Lower Sabie 22nd August and FinaleWinter 2023

Lower Sabie 22nd August and Finale

Tuesday, 22nd August            This is our last afternoon and again we choose to go out…

Lower Sabie 20-22nd AugustWinter 2023

Lower Sabie 20-22nd August

Sunday, 20th     Today is warm at 32°C and one can really feel the changeover of the seasons. We go…

Lower Sabie 19-20th AugustWinter 2023

Lower Sabie 19-20th August

Saturday, 19th          After yesterday’s drama I suppose that we cannot expect much but with hawk-eyed David…

Lower Sabie 16-18th AugustWinter 2023

Lower Sabie 16-18th August

Wednesday, 16th       For our afternoon drive we head north up the H10 Tshokwane road to Muntshe Mountain. The…

Lower Sabie 14-16th AugustWinter 2023

Lower Sabie 14-16th August

Monday, 14th August   Afternoon          With the temperature rising to 32C today, we head for Mlondozi Dam at 4pm. Approaching our…

Lower Sabie 10-12th AugustWinter 2023

Lower Sabie 10-12th August

Thursday, 10th        A light south wind has brought up some cloud but no rain. A good Skukuza/Lower…

Lower Sabie 7 – 9th AugustWinter 2023

Lower Sabie 7 – 9th August

The erratic Lower Sabie Internet has really been a problem. I find that at 3am this morning it is finally…

Lower Sabie 2 – 6th AugustWinter 2023

Lower Sabie 2 – 6th August

Wednesday, 2nd    Today we move back into our caravan after twelve pleasant days in chalets. We clear our Skukuza…

SkukuzaWinter 2023

Skukuza

Sunday, 30th July.     Although we are going to miss Satara, we look  forward too to Skukuza with its very…

SataraWinter 2023

Satara

Wednesday, 26th July            After lunch at the excellent Cattle Baron restaurant, we book into our…

Shingwedzi Part 2Winter 2023

Shingwedzi Part 2

Shingwedzi Restcamp has a lovely feel to it. It is spacious with mostly mopane and palm trees scattered about whilst…

ShingwedziWinter 2023

Shingwedzi

Friday, 21st July      It is raining lightly and windy as we lock up and prepare the caravan for…

Lower SabieWinter 2023

Lower Sabie

Lower Sabie, Tuesday, 18th July How wonderful to be back in the Park after such a long absence. As we…

en Route to Kruger 2023Winter 2023

en Route to Kruger 2023

With a series of cold fronts ready to sweep over the Cape, on 10th June 2023 we make a timely…

England September 2022Kruger June 2022

England September 2022

This is not quite how I thought that this blog would operate. In the past this has been for the…

Cape Flowers 2022Kruger June 2022

Cape Flowers 2022

Of course August and September are flower months in the Cape. Having never witnessed this spectacle before, we seize on…

The Little Birds of Kruger (1)Kruger June 2022

The Little Birds of Kruger (1)

I continue to draw off my library of photographs. Waxbills, Buntings, Pytillias, Twinspots, Finches and Mannikins Often when driving along…

The Owls of KrugerJuly 2022

The Owls of Kruger

The pull of Kruger is too great and as I sit down in Somerset West beset by the blustery Cape…

Karoo NationalKruger June 2022

Karoo National

Friday, 24th June A lovely stopover on our way back to the Cape Is Karoo National Park, just outside Beaufort…