On Safari From 25 August 2014

25 August 2014

We picked up guests from the Protea Hotel OR Tambo close to the airport and made our way out of Johannesburg onto Nelspruit.

Upon arriving in Nelspruit, we made our way to the change over point. After changing from the closed vehicle into one of our open safari vehicles we made our way to the Kruger National Park on the last leg of the journey.

Upon arriving at Nkambeni Safari Camp, clients were checked in and given chance to have lunch and a rest, before leaving on a game drive at 15h30.

We left the camp and made our way up the Numbi Road getting good sightings of impala, kudu, buffalo and common duiker. We turned onto the Napi Road and made our way in the direction of The Napi Boulders getting more sightings of impala, kudu, zebra, common duiker, buffalo and elephant.

At around 17h30, we made our way back to the Nkambeni Safari Camp for the night, guests enjoyed dinner and then retired to bed.

26 August 2014

It was up early this morning, leaving the camp on route for the picnic spot of afsaal.

We made our way down the Numbi Road and onto the Napi Road getting good sightings of buffalo, impala, kudu, warthog, zebra, as short distance down the Napi Road we came across a large herd of buffalo, carrying on down to afsaal for a break the following was spotted, impala, kudu, buffalo, elephant, wildebeest, warthog and hyena.

After enjoying a break at Afsaal picnic spot, we made our way back in the direction of Nkambeni Safari Camp getting much the same animals throughout with the exception of a couple of extra bird species.

Guest were given the break to enjoy lunch and due to it been a hot day, some rest time before leaving on the game drive at 15h30.

We made our way out on the afternoon drive deciding to go around circle road, we were able to get great sightings of impala, kudu, waterbuck, giraffe, common duiker and stenbuck, before returning to the camp at 17h30 for guests to have a good dinner, and a chance to have a good rest.

27 August 2014

This morning it was back out on the road early going down the Albasini Road and then onto the Doispane Road in the direction of the main camp called Skukuza. On the drive good sightings of elephant, impala, kudu, warthog, hippo, common duiker and stenbuck were seen.

After a break at the camp of Skukuza was enjoyed, we made our way out of camp, getting a radio message that there was some lions lying on the Alpha Loop, we made our way in that direction, getting a good sighting of the two females lying in the river line watching some buffalo.

After enjoying the sighting, we made our way around the triangle and then it was back to skukuza getting great sightings of elephant, buffalo, vervet monkeys, kudu, impala and more hippo. We decided to make our way back to the Nkambeni Safari Camp, so guests could get a chance to have lunch and a rest before going out on a game drive in the late afternoon.

We left camp at 16h00, going up the Numbi Road and the onto Shabeni Kopies, were little was seen. We then went onto the other side around the camp of Pretoriuskop, getting great sightings of a buffalo herd as well as impala, kudu, warthog, common rheedbuck, hippo and elephant. We returned back to camp getting in just before 18h00.

28 August 2014

Today after enjoying breakfast, it was back out on the road, getting numerous good sighting of large elephant bulls, as well as numerous sightings of buffalo as well as large kudu bulls.

We then made our way in the direction of Numbi Gate, in order to travel back to Nelspruit, change over vehicles and then it was onto Johannesburg, arriving at the guests hotel at 15h00.

Feedback was that the guests enjoyed the safari.