Blogs from Skukuza, Mpumalanga , South Africa, Africa

Geo: -24.9854, 31.6018Out the gate and head down the gravel road near the T junction to see if the leopard is to be found. No leopard so head on down toward the Lower Sabie bridge. Stop at one of the pull outs and see a very beautiful Goliath heron down in the water.Then here come seven lions walking down the middle of the road. We think they may be the same group of young lions we saw a year earlier at this very same spot. Follow them and then they turn around and we are now right beside them and the largest of the young males makes a move toward our car. Fortunately was like a elephant false charge!Back to check out the leopard that was hanging out at the gully near the T junction to ... read more

Geo: -24.9854, 31.6018Decided to go into Koomatiport and try our luck with Vodacom data bundles since MTN is not working for us. Saw three rhino on our way out of the park. We also saw some giraffe necking as well as a giant eagle owl. Koomatiport is the easiest city to get to leaving the park. It is very close to the park and it is mainly fields of cane on the way to town and so it is easy in and out!Did our shopping and were back in the park in time to fix lunch. Went on afternoon drive and decided to head up toward Lubyelubye bridge and test our luck. There was a sighting jam and sure enough there were six lions strung out on the sand down in the river. One VERY big ... read more

Geo: -24.9854, 31.6018lions and elephants close to each otherday leopard in tree 5:31 in the gate Since we knew where there was a leopard down the road, we headed in that direction in hopes of finding the leopard there a day later. But as we are heading down the road, there is a lion very close to the side of the road. It is kind of tricky in the early morning because it is still dark at 6:00am when the gate opens and so you have to be careful and be looking for things sitting on the side of the road like this lion.Got to the place where the leopard kill was and were able to be a good position to watch the show. It was a male impala he had killed and at one point ... read more

Geo: -24.9895, 31.5857y two leopards as we leave skukuza lions with cdubs on roadthen 9 adults with four cub spread out on hillside and then one female and another start to hunt, first try an impala and then there is a buffalo in bushes near cars lined up watching, and then he starts to head down to where lions were and then....................further down see a male and female thinking about mating then off to eat on a carcass........pull it further in bushesevening drive quiet but did see some strange zebra smiling behavior and then a kori bustardPacked ourselves up and were still at the gate before it opened! Were heading to Satara but decided to do the gravel road by the river before heading up to Satara. Right before we got to the road, there was ... read more

Geo: -24.9895, 31.5857Get packed up and on the road and headed to Skukuza. Decided to take the tar road because would be the quickest route based on road conditions. The speed limit on the tar roads is 50kmph and on the secondary roads if 40kmph so observing the speed limits does make a difference. While planning this trip had read on SanParks forum about the death of a cheetah by a speeding automobile and did not want to be a part of this.Even driving the tar roads, you get to see quite a bit and this particular day proved to be an example of a great day on the tar roads! Took a quick drive down the road to the Sweni Dam but there were no elephants in sight but there were some hyena with a ... read more