Living My Dream Weeks 26, 27 & 28

Good Morning to all of you again….Im back!  I had a very special visitor for the last 3 weeks, My Husband came to visit, and understandably I spent every single available minute with him!  It was great to see him again after 170 days and I think I love him more than ever before!!

We stayed at a private lodge, Shishangeni, Camp Shonga for the first 3 days of his visit…then had the priviledge of staying at the Bushmans Trail camp for a weekend and then it was back to the caravan at Crocodile Bridge camp for the remainder of the time.  CBridge is a small camp with only 15 camping site, 10 bungalows and I think 8 safari tents at the bottom part of Kruger.  A real magic camp that I must say is one of the cleanest and most looked after camps so far!  People there really take so much pride in what they do and how ppl experience Kruger!

I willdo a quick blog and show you the magic that Kruger had on the menu for both of us!  Although I still love the experience of being in Kruger everyday, it was such a thrilling experience to share it with my husband.  I must thank the animals and Kruger for making it just so special.

I will post the pics what I think were special and next week I will be back with a full report of my stay at LSabie!

Lioness

These lions had caught a buffalo and were just so full…and the cubs were adorable to watch!

Lion Cub

We also had the priviledge of seeing lions on the hunt…you must have patience and just wait and look for the signs…unfortunately they were not succesfull, but still such a thrilling experience..

Lion chasing Impala

The birds did take a bit of a backseat during this time, not because I did not want to see them, but they stayed away!  This secretary birds was a nice sighting..and always so nice to see them in the open!

Secretary Bird

My husbands absolute fav animals are the Rhino’s…unfortunately we did not see a Black one…but this little baby was just so cute…he chased the cars and then decided it was better to run along our car…maybe we looked a bit scary!

White Rhino

And the usual Hyena…they are just so comical…Im not sure how or what they think, but everytime I see one it looks a bit lost!

Hyena

Obviously I wanted to show him the Leopards…and we got these 2…really nice to show him and you!!

Leopard in Tree

and this one who came to finish the last of her/his meal in a tree next to the road!

Leopard with Impala kill

And this time of the year, with the rains arriving..its also time for the Impala lambs to arrive.  We were just so lucky to see a few of them…this pic of one that I think was about a week or so old!

Impala Lamb

and last but certainly not least…the very elusive Cheetahs..only about 150 odd of them in Kruger..and it was very special to see them 2 times…first pic of this one that almost made us late for the gate closing time!!!

And I have now tried for the last 10hrs to post this blog and its way after midnight..if it does not work now you will have to wait for the pic…and the awesome sighting on Leopards and cubs next Sunday…

Cheetah

So this one worked…lets see the last of this time I had with my husband….and the rest wont..so I will have to bring you those and the wilddogs on Sunday…really too late for me to try again now!

Until the next time

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.