We entered the park after some waiting, form filling and passport checking and more waiting. We entered the park, which resulted in some brilliant pictures of the sun rising over the African plains. Our first sighting was a 'little bit' of a wait, with everyone very excited to see the big five. Which are lion, elephant, water buffalo, rhino and leopard.
Our first big five sighting was of a male lion crossing the road and retreating up through the bush, this is a rare sight and a privilege to see. Our next animal was a line of Zebra, making their way across the plane, parallel to the road.
Our first big five sighting was of a male lion crossing the road and retreating up through the bush, this is a rare sight and a privilege to see. Our next animal was a line of Zebra, making their way across the plane, parallel to the road.
Breakfast was at 9am at the rest camp Afsaal. Chris cooked us a great breakfast of bacon, egg and sausage which was eagerly ate by our selves. From here we carried on north and saw giraffe, and then our second big five sighting of elephant.
We deviated from the main road and headed along one of the many dirt roads where we saw our 3rd big five animal, white rhino. There was three of them wallowing in the mud at a water hole.
We then drove on to Mathekenyane which is a high igneous Rock, which Rosemary described in great detail to us with her geology background. We were able to get out of the van and take panoramic pictures including some group shots.
At 1pm we stopped for some lunch and a swim for those who braved the cold water at Sacuza day visitor centre. Back on the road we drove north again to Lake Panic which is a hide over looking a lake, we all tried to be very quiet watching hippos, birds and tortoise. We also crossed a bridge and was able to see a Nile crocodile sunbathing in the low river.
As we started our way out of the park, we saw a collection of cars stopped by the road which is always a good sign of something worth stopping for. Indeed it was as on a bow of a tree was a Martial Eagle, the largest eagle in Africa, which was wrestling with a long snake. The girls squealed as they watched through the binoculars.
Throughout the day we saw many antelope, called kudu and many many Impala and Springbok, but also we saw a Steenbok, which was like a miniature version of antelope.
A highlight, was the water hole at Nyamundwa which was packed with excitement for us too see a herd of elephants and hippos having a confrontation with each other. The elephants won with the hippos running into the lake.
We left the park as the beautiful sun set came down onto the Blyde River Canyon mountains.
Blogged by DJ and Lesley
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