This morning we went out slightly later again as the first 15-30 minutes of the drives had generally not been productive and so we thought between that and letting I sleep in a bit, we may as well head out later. Our plan was to take the main road east to the Shitlhave and Transport Dams in the hope of seeing some water birds at least to add to our trip list (and maybe a lifer...

As the sun is only rising close to 6am, we decided to only head out at 5:45am this morning. A few more minutes for I to sleep in the morning. H went in to wake her up and first thing she said was 'Oh Man' (in an American accent). She is quite the little character. When she tires of all entertainment from the vehicle occupants, O & M resort to some screen time on the iPad...

At about 2am there was a MASSIVE thunderclap and that marked the start of huge thunderstorm. The windows of our chalet rattled. The thunder and lightening were close together and it was clear the thunderstorm was right over us. It bucketed down with rain but by the time we woke for our morning game drive it was clearing and soon the only sign of the thunderstorm was that the dirt roads had puddles on them. It...

We changed camps today so we decided to leave a little later (around 7am) as you can't check in usually before 2pm. H went for a run before we left. Our body clocks now are attuned to waking us up before 5am it seems! It is also the coolest part of the day so if you're going to run it needs to be early morning. Unfortunately it was load shedding from 5-7:30am and so no kettle...

We were up to leave again at 5:30am which with an 18 month old is pretty impressive. We wanted to go down south to Crocodile Bridge camp as a rarity (and what would have been a lifer for all of us) has recently been reported there. We didn't have high expectations as no one had seen it in the last few days. It was about a 90 minute drive down and while we saw a reasonable...

We were up at the same time this morning but that was because H wanted to do a run before we left the camp. It was 24 degrees at 5:30am but H got her run in and then we packed up and headed out. We left the camp at around 7am and it was already 27 degrees and by 8am it had already passed 30 degrees C. We knew we were in for a stinking hot...

Up at 5:10am again to head out by 5:30am. When we opened the door and went outside the heat and humidity hit us. Thank goodness for air-conditioning in the rondavel! It was 24 degrees at 5:30am and it just got steadily hotter and hotter and eventually rose to 37 degrees C. It was HOT today! This morning we headed north and then turned west toward Timbivati picnic spot. We saw a reasonable amount of game and...

We were up at 5:10am so that we could leave at 5:30 this morning. There was a traffic jam at the gate (not kidding) with about 25 cars all lined up to leave as they opened the gates. We were basically number 25 in the queue. If you ever come to the Kruger, its a sought after experience to be the first in the queue of cars to exit the camp in the morning. We weren't...

It feels like we are well into 2024 already and so H and I have been looking forward to the next 2 weeks immensely for some time. We are in the Kruger Park from now until next Friday - 13 nights. We left home this morning to catch a flight to Hoedspruit which was all on time and so we landed at just after 1pm. Always fun to be on a flight into the game areas...