Blogs from Skukuza, Mpumalanga , South Africa, Africa - page 4

Geo: -24.9854, 31.6018Out the gate and decided to take the Mondolovi loop for a change of direction. We decided to take the road toward the picnic area at around 6:20 a.m. and all of a sudden see two cheetahs walking along the edge of the road. Wow! We watched them head off hunting, climbing on mounds to check things out and just doing regular cheetah like things. We were not alone in watching them and it was kind of funny because we would all move forward and then stop as the cheetahs moved along. We watched them for over 30 minutes and then they lay down and we decided to go to the picnic area and fix some cereal for breakfast. Could see cars still watching the area where we had last seen the cheetahs so ... read more

Geo: -24.9854, 31.6018Fifth ones out the gate this morning. First thing we saw were some hyenas sniffing the ground, looking up and appearing to be one the track of something. They ran off into the bush and we could not see what they were after. One of them had a collar on which we found interesting.Robert made a good spot of a giant eagle owl that we got to enjoy for a short while. Then we saw another hyena but this one behaved in a most unusual way! It came walking up to our car sniffing the front, then the tires and came over and looked in my window. It did not seem to be afraid of us and definitely did not look fierce at all! I thought for a minute it was going to put ... read more

Geo: -24.9854, 31.6018Up and ready for adventure even though it was raining. We decided to take a road to a waterhole but there was not much happening there. We were not able to continue on the road because it was blocked off. We went back and took another side road which turned out to be a great adventure road. Glad we have experience on this kind of road.We were coming down off a hill when Robert saw a bird fly into a tree and signaled for me to stop the vehicle. It was a pearl spotted owlet! They are very tiny and have what looks like eyes on the back of their head! Spent a little bit of time watching it as it was looking around. Came off the road and headed back to camp. As ... read more

Geo: -24.9854, 31.6018Fire !!!!! Two years ago here in Kruger we experienced a power surge that fried the power adapter for my Dell laptop. We asked around here at Skukuza and as was suggested we Drove to a town outside the park, Malelane. They had one with many tips but did not have one with adaptor for our model. Drove on into Nelspruit to a mall and they had one. We bought a 220 V surge protector cube as well. Just now Laura shouted and I looked down, thedamn 110 plug end of the power adaptor we bought two years ago was actually aflame, as in on fire. This time hope to find one in nearby Hazy View. Just went in to get more internet data bundles on Monday. Good news is, since Monday....the ... read more

Geo: -24.9854, 31.6018No more meat pies! We had been to Hazyview the day before and Robert had a meat pie for lunch and by the early this morning was not feeling so well.We were up for our early morning drive and were treated to a large and very powerful looking rhino come running past our car as we were driving down Waterhole road. We finished our drive down Waterhole and decided to head back and were treated to some wonderful mongoose on the side of the road. We also were stopped by a group of game drive vehicles looking at something. We finally got a sighting and it was a klipspringer perched on a rock. These are tiny little antelopes that perch on the tips of their hooves and are so very cute to watch.Back to ... read more