The Kruger

Our first game drive...very exciting!

We said good bye to Sun City at 6 am this morning when we started our journey to Kruger National Park.  There is no easy way to get to this place but the challenge is worth it considering the rewards that await us. First of all, there will be the daily game drives in the mornings and evenings. However, we also can’t wait for our game at Leopard Creek, the current #1 course in South Africa. So, we drove for about 3 hrs to Johannesburg Airport where we caught a little plane that took us to Nelspruitt (40 min), where we jumped in mini buses that took us to the park in a further 90 minute drive.

Driving to Lukimbi, we saw the first animals along the road including giraffes, lots of impalas and birds of prey amongst others. A lovely lunch was prepared for us and it was, according to some, one of their favourite meals on tour – which says a lot considering the standard of the places where we have been in the past few days.

In the evening we went on safari for the first time and we were all like children in a lolly shop! Our knowledgeable drivers and spotters managed to locate a Rhino and her baby and we took great photos of them at a very close range.  We then saw a group of giraffes so large that someone counted 19 of them. Some of them were necking each other which is a sign of dominance amongst themselves, but the ritual seem to be more focussed towards some mating that was taking place too. It was nature at its best!

The weather has changed dramatically in this part of South Africa going from 42 degrees a couple of days ago to 20 degrees today. It was perfect for our traditional Boma Dinner though, which took place in a fabulous outdoor setting around the fire and the meal was very tasty. Time to prepare for golf tomorrow…Leopard Creek, the last game of the tour, is waiting for us and with many prizes up for grabs, I am sure everyone will be trying their best. 

Rhinos - mum and baby