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Sunday 15th November, up bright and early again and we decided to try our luck along the S106 – another lucky choice. We had seen no other vehicles leave with us from camp but ahead we saw one car stopped. We approached slowly and quietly and were rewarded by four lion cubs quite close to the road (...

Saturday, 14th November, making a later start this morning, we decided to wend our way along the H7 and hope for a more pleasant sighting at Nsemani…assuming the lions had not braved the storm and munched their way through the carcass. On the way we came across a small pride of about 6 lions (1 male...

Friday 13th November, one of the details which always puzzles our family and friends is our ability to be up and moving so early when we are in Africa. We are not renowned for our early rises and yet we are almost waiting for the alarm to sound when in KNP, such is our sense of anticipation for the ...

Thursday 12th November, our plan this morning was a slow drive along the tar road from LS to Skukuza as we were really hoping to spot some big cats along the road. We stopped for a while at Sunset which was particularly quiet that morning so soon continued northwards. Two Hyena soon joined us along ...

The next instalment … Wednesday 11th November, it did not take long to load up the car with our belongings this morning and we were out of the gate soon after 5am. After our good luck yesterday we knew we had to drive the S25 again – over the years it has probably given us some of our most memorable...

The story continues … Tuesday, 10th November, this morning we first in the queue for the 4.30 am gate opening and our plan was to drive the S25 with a very personal wish in mind. Driving slowly but steadily along, the road was very quiet. It had been a hot day yesterday (probably close to 40C) and t...

Some more of our TR ... Monday, 9th November, the alarm woke us shortly before 4am and we quickly got our cameras packed up and loaded ready for action. Making sure we had plenty of water, several juices (looking at the ingredients and calorie count I know they are not so healthy but how I love the ...

The next bit of our TR:- This would be the first trip to KNP where we would drive straight to the Park so we stopped off in Malalane to stock up with coolbox and food for a few days at least. We almost always self cater in the Park but to keep our costs down we were booked into accommodation with sh...

Our November 2009 KNP trip had been booked for several months (well, to be honest, we saw some cheap flights on offer a while ago and grabbed them to assuage our withdrawal symptoms and then grabbed the remaining pieces, e.g. car hire and camp accommodation as the credit cards would allow) but the t...

Hi Saraf We will also go with the flow - just looking forward to meeting everyone. Does anyone coming for the meet need/want accommodation with us for the Saturday night? We have 2 spare bedrooms (each has a double bed) and happy to do a big breakfast for the Sunday morning. Just let me know and I w...

Despite the fact that I spend oh so long reading the forum chats each day, this is the very first time I have added anything myself. My SO (Richard) and I live very close to Portsmouth (Horndean) and, if we are welcome, would so love to join everyone on 12th September. We can also accommodate 2 coup...