A South African woman has been badly injured due to being attacked by a leopard at Matopi 1 Camp on the Botswana side of Kgalagadi. The account of the attack was posted by the husband on 4×4 community.co.za forum: On the night of the 4th of January my wife, myself and another two friends set…
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Eastern Bank Males – Lions of Kruger
Today’s featured lions are the Eastern Bank Males, The Eastern bank males were born in 2012 which makes them 6 years old, they were fathered by the 3 Toulon males. They come from the Sabi Sands Game Reserve and formed a coalition of 5. They used to be a coalition of 5 males sadly one…
Best Route from Crocodile Bridge Gate to Skukuza
Crocodile Bridge gate is another convenient gate to enter from Johannesburg with a total distance of 450km and an approximate travel time of four and a half hours. Summary of Route to take: H4-2 , turn right onto H10 , turn left onto S29, continue on S30, turn left onto H12 , turn right…
7 Reasons You Should Visit the Kruger National Park
1. The Big 5 The Kruger National Park is home to the big 5, making it accessible for visitors to spot the big 5 in the wild. The term big five historically refers to the five most dangerous animals to hunt in South Africa, there are approximately 1750 lions, 1000 leopards, 13 000 elephants and…
Best Route from Numbi to Skukuza
Numbi gate is the closest gate from Johannesburg with just under 400km in distance and a travel time of 4 and a half hours. Our favourite route if entering at Numbi gate would be to travel on the H1-1 Napi Road, the H1-1 is a tar road the bush around this road is generally thick…
N’wanetsi Males – Lions of Kruger
This week featured lions are the N’wanetsi male lions The very first time we saw the N’wanetsi males was in March of 2015, we only saw two of them and we weren’t sure which lions they were at the time, but we saw them on H1-3 near the H6. In one of our previous posts…
Best Route from Malelane to Skukuza
We decided to add a weekly post for the best routes for game viewing to our blog, so every week we will be discussing different routes in the Kruger Park. Today we going to start by talking about the route from Malelane Gate to Skukuza. Malelane is one of the most convenient gates to access…
Shishangaan Coalition – Lions of Kruger
In April of 2015 we visited Kruger and this particular trip was very special as we got to see a white lion cub in the WILD. The white lion is part of the Shishangaan pride, this pride in 2015 was known as a mega pride as it consisted of 4 males, five lionesses and 18-20…
You Can Visit South Africa from the Comfort of your Home with Google
Google released a large collection of 360 degrees images of South African Parks. You can view up to 170 trails in street view of the 19 National Parks in the 9 provinces of South Africa. This project took 12 hours to complete with the help of 200 volunteers many were rangers and guides while the…
Jock Male Coalition – Lions of The Kruger
On the 23 of December 2015 we had the most eventful day that we had ever had in all of the years we have been visiting the Kruger. We decided that morning to travel down the S21 close to Lower Sabie, it was the first time that we drove down that particular sand road. As…