On Safari With Dean Starting 14 May 2013

14 May 2013

Route: Out of Nkambeni - Numbi gate tar - Napi road - H3 - Quagga pan – Napi - Skukuza for a break.

Animals seen were elephant, buffalo, rhino, impala and kudu.

After our break at Skukuza we took a drive up the Tshokwane tar and onto the high water bridge and back down Elloff street to skukuza for a lunch break.

Animals seen were elephant, rhino, crocodile, hippo, impala and kudu.

After lunch, it was down Doispane to see if our leopard cubs were to be seen, but no luck so we made our way back to Napi road down the H3 to see if the lions had not come out, but no luck, so we made our way back to camp on Napi road.

Animals seen were elephant, rhino, impala, kudu and buffalo.

15 May 2013

After changing clients it was into Pretoriuskop for lunch and then out onto Napi road to see what we could find.

Route driven was Pretorouskop camp - Napi road - H3 - Quagga pan - Napi road - Nkambeni tented camp.

Animals seen were zebra, elephant, rhino, impala and kudu.

16 May 2013

Today the route driven was somewhat different for a change, we left camp and made our way down Albasini road – Doispane – watergat - Napi road - Transport Dam after hearing of a leopard about two kilometers past the dam junction - Skukuza camp for a break.

Animals seen were rhino, buffalo, elephant, impala, lions, two leopards, kudu and Klipspringer.

After our break, it was down the S114 onto little Jock road to Afsaal for lunch.

Animals seen were elephant, warthog, giraffe, impala and kudu.

After lunch it was up the H3 and onto Napi Road back to camp.

Animals seen were rhino, elephant, impala, kudu, waterbuck.

Dean then exits and re-enters the Park on the 21st May 2013

21 May 2013

Route: Numbi gate - Pretoriuskop camp for lunch - Napi road - H3 junction - back to camp.

Animals seen were impala, kudu, elephant, rhino, buffalo, giraffe and common reedbuck.

22 May 2013

Route: Albasini road – Doispane - Paul Kruger Gate road - Skukuza for a break.

Animals seen were buffalo, zebra, impala and kudu.

After our break, we drove down the S114 to Ngwatimiri road and went 6.6 km's down to a mating pair of lions and then back to Napi road, down Elloff street to the low water bridge and back to skukuza for lunch.

Animals seen were impala, kudu, warthog, mating pair of lions, elephant, crocodile, hippo, giraffe and buffalo.

After lunch it was back to camp on Napi road.

Animals seen were elephant, buffalo, impala, kudu and ground hornbills.

23 May 2013

Today guests went on a bush walk before leaving the Kruger National Park

Rhino Poaching Update

Rhino Poaching Update - The number of rhinos poached in South Africa since the beginning of the year now stands at 350. The Gauteng province lost its first rhino to poaching this year during the past week. http://bit.ly/18kFkWF

Rhino Rangers Up Their Game

Guerrilla tactics and clandestine intelligence gathering are being used in the fight against rhino poachers in the Kruger National Park. Follow the link for the full story http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/05/20/rhino-rangers-up-their-game 

SANParks Kruger National Park To Close Four Artificial Water Holes

@SANParksKNP to close four artificial water holes in the southern part of the park in the week of 27 - 31 May 2013. http://www.sanparks.org/about/news/default.php?id=55531

On Safari with Mark

17 May 2013

Route: Albaseni - Doispan - Napi - Nkambeni road - Fiya loop - back to camp

Animals seen:

1 female cheetah at cheetah pan walking parallel with the road( very relaxed as there was no other cars with us to bother it). Zebra, warthog, waterbuck, kudu, giraffe, bushbuck, steenbok, klipspringer, rhino, buffalo, many herds of elephant.

No sightings of Lions or leopards due to the drastic change in weather (very cold)

On camp road we had 2 female elephant, 1 sub adult and a very young baby
elephant. Brilliant sighting as the youngster discovers vegetation around it. (Ripping tree's and breaking plants everywhere it walked).

18 May 2013

Route: Napi - Tshokwane tar - Marola loop - Doispan - Albaseni - Nkambeni

Quiet day, with very few sightings of animals close to the road. Distant visuals of elephant, rhino and buffalo. Got a call from a college regarding mating lions and responded to it. 600m down marola loop we found the mating lions and spent some time with them.

After a late lunch we headed up doispan with great sightings of Kudu,buffalo, elephant, waterbuck, impala, steenbok, diukers, klipspringer's, warthog, giraffe, bushbuck, white back vultures and many various eagle's. 1kms from Albaseni junction we had 9 lions walk out in front of us and walked over road heading towards river road.

19 May 2013

Route: Napi - H3 - afsaal - Voortrekker - Albaseni - Doispan - Albaseni - Nkambeni camp

Animals seen today on the drive were:

Rhino, elephant, buffalo, kudu, giraffe, waterbuck, steenbok, diukers, hippo's, impala, zebra and warthog

Highlights of the day:

A herd (5) of sable antelope just past shithave, bull and cows all looking very healthy.
While on Napi, 7 wild dog came running past our open vehicle appr 300m past the boulders entrance. 1 of them was carrying a head of a male steenbok.

20 May 2013

Not much to report today as mark leaves the park with guests.

Keep watching for more updates!

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