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Hi Hugo and welcome,

Believe it or not I have only this last trip seen a python in Kruger after all this time and we had 2 different sightings.
First one was on the S119 and the second at the juction of one of those little loops off the H4-1 near the Skukuza turn off.
I think they are pretty much found all over Kruger

There is also a lot more info here

Hi Hugo
I saw this one outside Bateleur Camp last June (2006)

It was rather scary!!!

Hugo

I have seen one on a morning walk near Balule. We were 8 people who walked pass the python before the last person saw it right next to the path we were walking on. It was a 4 meter one. Stunning experience.

Three years ago, driving out of the picnic spot at Pafuri, a huge python crossed the road in front of us. It was easily longer than the width of the road - at least 4m and probably nearer to 5m. I remember we were amazed at how thick it was. I have the incident on video but no pics, I'm afraid. We're back in that area in February so I'll see if we can track it down

At last, I think that I have managed to load two photos of the python I saw last year on H10.

Enjoy them.

Mfezi

16 Nov we had an awesome sighting of this snake near the Olifants lookout. It was still a youngster, about 1.8m

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@Nannie…quite a late reply, but we also saw the python in that tree!!

Saw this yesterday near home,thought i'd share.The python had killed and swallowed an impala.The snakes head is at bottom left and it was at least 5 meters long.

"Near"is not close, it's more like 800 meters away.It had been there for a day or so and i'm told it will stay for anything up to week to digest the meal.It is the first time i've seen this so it great.

Dear me! It swallowed an Impalla?? That's 1 big snake!!! Notify National Geographic, they'll love the pics!

Hope one of them doesn't eat me!

These from Mike Tindall and Winston Floquet, Sept 1977, early morning, near N'wanetsi camp !

That Python is huge That man is brave

Thanks for posting the photos Richprins. You have just made my day I just love pythons and this really must have been some shock for the driver when he opened the bonnet.

Always new that a camera tripod had more than one use

WONDERFUL!!!!!!

Pleasure, Mfezi!

Seems they stopped to look at the snake, and it made a beeline for the heat of the engine, it being a winter morning in Kruger!

Not the only time this has happened, if memory serves!

You are 100% right, Richprins . This was definitely not the only time it happened and it even still happens today.