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Hi there everyone. My husband and I and my parents are going to Kruger next month for 3 weeks. We are bringing our 2 month old little boy. Any advice for us? We will be camping. I have been to the Kruger every year of my life since I was born so I know the place back to front! But I do think it will...

2nd of October - Leaving We woke up at 4 and packed up and left Skukuza at 5:30am when the gates opened. We were going out Malelane Gate, along the way we saw ***, Buffalo, Elephant, Kudu, Impala, Giraffe, Warthog, Bushbuck and steenbokies, we also saw two Maned Lions lying in the Road, Sadly we go...

1st of October - Skukuza - Day 9 (last full day ) As today is the beginning of October, the gates open a half an hour earlier, so we got up early and discovered that it had been pouring with rain during the night, everything of ours was soaking wet! including stuff in our tent! horrible, but we tri...

Thank you all for your lovely comments, we truely are having an awesome holiday, with amazing sightings 30th of September - Skukuza - Day 8 Another early start, went from Skukuza to Renosterkoppies, down the S114 and S102 to Mpondo which is a really nice dam, saw lots of birds for the first bit of o...

29th of September - Skukuza - Day 7 Started early again and went along the H4-1 and then we turned left over the bridge (H12) and then right onto the S30 Salitje Road and then back on the H10 to Lower Sabie. Along the way we Spotted lots of Vultures and we knew there was a kill somewhere, we eventu...

28th of September - Skukuza - Day 6 Today Planned to meet our friends Nick and Bernie (they own a Lodge in Marloth Park) at Lower Sabie at 9:30am so we woke up early as usual and left to go towards Lower Sabie, Lions on the other side of the River Bed. A Giant King Fisher. An elephant on the other ...

27th of September - Skukuza - Day 5 Today we woke up early again and left the camp. We decided to travel past Lower Sabie to Muntshe Hill (H10), to Mlondozi picnic spot for breakfast. Along the way we saw Lots and lots of elephant, One little baby Elephant that was trying to chase us away, he had s...

26th of September – Skukuza – Day 4 We woke up early as usual and waited for the Gate to open. We went down the S3 towards Phabeni gate and hit a left towards Pretoriouskop, had a little rest there and then headed back to Skukuza on the main tarred Road. Not such a great Morning for us, but we did m...

25th of September – Skukuza – Day 3 The bush came alive for us today, what an AWESOME day! We left camp at 6am and travelled to Lake Panic to meet our friend, that we met at Satara last year. We took a few photos at the Hide, so nice to be there early in the morning. And to have our first cup of cof...

24th of September - Skukuza - Day 2 Today we planned to meet my dads brother at Tshokwane for a bush breakfast. so we woke up early and travelled to Lower Sabie and then to Tshokwane, Today we saw lots of general game, 5 lots of lions, Serval, Crocs, Baboons and monkeys, Rhinos, Reed buck (which i ...

23rd of September - Kruger - Day 1 We packed up at the game lodge, hooked the Caravan up and we were on our way to Orpen gate at about 6 am. Big thanks to Gerhard Morkel and Family for our lovely stay in such a beautiful and peaceful Place! It really Was a lovely stay, just wish i could have taken ...

21st Of September 2011 – Kruger Today was another early start, we decided to go to the Kruger and enter through Phalaborwa Gate. It took us about an hour and a half (98km), Got into Kruger as the gates were opening. We saw plenty Wilde Beest, Zebra and two big herds of Buffalo, also a nice amount o...

19th of September – Monday Kruger. Today we started our day early, we left our lodge and just outside the gate we saw a blackbacked Jackal. We then headed to the Kruger, It took us about an hour to get to Orpen Gate. We got into Kruger at about 06h00am, we then travelled on the Timbavati Road to th...

18th of September – Sunday We saw a Giraffe and her baby Right next to the Road, they weren’t skittish at all and posed nicely for us. We saw some more general game including this baby Nyala. We ended our day having a lovely braai in the lapa, We heard a leopard Grunting very close by, we tried to ...

First day in Kruger – Saturday 17th of September 2011 Hey guys We woke up early and left White River at about 05h15, we got to Phabeni Gate at about 06h00. After sorting out our Wild Cards we finally got in at 06h20. We were stressing about the day as it looked overcast, but it actually turned out ...