On Tuesday we changed camps from Lower Sabie to Olifants. It is a 140 km drive, and while that doesn't seem very far when you can drive 60, 80 or 100 km/h, it is about a 5 to 6 hour drive when you're driving at 30-40 km/h. We headed out at 6:30am driving north. We saw a reasonable amount of the standard game but nothing special. We stopped for breakfast at Tsokwane (a picnic spot) and...

Sunrise from our bedroom We decided that we should drive south for our morning drive for two reasons. Firstly, we would shortly be heading north so this was really our only opportunity to head south. Secondly, we could check to see if Crocodile Bridge gate was open for M&O who were arriving later from Cape Town.  We saw a reasonable amount of game heading out of the camp but no predators. Lots of elephant & buffalo....

I was up very early (3:10am!) and simply couldn't get back to sleep so I did some work and just enjoyed the calls of the wild until the sun rose and we went out for our morning drive. Everyone was ready promptly at 5:30am. We decided to head over the Sabie River (which has fortunately stopped flooding - it was 2 days ago still not possible to cross the low water bridge) and then head north...

We left Satara today for Lower Sabie. Given the length of the drive and that you can only check in at 2pm, we decided to get up later than usual (6am) and after packing up we headed out. The drive was only 130 km but when you're driving at 35km/h, it does take quite long. It was overcast the whole day but it never really rained at all (some very light drizzle at one point). That...

We headed out a bit later today and decided to drive east again on the road to the eastern boundary. Just before the turn we saw something lying in the road and drove down to see what it was and it turned out to be a dead lioness. First time in my life I have seen a dead lion. Unclear what killed it - could have been disease or an injury. Nothing was noticeable except that...

We woke up yesterday to an absolutely stunning sunrise. There isn't quite anything like a bushveld sunrise and sunset. Hard to explain, hard to capture on a photo - must be experienced yourself. We headed out south from the camp and we saw a few cars further down one road (we weren't planning on going that way) so we went down to see what that they were looking at. There was a flattened out patch where...

It rained overnight but it didn't seem a lot. All the gravel roads are closed though at the moment as they are worried that they are too muddy and people might get stuck. It meant we had to stick to the tar road. We decided to head south and then turn east toward Mozambique. It was still heavily overcast and drizzling lightly so not really ideal birding conditions. Just after we turned east we saw a...

Big thunderstorm overnight and we woke up to a wet Kruger Park and very overcast and relatively cool conditions. We were up at 5:15am and out of the gate shortly after 5:30am. We headed out west and soon into the drive saw lots of wildlife including wildebeest, kudu, warthog, impala, zebra, giraffe and then a cackle of hyena (yes that is the correct collective noun but you can also call them a clan if you're interested)....

The last time I posted a travel blog was 9 February 2020. Who knew at that point that the whole of 2020 would pass by with no further trips! We were meant to have been in Canada in June/July, and then in the Portugal and US in September and again in US in October (for my nephew's wedding). Us, like everyone else, simply didn't have any travel in 2020. However, we are back. 357 days later...