Wednesday, 22nd August DAY 5

Today we are first at the gate at 5.45am which is important as we wish we get to the Mlambane…

Tuesday, 21st August DAY 4

We are second in the queue at 5.45am having decided that Mary needs a little earlier rousing. Again, we go…

Monday, 20th August DAY 3

We are at the gate at 5.55am and following about ten cars. We are heading for the Mlambane River road…

Sunday, 19th August DAY 2

After a drizzly, cold night everyone happily reports on a comfortable night and we set off along the main tarred…

Saturday, 18th August DAY 1

Kruger Park – Caravanning with Mary, Renette and myself  4 Nights Bergendal, 4 nights Pretoriuskop and 7 nights Skukuza Moving…

Tuesday, 19th June DAY 33

Not quite the end of our trip. Renette and I both agree that the lure of another Kruger sunrise far…

Monday, 18th June DAY 32

This will be our last day of our truly memorable 32 day trip to Kruger. We have had an exceptional…

Sunday, 17th June DAY 31

Each rest camp in Kruger has its own feel to it and Crocodile Bridge is no different. Despite the deluge…

Saturday, 16th June DAY 30

After six wonderful days at Satara we leave today to move to Crocodile Bridge for our final three nights. But…

Friday, 15th June DAY 29

We do not feel that we have given that jewel of a road, Sweni (S126), a fair trial on this…

Thursday, 14th June DAY 28

Zombie like and rather gatvol from pills for my sore mouth, we take off down the tarred road (H6) to…

Wednesday, 13th June DAY 27

Day 26.  Wednesday, 13th June We are heading down the busy S100 today but first allowing for the pack to get…

Tuesday, 12th June DAY 26

Cloudy with a light south wind and we take off at 6am bound for Timbavati. Fast up the main tar…

Monday, 11th June DAY 25

Today is Sweni day so in partly cloudy weather with a light south wind, we hurry onto one of our…

Sunday, 10th June DAY 24

We are at the tail of a long queue at 6am at the Skukuza gate. As is the norm in…

Saturday, 9th June DAY 23

Today we very sadly bid farewell to Bergendal as we begin our journey back to Satara. Our trip here has…

Friday, 8th June DAY 22

The Mlambane road (S119 and S118) beckons but in order to get there before the other cars we must be…

Thursday, 7th June DAY 21

We are going to repeat yesterday’s route but try and reach the Matjulu water trough no later than 7.30am. So…

Wednesday, 6th June DAY 20

The plan this morning is to go out along the tar road towards Malelane (S110) and then circuit back along…

Tuesday, 5th June DAY 19

Bergendal camp is sited in a most picturesque bowl amongst the mountains of southwest Kruger. It is most attractive and…