SANParks Blog

Good day, Temperature is still moderate but it is getting hotter again. I think tomorrow, after work, we will “check” Bergendal pool.  Nature is little by little waking up. Leaves are coming out slowly and shyly. Some areas around Bergendal, which were burned in June, have already got small patches of green grass. And birds [...]

   Good day, It is a nice, overcast and actually a pleasant day in the KNP. It makes even working in the “office” quite bearable. No oppressive heat as we’ve experienced couple of days ago.  Yesterday we just made a decision to go for a nice swim this afternoon, but it will have to wait. [...]

  Hi there and thank you very much for your nice comments.  The lion from Friday is one of the 3 brothers we used to see in February, before they disappeared from the area.  Guides from Bergendal told me that they are back now, and have been spotted around S119. Our lion was waiting for [...]

 Good day!  Another nice weekend has arrived and gone. Thank you all for following this blog. NaomiC, there is no shade in the Malelane Camp at the moment. Trees are still leafless. Bring your own shade. On Saturday we did a H3, H1, H4 loop with breakfast stop at Nkhulu.   And along the road, we [...]

  Hi there, As I am writing this mail from a boiling hot KNP the temperature probably approaches 40. We had an interesting morning drive today. Decided to go to S25, have a breakfast at Crocodile Bridge and return back via highway. We left camp at 6 and just when we came on S110 (tarred [...]

  Good day. Just to let all of you know, even the special alarm clock can go wrong! This morning the Gees started in time but when I came back from Game Drive at 7:30 they were still calling… Rolypoly do not worry about the position of the chalet. It is far enough from the [...]

Good day! Thank you again for all your supportive comments. It is nice to drive around and take pictures knowing that there are people looking at them and, above everything, appreciate them. There is a tree next to the Camp fence, and every morning (before dawn) these Egyptian gees come here to greet the new [...]

Hi there, After such a busy weekend it was almost expected that Monday would bring some relaxation.  Camp is nearly empty.  Serenity is back. Animals also decided to take a break. I visited the Den on Monday morning and Hyenas were not around, getting up late on Monday. On the way back I met two [...]

        We eventually left the spot, drove to H3 and along the way met some rhinos and elephants.       We’ve managed to find that big herd of buffalos I mentioned in the previous blog, on H3. And they had the followers… causing the herd to lose a member… Sunday morning, one [...]

Good day. Weekend is coming and camp is becoming very busy. Looking forward to Monday. We had a bad time with our camera.  Both us are using Vodacom 3G and yesterday all of a sudden it died. We have an MTN spare modem but it needed airtime. So C. went to Malelane for a bit [...]