Blogs from Mpumalanga , South Africa, Africa - page 10

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

Geo: -24.9895, 31.5857g baam drive did huge loop and saw 9 lions out on the main roadevening drive s100 to picnic area a d then tomjerry road and saw 3 lions hunting and then at end in the dusk 5 cheetah lying downGot up and decided to drive one of our favorite roads; the Timbavati road. We left out of the gate and took the road toward Orpen and then turned off onto the Timbavati road. It is a dirt road and it goes through many different types of landscape. There is an open plain in the beginning and then the scrub trees and views of the river, followed by larger trees and other interesting vegetation. One of our favorite pull outs is at the beginning of the road. We pull all the way down to ... read more