Lower Sabie 30th April

Lower Sabie 30th April

Tuesday, 30th April Some cloud is about over the eastern horizon so I abandon my plans to stay at Sunset Dam and again set out for the beautiful Salietjie S30 road. Herewith some early morning photographs of the road as…

Lower Sabie 28-29th April

Lower Sabie 28-29th April

Sunday, 28th April After my short time in Jo’burg, I thankfully leave at 5am this morning before the traffic gets going – leaving Renette behind with Cheryl and Basil Jones. The contrast between the solitude of Kruger and the helter-skelter…

Lower Sabie 25-26th April

Lower Sabie 25-26th April

Thursday, 25th April We decide that it would be best for Callum’s sake to redo the Salietjie (S30) rather than the longer Nwatimhiri S21 road. So in heavily cloudy and misty conditions, we set out again across the river. Little…

Lower Sabie 23-24th April

Lower Sabie 23-24th April

Tuesday, 23rd April Out early across the dam bridge, we are heading for Salietjie S30 along the S128. The weather is beautifully autumnal – partly cloudy with mist patches. What a pleasure to be free of those ‘convoys’ of cars…

Bergendal 21-22nd April

Bergendal 21-22nd April

Sunday, 21st April I am afraid that beautiful Bergendal suffers the same fate as Crocodile Bridge. Being close to a major Park entrance gate and the Bergendal camp itself, the limited road network quickly becomes choked with traffic – something…

Bergendal 19-20th April

Bergendal 19-20th April

Friday, 19th April David and Steph with Callum (4) and Sophie (1) are coming down from Jo’burg to spend the Easter weekend with us. Renette and I snatch a dark, cool morning drive along the Mlambane River before returning early…

Bergendal 17-18th April

Bergendal 17-18th April

Wednesday, 17th April Last night I arrived at the petrol station at 5.50pm to find that the attendant had already knocked off. To compound the problem he is late for work again this morning and when I finally fill up,…

Bergendal 15-16th April

Bergendal 15-16th April

Monday, 15th April One more try in the early morning light finds me up on Pretorius Koppie watching the sun weakly rising through the haze. I then take the Fayi Loop (S8 & S14) anti-clockwise and really creep along trying…

Pretoriuskop 12-13-14th April

Pretoriuskop 12-13-14th April

Friday, 12th April Renette strongly feels that her place at present is in Johannesburg. Given the grief experienced by the Jones family and with young Callum’s birthday party on the 13th, a ticket was hastily booked for Renette to fly…

Pretoriuskop 10-11th April

Pretoriuskop 10-11th April

Wednesday, 10th April Today we are taking a breather and taking care of our admin and housekeeping. In calm partly cloudy weather we head for Hazyview past Shabeni koppie, along the S7 and S3 road and exit the Park at…

Skukuza 8-9th April

Skukuza 8-9th April

Monday, 8th April With the gates opening at 6am, it is too much to expect to be the first car along most roads. With our time now limited at Skukuza we decide to do our last trip down the beautiful…

Skukuza 6-7th April

Skukuza 6-7th April

Saturday, 6th April Late last night we received the traumatic news that Renette’s beloved Auntie Toppies had suddenly passed away in Johannesburg. She had been her normal bubbly self at the wedding in Cape Town two weeks ago so the…

Skukuza 4-5th April

Skukuza 4-5th April

Thursday, 4th April Today we bid honeymooning Gareth and Sarah farewell as they begin the long trip back to KZN. It is a lovely clear day today but I am afraid that we have other matters to attend to. I…

Skukuza 2-3rd April

Skukuza 2-3rd April

Tuesday, 2nd April Rather predictably, a strong south wind comes through at about 9pm last night, the temperature drops and a light sprinkling of rain falls. At 6am it is dark and dismal as we leave the gates to head…

Skukuza 1st April

Skukuza 1st April

Monday, 1st April Lake Panic needs very special conditions to get optimum enjoyment – dead calm air and bright light. Today the camp gates open half an hour later so at 6am and with all the conditions favourable, we head…