On Safari With Amanda 18 April 2016

18 April 2016

Last day for my 2 lovely English guests as we headed out after breakfast for a drive.

Driving along the napi road we spotted an adorable baby giraffe, just standing looking at us and close by was his mum, giraffes are generally curious animals and always give us a good stare before continuing munching away on their food!

An update of lions feeding on an Elephant that had died of natural causes and we head off, there not more than 50m from the road was a young male lion feeding on the elephant, hidden out of view was another male lion resting. We sat and watched as the smell of the elephant was quite pungent! 

We decided to have a visit to shitlave dam where we came across over 100 buffalos drinking at the dam, amazing to see.

So now we are 3 after saying our goodbyes my remaining guests went for a siesta before their sunset drive, hopefully to return with stories of a wonderful drive.

On Safari With Amanda From 17 April 2016

17 April 2016

A new safari and new guests from Canada and the UK.

A gloriously sunny day in the park today as we left for an afternoon drive. 

First animals we came across were giraffe, top on my guests list of favorite animals.

We watched them browsing and munching away before they headed off out of sight.

A nice drive around the koppies and we spotted a couple of klipspringers resting on a rock. 

Zebras alarm calling and a couple of cars in front of us and we knew something exciting was there...we missed the leopard by minutes apparently! That's how it goes in the bush right time right place. We watched the adult zebras stand protectively around a young zebra and in the background was a lone wildebeest and buffalo!

An update from one of our guides informed me of wild dogs, 5 of them basking in the sun and they were still there when we arrived. Incredible to see as there are roughly only 250-300 left in the park.

So we headed back to camp after a very rewarding drive but not before a lone bull elephant prevented us from getting to the gate! We followed him as he ambled slowly along the dirt road before turning off and heading into the bush.

Tomorrow is another day in the Kruger and after a filling supper we all turn in for an early night.