27 April 2015
As we drove
towards the KNP for a new safari it was a race against the rain clouds.
They started
behind us but came dangerously close. Eventually they caught us but as we had
just arrived at the gate of the park, we got about ten minutes of light rain
and then it had blown over. However we didn't let it bother us, as we had
arrived in The Kruger! And it gave us some nice pictures if the purple colours
in the sky as well as some massive lightning show! Our highlight of our short
afternoon drive was the time spend at Shitlhave Dam. Here we saw plenty of
waterbucks to start with, including a female in heat that kept on having to
fight off the males who were about to mount her. Secondly a hippo was bobbing
up and down inside the dam. A buffalo was snoozing on the other side and we
also saw woolly-necked storks, Egyptian geese, a grey heron and a herd of
impalas as we were leaving the dam.
On the road we
had also seen vervet monkeys and another herd of impalas where the male was
doing his best to impress the females in his herd. We came across a few cars
standing still and we were told a leopard had just crossed but now they
couldn't see it anymore. We parked at an open spot between the high grasses up
the road and waited with baited breath. Maybe we were in luck and she would pop
out right there... But after scouting around and staring in full anticipation
we still hadn't seen her. We suspected she had taken a different route than we
were hoping for and decided to go towards Nkambeni Safari Camp, our lodge for
tonight.
Now after dinner
it is dark but stars are visible so it is clearing up. While the southern
white-faced owl is singing in a tree nearby and the hyenas are calling out we
say goodnight and we look forward to another day!
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