The rain that began yesterday afternoon continued through the night and there were still patches of rain as we left camp at 6:30am. The rain seemed to have the effect of encouraging some of the animals out of the long, wet grass though and soon the radio was busy with various sightings – the first of which was a leopard in a tree. On our way to the area we briefly stopped to see buffalo, impala, kudu, elephant, zebra and giraffe. By the time we reached the leopard she was just starting to get down from the tree she’d been sitting in. Although it was only a brief sighting we still counted it as our fourth of the “big five”. Just a few minutes down the road we came to Kruger’s version of a traffic jam, caused by a male cheetah walking casually down the road. The guides give each sighting a score out a five, based on the visibility and proximity of the animal – this was definitely a five!
It wasn’t long before viagra femele we were heading towards a different part of the park where another leopard had been spotted. This time it was a male sitting in a tree where he stayed for quite a while before jumping down and walking off. Our next destination was a lion sighting and on the way we briefly saw a white rhino and even more zebra and giraffe! This time the lions (three females) were completely visible – snoozing on one of the shorter and more open areas of grass. Lions are by far the laziest of all the wild animals in Kruger and spend most of their time sleeping, unlike others such as elephants who barely sleep at all. This sighting completed our “big five” – in fact we saw all of them in just a couple of hours. Our luck continued for the rest of the day – the highlights being vultures, hyena, baboons, vervet monkeys, hippo and crocodile.
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We returned to camp earlier than usual (at about 3:30pm) so that we had time to freshen up before our nighttime game drive. Curtis, who is originally from Cambridge, was our guide for the evening. We drove through the park for an hour or so towards Shebeni Kopies hill – one of the higher points in the area. On the way we passed many of the animals we had seen earlier in the day – impala, kudu, giraffe and hippo (which become more active and venture out of the water at night). When we reached the hill we all got out of the vehicles and walked up a short path to an excellent viewpoint across the park. Curtis provided drinks and nibbles while we watched the sunset (albeit a slightly cloudy one).
By the time we started our drive back towards camp it was almost completely dark, so Curtis used a powerful spotlight to try and pick out animals. Our best sightings were a buffalo grazing next to the road and a scrub hare. We had another lovely meal back at camp before packing our bags ready for the long journey back to Johannesburg tomorrow. We still have one more game drive before we leave, so it will be yet another early start!
