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Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Hazyview June 24th 2016

Geo: -25.0557, 31.1318Out for early morning game drive and saw a game drive vehicle moving back and forth on the road and we watched to see what was going on. He circled back around and told us there had been a black rhino and it had gone down toward the river.We tried to find a place where the bank made it easy for the rhino to come out and also for us to see it. All of a sudden the black rhino came out on the road. Was huge! He came across the road and disappeared to the other side. Luckily for us, it was where there was a side road that ran parallel to the tar road. We raced around and got to the point where we saw the rhino munching away on some branches. ... read more
Black Rhino at surnise
Black Rhino at surnise
Black Rhino at surnise

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Hazyview June 23rd 2016

Geo: -25.0557, 31.1318We are once again, behind in our stories and so some of the entries are run together or in this case something exciting like a leopard in a tree and has been given a story line of its own.From looking at the pictures, this appears to be the leopard we saw toward the end of the evening drive. There was an animal jam and people told us it was a leopard in a tree. The problem was people at one end of the jam were looking one way and people at the other end were looking the other way. So which was it?? Finally we talked to a couple who asked if we could see the leopard. No, well it is very hard to see but you can see from where we are........it is ... read more
Leopard in Tree, Very Hard To See
Leopard in Tree, Very Hard To See
Leopard in Tree, Very Hard To See

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Komatipoort June 22nd 2016

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
Full moon before sunrise
Full moon Over South Africa
Sunrise and we are out looking for animals

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Skukuza June 20th 2016

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
A day at the beach!
Toroise ! Watch out, hurry across big guy!
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Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Skukuza June 19th 2016

Geo: -24.9854, 31.6018Moving from Satara to Lower Sabie which is a fairly long drive. The road down to Tsokhwane was very quiet as far as the "hairly scaries" went. Went to the overlook to see what the water looked like and things were fairly dry. In fact, we did not see any animals moving in the distance which is very unusual.Did see four ostrich, and one of those nice to see antelopes, the reedbuck. Do not see them very often. We also were entertained by five ground hornbill moving through the grass and then some double banded sandgrouse which are also very rare for us.Continued driving and came upon a very big elephant on the side of the road. Stopped to watch him and he passed behind our car very close but we were being very ... read more
Great sighting of Reedbuck !
Great sighting of Reedbuck !
Great sighting of Reedbuck !

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Skukuza June 18th 2016

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
Whoa, there's a hyena
Whoa, there's a hyena
Leopard Eating an Impala Before Sunrise

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Skukuza June 17th 2016

Geo: -24.9982, 31.5921drive timbavati road leopard crosses road and elephant goes on a rampagealso before that the giraffe using tongue to pull down leaves to eat.The day was overcast and windy but we decided to head down Timbavati Road to see what we could see. We really do love this road even though it seemed to be quiet that morning. We did see elephant, tawny eagle and ostrich as we were heading down the road.We also got to see a giraffe using its tongue to reach up and pull down leaves. It was interesting to see how long the tongue was and the ability to use it to his benefit. Also got to enjoy four ground hornbill walking down the road.Came to a traffic jam and people told us there was a leopard that had killed ... read more
tiny antelope
eagle
Ostrich

Africa » South Africa » Limpopo » Hoedspruit June 17th 2016

Geo: -24.349, 30.9542After a great morning, we went back to the camp and decided we would sign up for a sunset drive. The cost was about 255 rand or $17 a person. Starts at 4pm and runs until 7pm. Our driver/guide checks us all in and takes us to the vehicle. It is one of those big vehicles but the nice thing is there are two seats, aisle, two seats all the way to the back of the vehicle. We did not know it when we started the drive, but they have two spotlights, one use by driver on the right hand side and one by one of the customers on the left. Right as we were leaving, a man came up to the driver and told him about a kill "a short distance up the ... read more
"If you want  Big Harry Scary Things Let Me Drive"
"If you want  Big Harry Scary Things Let Me Drive"
"If you want  Big Harry Scary Things Let Me Drive"

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Skukuza June 15th 2016

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
Leopard nightwalks just before daybreak
Leopard nightwalks just before daybreak
Leopard nightwalks just before daybreak

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Skukuza June 14th 2016

Geo: -24.9895, 31.5857black rhino browsing gray headed parrot black back jackal all on the way to the grocery store in Hazyview and thenback to the waterhole where there are about 8 elephant joustingdinner at restaurant where visit with girl that is a researcher hlreUp and out the gate. We were going back into Hazyview to get some Vodacom data bundles since the MTN does not seem to be working very well or is extremely slow. But before we could head to Hazyview, drove down the road toward Lower Sabie. Boy, were we glad we did.There was a car stopped and thought they were just looking at their map when looked to the right and there was a black rhino! He was right by the side of the road and was browsing on the branches beside him. ... read more
One of earth's rarest most endangered creatures
One of earth's rarest most endangered creatures
One of earth's rarest most endangered creatures




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