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

Geo: -23.95, 31.117.Need pics of camp gateOne South African described Letaba as a paradise compared to the camps further south. It has big trees and lots of palms is scenic. We always enjoy camping there though.not much big game but lots of neat birds (goliath, saddlebill, maribou stork drove toward Mopani and saw a secretary birdWe have always enjoyed camping at Letaba but were a little worried this year because of the drought and would there be any water in the river when we got there. Letaba is usually the furthest north we go in the park to camp.Many of the South Africans we talked to said Letaba was a paradise compared to the parks further south. The landscaping around the campground is very lush compared to some of the others and there are some nice ... read more

Geo: 41.2119, 20.1181Heard lions during the night and in the early morning. We were #1 at the gate even though we had to break down and load up the car! Decided to head down to the Orpen waterhole and see what we could see.Were we ever rewarded. Walking across the road in front of us was a very nice maned male lion. He walked over to the waterhole and had a very long drink of water. As the day became brighter we could see more and more of this lion. Finished his drink of water and then started walking along the side of the road and then eventually moved out on to the main road where we and several other cars followed him for awhile before leaving him to his wandering.We saw some giraffe with the ... read more

Geo: -24.9854, 31.6018edOur first day was part game drive and a trip into Hazyview to try to find a table for our campsite. Rob did not have the one we have used before and we really missed having one for our campsite. We found out that shopping at the end/beginning of the month in a major city is a mistake because it seems everyone is out shopping. Did not find a table but did find the names of some possible places from a guy in one of the stores.The next day we were third at the gate and took off for the Phabeni road. Went to the place where we have seen leopard before but there was no one and then down Waterhole road one of our favorite roads in the park. There were cars stopped ... read more