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Very rare, BB!

Did you put it up under the relevant "Mammals" thread?

In Dec '10, did a drive from SKukuza to the S126 Sweni road along the tar then took this road to the S36. We saw a nice pride of 10 lions and a leopard casually milling about on the Sweni road. We then stopped at Muzandzeni then after a few buffs and ellies later stopped and admired an Ostrich at the Nhlanguleni picnic site.

It was get getting hot and there wasnt that much game around in the huge burnt areas and keeping a half eye open we spotted this beautiful youngster right at the dam on the LHS of the road...he was some 10 metres off some impala which ran off and he then gave us a great pose!!
Amazingly this was one of 9 leopards we saw in KnP in a week!

I agree, what an incredible sighting and pic o-dog!

O-dog, fantastic shot of the Leopard.

Love this road drove the road yesterday and saw a young leopard missed a lion kill with 5 minutes we got elephant and on the turn off to Tsokwane we found big herd of buffelo

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We have been on this road in April on two different days and we didn´t see a single animal there.

We have been on the part between the S125 and S126 and then on the part from the S33 to the H1-2. We missed the part between the S125 and the S33. Maybe this is usually the most productive part of the S36?

But it´s all about right place and right time, isn´t it?

i think the only ppl driving the road is the ls/skuks - orpen guests

The ones who want to take the shortest possible route from Skukuza to Orpen. I love the two picnic spots. So quite and relaxing.

The S36 has always been fruitful on the two occasions that we have driven it. On both occasions spotted Sable - once a lone bull at Muzandzeni while having breakfast and once a small herd at Mondzweni who were rightfully skittish as a pride of Lion were also surveying the scene at the time! Will definitely be doing the route again on our up an coming trip

Plenty of great sightings on the S36

Today:

12 Sable at Mazimhlope waterhole

then

10 Sable ... 15km South of Nhlanguleni picnic sight.

then

3 Male lion right by Nhlanguleni picnic sight

Can anyone please tell me if this road north of Olifantsdrinkgat from the H1-2 is temporarily closed or are SANParks planning to close this road forever? The loop around Olifantsdrinkgat on the H1-2 also seems to be closed. But it looks like SANParks are planning to close this loop forever because of the dead end sign on the southern entrance on the H1-2.

Can anyone please give clarity as this is a favourite road to Hlanguleni for me.

When we came down past the intersection 2 weeks ago Olifantsdrinkgat was open but the other loop roads leading to the S36 still firmly closed.
I assumed this was because of damage from the floods.

S36 Closed due to floods.

Expected to open again at the end of April 2013