24 January 2016
Arriving in
the Park with Ben and Marius a large cloud build was noticed and we began to
think the horrid drought of the last couple months may break but to no avail !
Little did we know what was going to happen on day 2!
The afternoon
drive consisted of no less than 13 mammal species, with the highlight being 2
beautiful male lions sighted very close to the road and they were followed
close to us on the move!!!
25 January 2016
Today setting
out at 4-30 am it was not long before rain started to fall and it almost
brought a rejoicing dance to most species from tiny to huge!
We counted 25
leopard tortoises drinking water off the tar road almost as if this was their
last chance of survival! Chameleons were also in abundance as well
as Duikers, Steenbok and Klipspringers coming to drink!
The morning
highlight was the Hyena clan in their absolute element charging around in the
rain!
Collecting
team USA brought us incredible luck with classic big 5 sightings! We actually
got Lion, W Rhino and Buffalo all within 200 m of each other!!!!
The highlight
however was the massive thunder, rain and lightening storm which hit at 16-55
pm!!!
This could be
the most welcomed rain Kruger has seen in a while and it lasted for 3 hours!!!!
Looking forward
to tomorrow!
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