Blogs from Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga , South Africa, Africa - page 13

We had a great time in Kruger National Park and we saw lots of wildlife, including countless rhino, which completed our "Big Five". However, I do think we were a bit spoiled by our introduction to safari in Botswana. In Kruger, we had to rely on our own spotting skills and we had to remain on the marked roads. This meant that if there was a cheetah relaxing in a thicket even several meters away from the road, we would never see it (cheetahs are a bit of a sore spot because we still haven't seen one, even though it's the leopard that is supposed to be the hardest big cat to find). We relied on the wildlife that came to us, rather than tracking the wildlife by sound, terrain and even bird alarm calls, as ... read more

Rounding up the end of our venture we finally departed Cape Town after a week of beauty and headed through Johannesburg towards White River to reach our final destination...Kruger National Park. Our hotel lay on the outskirts of this large National sanctuary in a town known as White River. Surrounding us? A whole lot of nothing. We enjoyed a late dinner of local spreads and meats and readied ourselves for the 5am wake up call to board the bus into wilderness. We were awoken before sunrise and grabbed our gear to go. For not being much of a morning ray of sun, I was smiling and truly ecstatic. I had dreamed of the day I could encounter the wild at an arm's length. As we passed nearby villages I was taken in by the locals walking ... read more

After leaving Pezulu it was just a short drive to Kruger National Park. We took a slow meandering game drive through the park towards Skukuzu – the site where we checked in for our walking safari. The awesome thing about driving through Kruger is the excitement of never knowing what you are going to see. One thing we didn’t realize is that the animals come so close to the vehicles. We didn’t expect that at all… The thing is though – they just look at the vehicles as some big nosy other animal and don’t really pay them any mind. So you really get to see some of them so close- it is awesome! We saw so many animals in Kruger that it is hard to list them all – during the game drive that ... read more

M – The series of photos that follow are of a pride of lions moving through the bush and crossing the road in front of a growing group of tourists led by a Lioness. What was again amazing to me was how the lions give absolutely no indication at all that they know us tourists are amongst them other than to walk nonchalantly around our parked vehicles. They obviously can both see and smell us but at no time did a single lion give any acknowledgement of our presence other than a general stare in our direction. Again the silent communication between the members of the pride was fascinating as they took it in turns to move through the bush keeping a sentry posted at the front and rear during the movements. To answer the question ... read more

Hey everyone, This was from Kruger National park.... we missed grandma and grandpa lots here, knowing they were here before, and again like so many other places in south africa, we know why they loved it so much! Love, Randi and Quinn xo... read more