5 February 2015
The start of a
new tour and after meeting in Nelspruit we entered the Kruger through Phabeni
gate.
Our first
highlight was a small family of elephants. Although they were hidden a little
by the thatching grass this was our first elephant sighting of the tour. One of
the females also had a very small calf who hadn't got even close to mastering
how to use its trunk.
The best
sighting, though, happened right at the last moment. After getting a call from
Mark we headed down to a wild dog sighting. Just as we arrived they got up and
seemed as if they were going to move out of sight deeper into the grass. But we
hung around getting a few brief glimpses when suddenly we noticed a couple more
who had moved onto the road behind us. We turned the vehicle and were now faced
with about seven of the dogs who were now standing in the road.
We spent about
ten minutes at this rare sighting before time forced us to leave and we made
our way down to Skukuza, our rest camp for the night.
Other animals
seen include impala, buffalo, zebra, kudu, waterbuck, hippo, leopard
tortoise and a very prickly porcupine who tried to take cover from the rain in
the restaurant!!! Unfortunately he had made no reservation and so was turned
away!!!
Birds included
the grey go away bird, grey heron, black stork, Egyptian geese, woodland
kingfisher and many more.
