have seen and tomorrow is a morning walk and then on our way to the rehab centre.

25 September 2013

Today was one of those days you would like to have every day.

We left camp at 06h00, It was not long before we got a sighting of a female rhino and calf, we turned onto Faye loop and immediately ran into about five hundred buffalo stretched out over the next two kilometres.

After enjoying a great sighting, and busy contemplating which road to take to the next stop, we received a call of four leopards on Napi Road about 2.2 kilometres from the Voortrekker junction, we made our way in that direction a little faster than normal and came upon the sighting. Many open vehicles were there, but after a while all started to leave.

Some rhino's had also come into the picture and for the next hour and a half we enjoyed a wonderful sighting that is not enjoyed every day.

We carried on getting more rhino, buffalo and elephant.

We got a call of a female lion on Napi Road as we got to her location she was near a tree watching a leopard eating a warthog. She was nursing a wound on the mouth and paw, which had possibly come from the fight with the leopard.

After another good sighting, we made our way on getting numerous good sightings along the way.

We made our way into Skukuza only at about 10h00, and after enjoying a well deserved break made our way out onto the Tshokwane tar, over the high water bridge and back on Elloff street to Skukuza.

Animals seen were giraffe, impala, baboon, bushbuck, lion, hippo, crocodile, elephant and buffalo.

We made our way back to Nkambeni Tented Camp along Napi Road getting more sightings of elephant, buffalo and another sighting of our leopard from the morning.

Guests had a break this afternoon, and left at 16h30 for their sunset / night drive.

26 September 2013

We left Nkambeni Tented camp and drove up the Numbi gate tar, getting elephant and buffalo.

We then turned onto Napi Road and came across the two leopard cubs from the day before playing under the tree with an impala carcass. No photos could be taken as it was in the long grass.

We continued on getting good sightings of rhino.

We then made our way to Napi Boulders and got elephant and wildebeest before going to the camp of Pretoriuskop for a break, after which we made our way out of the park and onto Nelspruit were we changed over vehicles and made our way back to Johannesburg.

Guests feedback was that they had a good time, got loads of photos and saw a lot of animals.