We changed camps today and it was a 160 km drive. That doesn't sound long if you think you can travel at 100 or 120 km/h but inside the Kruger that is at least a 6 hour drive (depending on your sightings). We decided to leave at around 6am this morning as we headed north to Shingwedzi (our base for the next 5 nights). It was overcast for the first hour or so of the drive...
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We left again this morning at 5:30am. We decided to head north and then west to the Timbavati picnic spot. It takes you through the open plains north of Satara which are known for large herds of impala, zebra and wildebeest and then because of those, lions are usually nearby. In my family, these sorts of piece of knowledge that I share are often scorned and mocked when neither materialize but this morning wasn't one of...
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The gates open at 4:30am in January. We decided that might be a little early so we agreed to leave at sunrise which was 5:25am. Everyone seemed to have a good nights sleep even though one of us was awake at 3:45am and so could easily have done an hours drive by himself before coming back to fetch the rest of the family. It did go through my mind while lying in my bed at that...
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Today we embarked on our annual 2 week trip which besides one year, has been to the Kruger Park since our 25th anniversary. This trip hasn't had the easiest of starts though. Our son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter are accompanying us for the first time for the full trip (last year they did some days in the middle of the trip). At about 10pm last night, M messaged us to say I (granddaughter) was throwing up! That...
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