19 April 2015
A start of a
new tour and the first activity was the sundowner drive, a nice relaxing way to
start the tour and experience Kruger later in the evening. were buffalo,
elephant, impala, klipspringer and hippo.
20 April 2015
This morning
was a cold start and soon the cold turned to a thick cover of fog. Only being
able to see fifteen meters in front kind of limits the ability to find animals
and for the first thirty minutes nothing was spotted. As the fog cleared we
found our first highlight.
Found by a
colleague we found ourselves surrounded by a pack of African wild dog. The pack
was very active and wherever we looked, left or right, in front or behind we could
see dogs. The dogs weren't concerned with the cars and would just run along
side the vehicle giving us plenty of time to get that perfect photo.
The second
highlight happened fairly soon after as we found a clan of hyena, again all
around us the number of animals was in the double digits. Big and small
interacting with each other around us. Such was their comfort with us a smaller
hyena decided to have a little nibble on the back of my vehicle which got him a
little reprimand from me. Nevertheless a great sighting.
Other animals
seen today were elephants, rhino, buffalo, zebra, kudu, waterbuck, impala,
giraffe, warthog, sable, vervets and hippo.
Birds seen
include lilac breasted rollers, blacksmith lapwings, fish eagle, cape glossy
starlings, red and yellow-billed hornbills and red-billed oxpeckers.
