On safari With Amanda From 6 October 2016

6 October 2016

After a very successful full day yesterday we decided to take it easy and do a morning and afternoon drive.

A little bit chilly, but, with temperature set to reach 36° you could feel the warmth in the air.

Along the road we came across a herd of zebras with the smallest foal I'd ever seen it was totally adorable, sticking very close to its mum. We watched for a while moving off onto one of the dirt roads. Lovely giraffes, Donnas favorite, and nice elephants. 

After lunch and a siesta we headed to mestle dam and saw lovely fish eagles and hippos. A very scenic drive, Donna happy to chat and take in the amazing scenery.

7 October 2016

Our last drive this morning and it was a stunningly warm morning. 

On one of the roads we watched a small herd of Elephants cross, the baby running quickly after its mum! It's just nice to sit and watch these beautiful animals. Further down we saw a mother rhino and it's calf and behind them in the distance a herd of sable antelope.  

Lots of birds on our trip.... bateleur eagles, lilac breasted rollers, tawny eagles, blue waxbill and glossy starlings amongst others.

I dropped Lesley and Donna off for their panorama tour after a lovely time in the best place on earth.

On safari With Gert 28 September 2016

28 September 2016

After an early breakfast and loading luggage we left on a short morning drive as our guests were leaving today. The morning started off well with a 3 very large and grumpy looking old Buffalo bulls.

We then received word of a Leopard in the area and made our way to were it was spotted. Our luck was in, as it was still lying on a rock, fairly distant but out in the open; a large male soaking up the early morning sun through the wispy cloud cover!

Then more luck as we also found 3 lionesses basking on top of a nearby rocky outcrop - a brilliant end to a short and sweet Safari!

It was then time to bid farewell to Cesar and Sarah and welcome 5 new guests, also New Yorkers!

After checking in we went out on afternoon drive and got lucky, finding the same 3 lionesses, but by now it was time for them to wake up and start moving around. We had a brilliant sighting as they woke up, stretching, yawning and lazily playing around on the rocks, before getting down very close to us and playing around in the grass before setting off to wherever it was their instincts told them for their nightly prowl, a fitting end to a great day on Safari!

On Safari With Stuart From 24 September 2016

24 September 2016

The highlight of the morning was the Giraffes Katie just loved them.

The highlight of the afternoon was the Elephants at the drinking hole where they were interacting with one another.

25 September 2016

The highlight of the morning was a pangolin, 2 x leopards and the Giraffes Katie just loved them too. The highlight of the afternoon was a breeding herd of Elephants crossing the road in front of the vehicle.

On Safari With Robbie From 7 September 2016

7 September 2016

Its not often that one can add sightings immediately to an " all time great list " but as I left Sable dam today at 14:35pm this occurred:

1) At this waterhole at this time there was an overall head count of 200  plus Elephant!

2) Never have I seen so many breeding herds coming down to drink at the same time at different angles of Sable dam!

3) To top it all 15 Bulls were swimming in the deeper section of the dam!

4) No ... never will I experience this again and the gratefulness of G and Antwanette was incredible!!

A day of the mighty Elephant yet again!

From a very hot Olifants camp we say Goodnight!!

8 September 2016

Starting off today I was thinking that as we were heading south that Cats were my priority !

But as usual on safari much changes and we were pleasantly surprised at the amount of Zebra and Giraffe we saw along the way.

Then out of nowhere out of some thickets popped 2 Black Rhino who were quite long distance but a fantastic sighting!!

However the sighting of the day occurred when at the Gudzane windmill a female Cheetah crossed the road with her 4 beautiful young cubs behind her!!!

This rates 100/100 in my book and it stayed top sighting of the day!!

Tomorrow we head up to Mopani so literally cant wait!!

9 September 2016

Today was yet again Elephant day with sightings beyond ones wildest dreams of the big Pachyderms!

Too boot on Night safari the ever enthusiastic Brazalians saw 12 Spotted Hyena last night and Side Striped Jackals!

We also had a great sighting of some Tsessebe as well today!

Tonight’s night safari starting at 8 pm is normally a good 1 so lets hold thumbs!!!

Until tomorrow from the awesome Mopani camp!

10 September 2016

Due to really unusual cold weather ( 17 degrees ) we basically saw Elephants most of the morning and beautiful Giraffe herds!!

We wish the Sao Paulo guests a safe trip home and look forward to your return adventure!

On Safari With Mark From 9 August 2016

9 August 2016

After receiving my Clients at Nelspruit airport, we set off for the Kruger to overnight at Berg en Dal.

One of the highlights for the afternoon drive happened literally 100m from the gate, when a herd of elephants walked out over the road on their way to water. Amazing to sit and watch these graceful creatures as they ambled along, looking after their young while crossing the road.

After this we spotted 10 buffalo Bulls together, just lying enjoying the late afternoon sun. Once we had great photos, we drove into camp where my clients could enjoy a stroll around the perimeter fence.

10 August 2016

While loading luggage at the camp my guests called me and asked for me to take a photo of them. I didn't quiet know what the rush was, but after agreeing and walking to them, I found them against the perimeter fence with 2 large elephant bulls literally 5m away from them.

This was a great shot and both were happy as it was 1 animal that they came to Africa to see.

Our following highlight was of 2 male lions that were spotted sleeping after an early morning stroll. Eventually, these two looked up and got up and walked parallel with the road. Guests got great photos of these 2 senior males.

On our way to camp, we received a tip from the public about 2 cheetah. Although quiet a distance from the road, both picked their heads up every now and then providing distant but nice photo opportunities.

With happy moods we booked into our camp for the rest of the safari.

Guests on sundown drive this afternoon.