Friday, 28th This is the last day that the Crowther’s will be spending with us. So on a cool, misty morning with an air drift from the south, we cross the bridge heading up the H10 and bound for Tshokwane.…
Wednesday 26th The rains are well and truly over with and the skies are bright and clear. For February, though, the weather is surprisingly cool. Today we set out for our old favourite – Salitje S30 that runs along the…
Sunday, 23rd Light rain begins falling during the night and I tilt the caravan and awning to maximize runoff. It is pointless going out early as the light is dark and dismal and very poor for photography. Gordon and Judy…
Saturday, 22nd At first light we are busy packing for Lower Sabie. We have so enjoyed Skukuza with its easy campsite and great roads. In the winter months with the crowds then Skukuza is not the best option but in…
Thursday, 20th I never thought that I would say this. Skukuza is becoming one of my favourite camps in Kruger. Yes, I know all about the crowds and the commercialization but the fact remains that Skukuza has great diversity, it…
Tueday, 18th Skukuza often is our place where we get on with doing our domestic chores. Today I take off by myself at 5.30am bound for the town of Malelane where I must see to some maintenance issues and do…
Sunday, 16th The air is dead still as I arrive first at the gate at 5am. The sky is bright with a few clouds – just right for Lake Panic. 5.30am and I set off ahead of the pack, turning…
Friday 14th I join the queue out of the gate at 5.30am on the first cloud free day for weeks. The air is still, clear and crisp – in fact a beautiful morning. I gradually work my way to the…
Tuesday, 11th I am afraid that these weather conditions are not conducive to interesting blogs. This morning I am dutifully out at 5.30am and make my way up the H1-4 main road all the way to the Letaba river. With…
Sunday,9th Something unusual today. I am going to take the H7 road west out to Orpen with the rising sun at my back. Immediately outside and no more that 100m from the gate, the cars pile up to watch a…
Friday, 7th The south wind arrives during the night accompanied by distant thunder and lightning. Every night “load shedding” strikes but fortunately every camp has a large generator which comes to the rescue. A sprinkling of rain falls. yr.no has…
Wednesday, 5th Today is going to be different. Son, Warren, has returned from Europe so Renette is going to fly from Skukuza today to join him in Jo’burg together with other son David and family. I am indeed fortunate to…
Monday, 3rd No prizes for guessing which road we are taking this morning. Satara means the S126 Sweni Road. We are fifth in line at 5.15am and at 5.30 out we go – two go up the H1-4, two go…
Sunday Yesterday evening we trundle down to Kanniedood Dam along the S50 but the wilted vegetation and baked ground make it desert like. We decide that with conditions so adverse at Shingwedzi that we will move down to Satara today,…
Friday Today is the last day of the 4.30am early morning gate opening time. So we seize the chance to travel quickly north 33Km to the Babalala (father sleeps) Picnic spot where we turnoff left and begin to slowly meander…
Wednesday Today is our last day at Punda and being clear and sunny we head again to the Klopperfontein water trough. As the sun rises some ellies arrive to drink out of the reservoir only some 20m from us. Again,…
Monday So much did we enjoy yesterday’s drive that we are going to repeat it today. Two other cars are with us at the gate as we leave at 4.30am. Same route – down the tar, east along the H13-1…
Sunday Rather like fishing, Kruger is a lot about tactics – with a good bit of luck thrown in. When, where and how with Punda even more so with its limited options. Cloudy days are for the distant Pafuri valley…
Saturday After our slow start at Punda, I settled down to resurrect my blog last night. I was horrified to find that recent repair work done on my computer had upset many of the settings. So I had to fumble…
Punda Maria – A Brief History In 1903 the area between the Luvuvhu and Letaba River was proclaimed as a wildlife sanctuary – The Shingwidzi Reserve. In 1926 this was consolidated with the Sabie Reserve in the south creating the…