Safari Starting 29th January Ending 31st January

29^th January

Dean collected guests from their hotel at 07h00am in Johannesburg and then started off for Nelspruit.  After changing over vehicles, it was on to the Numbi Gate of the Kruger National Park and then to Pretoriuskop for lunch.  After lunch they travelled down Napi which is now re-opened and to the H3 where there were a pride of lions eating on two Buffalo that had been killed.  On the way to the H3 sightings of Elephant, Rhino and Buffalo as well as general game sightings were good.  We then made our way to Nkambeni  which was our camp for the next two nights.

30^th January

The following morning after a hearty breakfast we set off from camp once again down Napi getting a great sighting of 25 Wild Dogs and more sightings of Rhino and Elephant and a good sighting of Lions at Klipspringer Kopjies.  We went back down the H3 to see what was left of the Buffalo carcasses and found the lions walking away from the remnants of their meal.  Dean then turned around and went back towards Napi, getting a troop of Baboons, Impala and Kudu.  After a break at Skukuza, it was off to Eloff along the Sabi River to the High water bridge, and then down the Tshokwane tar where there was not much to be seen.  We then returned down Napi towards Pretoriuskop as guests were going on a night safari and we were heading there for lunch before continuing on to camp for a rest before the night drive.  On the way back we were fortunate enough to have more sightings of Lion, Wild Dogs, Elephant, and Rhino.  Guests then left on their night safari at 17h00pm.

31^st January

The next morning we left Nkambeni after breakfast and loading luggage and then proceeded down Napi getting sightings of Giraffe, Elephant , Rhino , Hyena, Impala and Kudu.  We stopped off mid-morning at Pretoriuskop , before departing from the Kruger and making our way out of the park and back to Johannesburg.

Our next safari will depart tomorrow the 2^nd of February with Mark entering with his guests.  We will update you as the week goes by as we have more than 20 guests going in and out of the park for the next week.  Until then ..................

Animals In The Kruger National Park



Beautiful Male Lion



 White-Headed Vulture



Elephants Crossing The Road



Photos Taken In The Kruger National Park By Dean

Giraffe eating

Wild dogs on the road

Wildebeest and Zebra by the water

Photos Taken By Dean In The Kruger National Park



Zebra



Leopard

Wild Dogs

Safari Starting 25th January Ending 28th January

25th January – Today Dean collected his guests from OR Tambo Airport from the Munich flight and then started making his way down to Nelspruit and the Kruger National Park.  They stopped off at Pretoriuskop for lunch before embarking on an afternoon game drive before making their way to Nkambeni for the evening.  All that was see on the afternoon drive were Elephant, Rhino , Impala and Kudu.

26th January – This morning after an early breakfast the following route was followed:  Nkambeni, Albasini, Doispane, Paul Kruger Gate Road, Napi to the H3 and back on the same route due to road closures.
Sightings along the way were Buffalo, Zebra, Elephants , Rhino, just past Nyamundwa Dam we got seventeen Wild Dogs running in the road.  After hearing a radio message of a leopard on the junction of River Road Link and Doispane, we decided to make our way in that direction, when we got to the Kopje we found her and her cubs in a hole as that is where her cubs had been born.  We also got good sightings of Giraffe and more elephant before making our way back to camp for lunch passing by the female Leopard again with her cubs.  This time the female was lying on top of the rock with great photos being taken of her and the meowling of the tiny cubs in the hole being heard.
After an afternoon rest we went out again on an afternoon drive with sightings of general game before guests were placed on a sunset drive from Numbi Gate returning to camp at 20h00pm.

27th January – After breakfast the day was a much better game viewing day with Lions on a Buffalo kill on the S112 but due to the long grass the sighting was not that brilliant.  Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo were also seen on the morning drive.  We made our way to Skukuza for a coffee break before making our way down Eloff Street where we found another Leopard sitting at the bottom of a Jackalberry tree and then proceeded to walk along the road towards Skukuza .  Sightings of Hippo , and more buffalo ere also seen along the way.  Lunch was enjoyed at Skukuza camp before we started on our way back to camp with more sightings of Rhino, Elephant and general game.  The afternoon was spent in camp with dinner being in the restaurant at 19h00m.

28th January-  This morning only general game was seen on the morning drive before we departed from the Kruger National Park and started making our way back to Johannesburg.  Tomorrow we depart on another Safari from Johannesburg with guests being collected from the Genesis Hotel in Fairmont.  Lets see what the next couple of days have to offer!  Till then ........................

Safari Starting 20th January Ending 23rd January

20th January – Route:  Numbi Gate to Pretoriuskop for lunch- Napi to the Broken road one kilometre past Transport Dam - back to Camp.
Dean picked up our clients at OR Tambo International airport and then headed for the Kruger National Park going through Numbi Gate. We stopped off at Pretoriuskop Camp for some lunch before heading out to see what the afternoon had to bring.   Sightings for the day were five sightings of elephant, kudu, impala, zebra, buffalo near the Napi trails camp, wild dog on the Napi boulders road and rhino. We then headed to the Camp of Nkambeni for the night.

21st January – Route: Nkambeni - Napi - Transport Dam
After  a  good breakfast we headed out to see what we could find. Sightings for the morning were   elephant, impala, buffalo and rhino. We then made a stop at Pretoriuskop Camp for a little break to freshen up before we headed out to Napi and shithave Dam where we saw waterbuck and a lot of bird species. We then slowly made our way to Numbi Gate as some of the clients were leaving us.
After lunch  we took a drive down Shabeni link to Albasini and back as well as doing shabeni loop, all we found were baboon, waterbuck, impala and kudu.

22nd January – Route: Nkambeni – Albasini – doispane - Paul Kruger Gate Road to Skukuza. 

We stopped off at Skukuza for a bit of a break before driving down Eloff Street and over the high water bridge and then on to Mahle Mahle Dam and back to Skukuza for lunch.  After lunch we then returned to Nkambeni  via Doispane.  Sightings for the day were Elephant, Cheetah, Buffalo, Impala, Kudu, Zebra, Wildebeest and Rhino.  A pretty poor day experienced with alot of road closures.

23rd January -  Our last day with guests was as follows:  Early morning breakfast at Nkambeni before going on a drive up to Transport Dam and back due to the bridge being destroyed just after Transport Dam.  Only sightings before departure were  a herd of Zebra and Impala.  We departed from Kruger at 10h00am and made our way back to Johannesburg.