Kruger wrapped!

Last night I was just too tired from driving all day to write the blog so here is yesterday's story. We decided that we would not set an alarm to wake up but would just get up after we had enough sleep in anticipation of the long drive home. As always though, when there is an opportunity to sleep late, it is wasted. We were up at 5 am, washed ourselves, packed the car, had breakfast and were on the road by 05:50. It was raining so I did not have not have too many hopes of seeing much.

Along the road from Skukuza to Lower Sabie we saw some impala as usual, then a hyena on a mission down the road (it was not interested in having photos taken at all) and then we saw a huge herd of elephants cavorting in the fast flowing Sabie River. At first I thought the elephants were in trouble in the water but on watching them it was obvious that they were having a whale of a time in the current.



After the fun of the elephants everything settled down again to quiet searching for animals. There were a couple of crocs cruising around Sunset Dam and a hippo huffing and puffing but other than that some nice birds: a fish eagle, yellow-billed storks, marabou storks, a grey heron and this pretty little pied kingfisher.

Lower Sabie to Crocodile Bridge was even quieter and it was only just before the gate that we finally started seeing animals again. There was a large herd of zebra and then some wildebeest with youngsters. Wildebeest are not the prettiest of animals but I think that the babies are quite cute!

With that our time in Kruger was over and all that was left was to exit the gate and cross the Crocodile River.


The journey home was uneventful thankfully. It really rained hard in Swaziland which made dodging the potholes rather tricky but it was all okay in the end. Both border crossings were uneventful and we got through without any hassles. I wish all immigration experiences were like that!

We were home by late afternoon and I was so happy to see my precious little girl ........

That brings the blog to a close until I travel again which will most likely be in March to some East African countries. Until then take care everyone!

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