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After going to the Kruger for many years I had the most strange night ever .

We stayed in Lower Sabie in the furnished tent on the perimiter.

Once night fell , these egyptian geese didnt stop making noise till the morning . Then the hippos started and one sounded so loud we thought he is outside our hut. The lions started roaring and then the hyenas . The sound was so loud we just had to enjoy the evening , a real bush experience .It then sounded that a hippo was getting killed by both lion and hyena

My wife went to the bathroom as these furnished tents have their own WC and she found a huge iguana in the toilet and she had to go so she had to use the bush and a bat almost took her head off.
She woke alot of people with her screams
Something was hitting against our door and I thought it cant be a human must be an animal , when I went to the door to peep , I found an african wild cat trying to get in.

Was this the best night ever or the worst ? I loved it ,my wife needs counselling

Carrim

I can see the funny side to this. My SO would have had a bad time as well and she would not have gone to bed until the visitor in the bathroom had been removed!! What happened to the iguana?

I would have loved just chilling and listening to all the sounds (except for the egyptian geese, they are noisy things). Must have been awesome.

Oh when the aminals come marching in...

Truly a "African experience"

And there I was thinking this was a thread about noisy neighbours with music blaring and drunken voices........

Instead you give us

I think you had the best night ever......but your wife probably won't want to stay in a tent again until she has been for loads of expensive therapy.

My girlfriend and i were staying at skukuza and for about 3 nights we were kept awake by something that sounded like a screaming baby. i thought i was going to go mad.it sounded like it was in our tent. On our last day we were packing up camp early in the morning and i heard a russel in the tree above our tent. There was a bush baby. We found out later that a bush baby sounds like it is crying. So it was worth it in the end

Didn't want to read about loud music etc so nearly passed this one over - WHAT A FABULOUS NIGHT!! Iguana and all!! That's what makes going to KNP so special - you just never know what you are going to get and when - I soooo jealous

No doubt a phantastic night and what an entertaining story

If only every night could be as exciting as yours in Lower Sabie - Want to hear what goes on at night here in suburbia?

I reated to this post in the same way as Ruthp. Decided to take the plunge as the thread was not disappearing and it has brightened my morning.

Thank you Carrim and Jonathen

The best night in my opinion.

I really had a good laugh. thank you for that and it was indeed a great night.

That was really a night you won't forget in a hurry.

Must say it gave me a good laugh too. Individually, any one of those would be amazing to experience. Altogether, must have been incredible!

I couldn't help thinking how I would have reacted to the iguana, as I never put the loo light on if I 'go' during the night. I guess that from now on I definately will, especially when staying in the tents, as I often do.

What a night.

Very funny post

We've been trying to stay in one of these tents for ages - not so sure my nerves will stand it now

Smartiepants

What an awesome night and a good couple of experiances that followed with others.