Greetings from Kruger once again! A great week with many exciting sightings, but most of all the weather was great! Kruger got some much needed rain and its a most welcome relieve from the heat.
As you know I left PKop on Monday and moved to BergnDal. A camp situated appr. 12km from Malelane Gate. The camp is situated on the banks of the Matjulu river and is surronded by mountains. A favorite of many who come to Kruger!
It took me a while to set up camp as the first spot I had was not level and really on a slope. I will not go into the whole story, but let me just mention that the caravan took me for a walk!! I was a bit bruised and very blue for a few days, but once you get out on the road and have awesome sightings its all forgotten.
My trip down here set the scene for what was to come! Not even at BergnDal yet and I found a LIT (Leopard in Tree).
Its really very difficult to sit at a sighting with the caravan in tow, as you are taking up so much space and I think its really rude to take away from the other visitors trying to see! I did not stay long and left as I still had to get to camp and set up! Then just a few km from the gate, a LOG (Leopard on Ground). Really awesome to see 2 leopards in 1 day (Many ppl come to Kruger and have not seen a leopard for years…not sure why Kruger is so kind to me to show me so many)!
Camp got set up and I was really happy with my day… I had to go to town to stock up on supplies, but could not get myself to leave Kruger so soon after arriving at BnD… so I decided to wait… when you leave the camp, you have 2 ways to travel… either down the tar road towards the main Malelane Gate, or you could take the gravel road down to Matjulu Waterhole and over Steilberg… I decided to travel down the tar road… what a good decision… lions all over the place… and not just lions, but mating pairs.
These 2 were so fascinated by the cars that they forgot to mate! Its an amazing experience to be so close to these beautiful creatures!
I then had to go to town as I had a problem with the car and had no choice…. so off I went… luckily Malelane Town is only a few km away, got the car sorted out… some bolt broke off somewhere on the wheel, now sure where… and I could also use the time to do some shopping… fresh vegs, bread and meat…
Kruger has always got something to show you, it might be a usual sighing of Impala, Elephant, Buffalo, Zebra, Giraffe… etc. but then one day, you get one of the rare ones… and I was just so glad to see another one of Krugers special and rare ones… Wilddogs
And with last pic of the wilddogs, I wish you all a good week ahead… I should have been in bed ages ago. In Kruger you get up early and go to bed early… the animals dont wait for you!!!
With that you can see what an amazing week I had…
Until next week
Martie
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