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We certainly very lucky to get so many sightings not sure whether it helped that it was relatively cool all day. The morning was cloudy and it was only around midday that it started to warm up.

It seemed that we were destined to suffer from roadblocks all day, I’m not complaining about this one though. This was a decent sized buffalo herd and we had them on all sides of the car and we certainly enjoyed the view until the animal in the last picture appeared and headed straight for us so we moved on.







We headed off to Sunset dam but stopped to watch this elephant herd drinking at the river



Not much was happening at Sunset apart from this hippo and her calf going for a swim then she decided to show off!









Yes she did do a 360 degree roll

Just as we were leaving this slender mongoose took his chances crossing the parking area



After a quick shopping session at Lower Sabie we were on our way, it was a lovely evening though and we enjoyed the views towards the Lebombo Mountains. We spotted this Kori bustard out for an early afternoon stroll along with this giraffe further down the road.





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Flights and accomodation booked

Blyde river canyon 2th May
Tamboti 27th & 28th May
Olifants 29th May-31st May
Lower Sabie 1st June
Crocodile Bridge 2nd June
Berg-en-dal 3rd & 4th June

Super pics and wonderful sightings....roadblocks are so .

Wow there are a lot of crocs on the bank at Sunset, basking in the sun.

Thanks for sharing

Awesome sightings Welshboy, especially the Buffalo herd! Beautiful picture of the Ellies drinking at the river too!

Indeed a lot of Crocs in that specific spot.

That is a great shot of the Mongoose on the move!

I also like the Hippo's 360 degree roll!

WOW,

Some really great pics you got there , After thousands of visits, am still waiting for my first Hippo Yawn.

Great Buffs, The Hippo got some skills

Hi Welshboy

Nice sighting with great pics .

That lioness does look thin, hope she catches something soon.

Like your buffalo affection pic, nice to see them interact with each other.

I enjoy watching the hippo’s at Sunset dam to, they do make me laugh, can’t remember seeing that much crocs on the side though .

Great TR, awesome photos

Very nice sightings...love the pictures

Love the hippo roll sounds like the name of a new dance craze. Good slender mongoose pic the tip of the tail tells you that its a slender mongoose.

Stunning sightings all around . Love the hippo on her back with those stumpy feet in the air . Thanks for sharing

Trrp, there were a surprising amount of crocs on the edges at sunset and one or two in the water as can be seen in the attached shots. And the baboons that were having a bit of a family squabble!







Hilda we had a really big herd of buffalo appear on the way back into Berg en dal after our morning drive but you'll have to wait a little for those pictures. We also have some more mongoose pictures to post as well

More trip report to follow later

Here's some more of the buffalo shots for now





And a small ellie family group at the river

Very nice sightings....nice to see the Buffalo testing their strength.

Love all the bathing beauties on the Kruger beach

Great buff sighting and the little ellies are just adorable .
Thanks for sharing .

Some great pics you get there WelshBoy.

Really love all of them. Thanks for sharing

Thanks everyone for their comments, we normally only show our pictures to family and friends. So this is also the first time I've ever posted anything online and it won't be the last thank's to your encouragement. I just need to find time to read a few other TR's to learn of other peoples experiences.

Back to the end of day 2 and what we thought was a very good end to the day.


After a quick shopping session at Lower Sabie we were on our way, it was a lovely evening though and we enjoyed the views towards the Lebombo Mountains. This Kori Bustard did put in a show but our luck seemed to have gone with our sightings dropping off until we reached one of the dams nearer Croc bridge.



Those of you who’ve read my earlier posts will have seen this picture when I asked if you could count the legs as when the smaller rhino moved away there was an even smaller rhino between them








And just below them was a fourth rhino that seemed to be a bit upset with the vervet monkeys in the branches in front of him, I could quite time the pictures right to get him attacking them with his horn.





We decided to head around to the other side of the area that the rhinos were standing in and on the way round had to stop to let this dwarf mongoose across the road, they are quick!



The solitary rhino soom gave up on the monkeys but headed off out of sight.



This hornbill was posing for us in a nearby tree



Just a bit short of Crocodile Bridge we came across our 11th rhino of the day when this one wandered out of the bush. Number 10 was too far away for a good picture.



I’m sure that most people who’ve visited Croc Bridge know about the vervet monkeys but they were not our only sightings in the camp. Whilst we were cooking our food we heard movement outside the fence, it was a young hyena prowling up and down it was soon joined by a fully grown partner who was obviously looking for free food.

Our last sighting occurred around 20mins later as we were taking an evening stroll along the camp perimeter. Climbing out of the corner fence post we found these two bush babies, we’re not sure who’s watching who but they let us stay close for a few minutes before leaping off into the trees. I avoid using a flash to not startle them.



We went to bed very pleased and happy, ready to see what would follow on day 3