Blogs from Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga , South Africa, Africa - page 8

Geo: -23.9561, 31.4416Up and did our usual early morning run and saw lots of hyena, hyena babies and even a very white baby. I had made a comment earlier about not seeing many hyenas and now we are seeing them everywhere.Came back and did our hour walk while we were cooking some black beans. Had grilled cheese and salad. Went for our evening drive. Saw a very nice nyala and continued down the road. All of a sudden heard a buck snort and the guineas start going wild. We stopped and backed up to see what was happening and saw another car stopped. Some people told us a leopard had just run across the road in front of them. We have learned to listen for the different animal alert signals when a predator is in the ... read more

Geo: -23.9561, 31.4416yoga, then leopard crossing by Olifants Bridge, waterhole with malachite kingfisher, saddlebill storks, and buffalo, visit with our neighborsGot up and decided to drive to the Olifants River and do our yoga. We got there and am sure we entertained some of the people as we stretched this way and that. Watched the crocs, hippos and elephants for awhile and Laura had seen some people go across from where we were parked and were laughing and so decided to see what they were looking at. There was a huge croc on a rock that was too small for him and he was hanging off both ends. So funny.An overland truck had pulled up on the other end of the bridge and they were having a wonderful time taking pictures of the whole group on ... read more

Geo: -23.9561, 31.4416In the last story, we had mentioned that we had been told there were lions back down Timbavati Road 2 km.So off we went to check it out. Of course, the safari guide had told the cars there at the intersection and so they were right behind us! Saw the lions on Robert's side of the road and they were resting in the sand quite peacefully. We took several pictures and then the female got up and flipped her tail and the male got up and followed her. We then assumed they were a mating pair. The people in the car next to us asked if we were going to follow them and we said no and so they moved ahead of us.We decided to drive down the road a bit and turn around ... read more

Geo: -23.9561, 31.4416Robert done a lot of research before we began this trip about the best service to use for data timeand it seemed that MTN was the answer. When we got to Kruger, it did not seem to work very well at all. we had talked to some of the workers and they told us Vodacom and we had gone to Koomatisport and gotten some but were out of data once again. But before, we go for data, we must enjoy the wildlife. Took the S 126 near Satara because there had been reports of wild dogs (painted wolves) along the road. We did not see any wolves but we did see three lions and then turned on the S35 and headed to a picnic area. This did not seem to be a very busy ... read more

Geo: -23.9561, 31.4416Got up and headed down one of the dirt roads that would eventually get us to one of the hides we had been to before. Stopped there for a breakfast of cereal and fruit in the hide enjoying watching the antics of the monkeys as they were warming up on the ends of the trees. There were a few birds flying about but it was fairly quiet.We then headed out and were stopped by a vehicle that told us where they had just seen some lions. So off we raced and found the place where there were two lions that were visible and did some moving about. We watched them for awhile and then moved on.We were driving along and Robert suddenly had me stop and there was a pearl spotted owl in the ... read more