Tuesday, 3rd Bob, our camping neighbour, kindly rigged up his “trail cam” and after some scuffling in the night we…
Sunday, 1st Crash goes our crockery at 3.50am as a suspected hyena pulls the tray of plates and glasses off…
Friday, 28th This is the last day that the Crowther’s will be spending with us. So on a cool, misty…
Wednesday 26th The rains are well and truly over with and the skies are bright and clear. For February, though,…
Sunday, 23rd Light rain begins falling during the night and I tilt the caravan and awning to maximize runoff. It…
Saturday, 22nd At first light we are busy packing for Lower Sabie. We have so enjoyed Skukuza with its easy…
Thursday, 20th I never thought that I would say this. Skukuza is becoming one of my favourite camps in Kruger.…
Tueday, 18th Skukuza often is our place where we get on with doing our domestic chores. Today I take off…
Sunday, 16th The air is dead still as I arrive first at the gate at 5am. The sky is bright…
Friday 14th I join the queue out of the gate at 5.30am on the first cloud free day for weeks.…
Tuesday, 11th I am afraid that these weather conditions are not conducive to interesting blogs. This morning I am dutifully…
Sunday,9th Something unusual today. I am going to take the H7 road west out to Orpen with the rising sun…
Friday, 7th The south wind arrives during the night accompanied by distant thunder and lightning. Every night “load shedding” strikes…
Wednesday, 5th Today is going to be different. Son, Warren, has returned from Europe so Renette is going to fly…
Monday, 3rd No prizes for guessing which road we are taking this morning. Satara means the S126 Sweni Road. We…
Sunday Yesterday evening we trundle down to Kanniedood Dam along the S50 but the wilted vegetation and baked ground make…
Friday Today is the last day of the 4.30am early morning gate opening time. So we seize the chance to…
Wednesday Today is our last day at Punda and being clear and sunny we head again to the Klopperfontein water…
Monday So much did we enjoy yesterday’s drive that we are going to repeat it today. Two other cars are…
Sunday Rather like fishing, Kruger is a lot about tactics – with a good bit of luck thrown in. When,…