Ok so this was an amazing experience.
We went in to Kruger Park today, the day ended fine but
talk about an epic day.
We had a good morning with some good game viewing we got
to Nkulhu picnic spot for lunch, between Lower Sabie and Skukuza,. Lotte
managed to fall on the rock stairs and ended up with a bleeding shin. We were
amazed by the local First aid assistant who cleaned the wound and put on a
bandage.
We were going to continue to Skukuza and down to Malelane
gate, but because of Lotte's wound we decided to rather go to Crocodile bridge
gate. We often go down the Biyamiti camp road even though it is actually a no
entry road. Just after Biyamiti camp we saw a young lion move into the road,
followed by another and another. We ended up with 14 or maybe 15 Lions walking
down the road in front of us. They then sat down on the road and lay there in a
crouching position. It seemed like a mom was teaching her litter(s) to hunt.
There were probably 6 largish male cubs. About 400m away we saw a Buffalo cross
the road, then another with a calf. We now realised that there was a herd of
Buffalo in the dense bush on our right.... Now what! we were getting a bit
tight to get to the gate before close. We called the gate and they advised that
we should just drive slowly through and we would be fine. If they were Elephant
or Rhino we should be careful and wait for them to move.
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| Interesting sighting |
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| We can wait all day |
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| This they hoped would provide supper |
So we set off with Dan driving Lotte's car ( as he had
done all trip) going past the Lions was fine, they just gave us a glance as we
went past. The Buffalo were more intriguing because we were not sure if one of
them had been hurt in the Lions first attack! A wounded Buffalo is dangerous!!
Well we got through unscathed and set off, only to discover that the bridge
over the Biyamiti river had been damaged in the recent floods, so the road was
closed. We now had to go out of Malelane gate but there was no way we would
make it by 17:30!! We however had no choice so set off probably going a little
fast but what choice did we have. As it
got dark we slowed down, past some Impala, these moved out of our way. Then we
came across a herd of Buffalo who were not as keen to move out of our way, but
they did.
Next we found 3 white Rhino who we needed to coax off the
roads. We switched off lights, reversed back
away from them and waited, we flashed lights at them. Eventually they
moved off. So off we went, arriving at the gate about 20 minutes late. Liz told
the guard our sorry story, he did not
seem to understand, but he opened the gate for us. So we were out without a fine...
Now back at our Timeshare and feeling relieved but having
experienced a great day.
Hope you enjoyed your day as much as we enjoyed ours!!!
