Blogs from Komatipoort, Mpumalanga , South Africa, Africa

Geo: -25.4498, 31.9633 Did another early morning drive on the S28 and got to see elephant, zebra, kudu and wildebeest and two rhino. While on the S28, did have some other nice sightings as well as a safari driver doing something inappropriate. There was a very large elephant very close to the road and people were stopped to let it make its decision as to what it was going to do. The safari driver came up very close to the elephant and gunned his engine. The elephant trumpeted his displeasure, flapped his ears and made a step forward before moving off. Not cool at all, and things could have gone wrong in a hurry.Were heading back to Lower Sabie when there was a jam and we finally got where we could see what was there in ... read more

Geo: -25.4498, 31.9633Drove down to check on the Phabeni leopard as we call it and did not see it and were thinking about driving off when all of a sudden across the road, there it was. Finally the leopard must have come through the gully and appeared on the side where we usually see it. Had a stick in its mouth and was playing with it much like a young animal then moved up the tree and appeared to be trying to get to a warm spot and then wandered off. We were able to see most of this by ourselves.On the way to Pretorioskop saw a male and female lion and two leopards before checking in and washing clothes. Pretorioskop has a very nice laundry facility with lots of space to hang your clothes out ... read more

Geo: -25.4498, 31.9633Drove the S28 in hopes of finding the cheetah mother and cubs that have been seen on this road. There was information in Kruger Sightings that gave the number of km from the north or the south entrance of the road. We tried both directions and ran into people that had seen the cheetah that morning....................but had disappeared from sight.We did have a wonderful sighting as we were leaving the S28. There were impala stotting. Now what is that? Behavior where the impala lifts all four feet off the ground at once and in this case they kicked the back feet higher in the air before they landed. One after another, the females did this, sometimes several of them at once in a line. It was so nice to watch. Looked up stotting in ... read more