Kruger National Park one day trip
I must say that there really is no experience quite like it.
The abundance of wildlife is absolutely astonishing!
We got to the gates at 5:30am and waited for the park to open. (It is a good idea to do this because there are only a few cars allowed per gate each day)
When we eventually got into the park this is what we saw
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This sunrise was the best kind of opening to a wonderful day.
As is usual for the kruger park, the impala (staple food of the carnivores) where abundant.
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Our first sighting of the big 5 was two hippo's on the bank of the sabie river.
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We never got a good look at these two though.
About 200 meters onward we came across this fellow sitting in a tree, and warming his blue "you know whats" in the mild winder sun. In Afrikaans this ape is called a blue ape, and I'm sure you can understand why.
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Another few hundred meters and wee meet up with a family of wart hogs. We took a few pictures of them while the mother glared at us warily.
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For the next 15 minutes we saw no animals larger than the bird below
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And then the real bigboys came to play
Our first big sighting of the day where these two zebra's
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The general rule of thumb is that when you start seeing Zebra's other big wildt is bound to follow.
And so it was...
We rounded another corner and we saw 6 Kudu females and one male right next to the road.
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We stopped at a smaling watering hole and found a hippo lolling around in the water.
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We left the hippo to its swimming and proceded on our trip.
What we saw next was truly spectacular and is a real find in any nature reserve.
Never in my life have I seen so many elephants together!
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No trip to the kruger would be complete without seeing one of these fellows.
A word of warning: Close you windows when baboons are close, they will try and steal food from the car.
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And then it was time to start heading for the park exit.
But wait!!! What is that!!
A Cheeta! No seven Cheetas! What a find!
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The Cheeta's eventually moved on, and so did we, but not 300m furhter we spotted another of the big 5 a Rhinoceros!!!
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Wee took our pictures of the rhino, and left quietly time was growing short and we had to be out of the park by 6 PM.
But not before we saw the most amazing and rare sight that Kruger can offer.
A female spotted Hyena with her litter. They where only about 2 meters from the road!
A very rare find indeed.
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With a last farewell picture we said goodbye to the Kruger, and headed for the gate.
This trip will not be forgotten.