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Hi All
I'm going to try and do a daily TR from Satara.
Let's see how it goes

We entered the park at Malelane gate on Thursday at half past six in the morning. To do this we had to leave home at 3 am. It rained lightly just about all the way to Skukuza. We saw a couple of elephants after entering the gate and only some Impala , Zebra and Wildebeest at Afsaal. Esto and his family entered at Croc Bridge and we were to meet at Tshowkane for breakfast. Just before Leeupan someone stopped me at pointed out that one of my rear wheels was quite flat. We the rushed to Tshokwane where I changed the wheel. When Esto and his family arrived they showd us picture of their cheetah sighting around Molondozi. After breafast consisting off Sosaties and rolls we took the S37 on to Satara
We found this Ellie taking a bath


and some Zebra



and a Swainson's Spurfowl in a tree



Close tothe Sweni hide I heard something strange and found that I had a second flat on the right front wheel. Fortunately 2 guys from the vetinary service arrived . They pumped the wheel and told me to proceed to Satara. They would follow and fill the tyre again if need be. I sped to Satara doing up to 80kmph on some of the more open stretches. We barely made Satara . After checking in we found that they could fix the 2 wheels in Satara. Esto and the rest of the party went on a afternoon drive and found 2 male lions on the S100

Shame sky thats rotten luck 2 flats in one day eish met baie ys! Atleast you got to see some ellies

After the tyres were fixed I found that one of them were badly damaged though it still didn't deflate. So today 22 nd we were on our way to Hoedspruit. On the way we saw an elephant just outside Satara on the H7



A large troop of baboons at Nsemani



and a Guinea Fowl tree



At Hoedspruit they didn't have the correct size tyre and in the end I replaced both flats with a near fit.

On the afternoon drive we saw a nice herd of buffalo lots and lots of plains game and lots of birds you will find on the duckling challenge one of these days. We also found a nesting ?? saddlebilled stork



and these youngsters



All and all a very good day. It's great to be in KNP

Shame sky it would seem you really hit the jackpot with your tyres shame man!

And being in the kruger is the biggest bonus anyone can get

Bad luck about the tyre
Still looking forward to hearing about Satara sightings

Great TR and looking forward to more.

Love the Nsemani sign decor as well as the tree decorations. Brilliantly captured.

Keep it coming. Sky

Hi Sheenaugh-Lee
Fortunately we come from the Mpumlangahigveld so we have to be tough
But being in KNP makes it all worth while

Hi Cheetah 2111

I'll keep it coming once I'm up to date I'll post a more complete report
I asked Esto to post a pic off the cheetah they saw

Hi Kaapsedraai
I thought this pic would make someone else I just coludn't resist taking it.
So many pics so little time to post. Timting for bed 5 am is getting closer every minute

I'll post the next installments tomorrow

LOL Sky Now thats a Fact LOL these so called potholes this side arent like the normal sized ones in the rest of South Africa we have the 9th wonder of the world here Craters they call potholes LOL!

Two flat tyres in one day .... not good at all Sky!

Quite a variety of lovely sightings though, taking into account the time lost in the Park to get those tyres replaced.

Great Cheetah sighting and picture Esto! Thanks for sharing!

Nice sighting Sky just sorry to hear about the tyre trouble! At least you had people helping you out, that is the lekker thing about Kruger, people are almost always helpful when you are in trouble
Lovely sightings and can't wait to see the birdies that you will conjure for our duckling challenge
SKy you can only have great sightings from now on
Esto lovely cheetah at Mlondozi!

Also on board with this trip with lots of .

Great sightings thusfar Sky .

Hope you don't have further tyre problems .

Great cheetah sighting Esto .

Thanks for sharing .

Hi Hilda

If you take the long grass and lots of water into account we are really doing well