Kruger Park Trip 29 Aug - 3 Sept

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petrivanzyl

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Everything is ready for my trip to the Kruger Park tommorrow.:thumbs:

Even the weather looks great:

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Trip of least 1850km expected

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Lots of photos to follow:fencelook:
 
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Josh-ZN

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have a safe trip. am very jealous!!!

looking forward to the pics :thumbs:
 

Photokid

New member
nice! plenty of fun roads there, interesting destination, and a great drive back! the perfect holiday break.
 

Coisman

Administrator
Staff member
Enjoy it, and remember... they also give out tickets for traffic offences inside the reserve, so behave!! :pimp:
 

Hugo335i

Member
If possible pass tzaneen during the day, there is a very :thumbs: spectacular mountain pass with an amazing road with bends any fanatic would love, that been said at night it gets very fogy and can be dangerous :thumbdo: be careful if you get there at night if during the day enjoy
 
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petrivanzyl

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Thanks guys

Had a safe journey via Rustenburg, Polokwane, Tzaneen, Phalaborwa.

Now having a windhoek in Letaba.

Signal too weak to upload photos
 
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petrivanzyl

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So I'm back home after a safe and enjoyable long weekend in the Kruger Park.

As promised some pics.

Day 1 (29 Aug 2013):

Since our first night was at Letaba camp we had to tackle the long road from Klerksdorp via Rustenburg, Brits, Polokwane, Tzaneen to Phalaborwa.

About 700km all in all and we arrived at the gate at 14h00. We drove with my dad's Isuzu 3.0d

There are still roadworks in between Polokwane and Tzaneen (Magoebaskloof) so we took the George's valley route.

Not much animals seen on the first day.

There are lots of bush bucks inside the Letaba camp:
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View of the Letaba river (it's dry season but flooding happens very often):
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Also lots of naughty monkeys inside the camp - they stole a pineapple out of a close containing and ate it whole, here they are terrorizing the next door neighbor and when I chanced them away they just waited on the Nissan:
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Me having a cold one (it was well into the 30s even during the weekend when it was cold in Gauteng it was still above 25 over there):
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Me and a big tree:
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Our hut - it's really cool how the huts are placed in circles creating a peaceful atmosphere:
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"Looking for some food" - These bush bucks are so tame they will eat food or leaves out of your hand:
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Dippies

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Looks very nice and refreshing petri. Like the pics. :thumbs:
 
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petrivanzyl

Guest
Day 2 (30 Aug 2013):

Friday was a scorcher - all the way up to 39C. We traveled from Letaba camp via Mopani camp to Bateleur Bushveld camp.

Bushveld camps have less than 10 huts in the entire camp.

Sunrise the next morning (6h06am):
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and since you go to bed so early (we never went to bed later than 21h00) 6h00 is not that early - if you light the fire between 17h00 and 18h00, dinner is done by 20h00 and there is not much else to do except listen to the night sounds.

Some bush bucks licking each other early in the morning:
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Dad also came to visit:
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Breakfast at Mopani Restcamp:
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It's called a "lion run" - so far that morning we have only seen a leopard but it gone to quickly to snap:
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A big boabab tree on the way to Bateleur:
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Bateleur Bushveld Camp:
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Some buffalo (there are 31000 buffalo in the Kruger Park):
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Buffalo go for at least R500000 at auctions, bulls with horns like these could easily go for R5m+ - The wider and deeper the horn the more expensive

Sunset at Rooibosrand Dam close to camp:
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Lots of elephants at the hide in camp - they waited a long time to come out and were still very watchful with so many little ones:
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