Living My Dream – Week 24

And another amazing week in Kruger with what I believe to be some of my best pics taken to date (together with the Cheetah of course!)  The week started off slow with lots of Elephants, Rhino and the general game of Kudu, Impala, Giraffe, Blue Wildebeest etc…

On Monday I only did the loops around camp, Matjulu, Steilberg and back on the tar road to camp.  At Matjulu WH, which is only a few km from camp I found this White Fronted Bee Eater posing nice for a picture!

White Fronted Bee Eater

On Wednesday was the birthday of my husband and I really wanted to find something special for him… and did I find something special!  I only left camp late that morning, but so glad I did… First up the first ever sighting for me of a Black Rhino!

Black Rhino

and then another one that has eluded me, well I have only seen 2 in all my life in Kruger, but this one stopped for a pic… A Side Striped Jackal!

Side Striped Jackal

And then my sighting of the week!  A Leopard in a tree close to the road!

LIT on alert

And then the Impalas came around and in a flash she was up!

LIT not taking her eyes of the prey

And with a last look at me, she jumped down and was not seen again!  A great sighting and it must be the highlight of my week!

A last goodbye

And so great sightings at BnDal came to an end.  I have moved to a new camp, Malelane, which is a very small camp with only 5 bungalows and 15 campsites..and a great camp it is, but I will tell you about it next week.  Now its time to go to sleep and I hope you enjoyed the pics tonight!

Until next week,

Martie

About Martie

I have been given the opportunity to live my dream. I am staying for a year in the Kruger National Park (started in May 2009) and sharing all my experiences on the SANParks' blog.