3 October 2016
After
checking in at our camp, Lawrence, Stacey and I started off with our first
drive in Kruger.
Our
first animal was spotted by Stacey, a big herd of Impalas grazing along the
road from there I was happy to discover that anything small and fluffy will
make her happy and Lawrence who’s favorite animal is an Elephant had no
expectations therefore we saw loads.
We found
masses of those two species and in between were surprised by a lot of pregnant
Zebra's and Kudu's with the rainy season approaching.
4 October 2016
They
definitely brought the cold weather with them from the UK but that luckily
didn't keep the animals from appearing close to the road.
Our
highlights was the two teenage White Rhinos who we could watch for quite a
while and then see them cross the road.
Later we
were surrounded by a huge herd of Buffalo's. Then the amazing spot by Stacey
was a incredible female leopard lying on a termite mound in the shade of a Jackal
berry waiting for the sun to go down. Keeping a watchful eye on any snack that
might stroll by unaware of her.
5 October 2016
Early
in the morning while the doe was still on the grasses we got a heads up on 2
cheetahs and being my first in a while we had some celebrations on the vehicle
early on. We visited the river areas of the Reserve and there in the heat of
the day we found them watching a Stampede of Elephants playing in the water
even climbing on top of one another.
Our
day ended with a pair of Lions mating in the open.
6 October 2016
Our
last few hours together we got to add a few new species to our adventure which
were a baby Reedbuck with mom, a Martial eagle, a Rock Monitor and a Blue
Headed Agama.
All in
all nature did not disappoint us.
