Flavour of the Month - Jan 2013: S25 Croc River Road

Post by **Richprins** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:07 pm

Wow!

2013 Google Earth is amazing!

Post by **Richprins** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:07 pm

A very successful and popular road, especially over the last decade: S25 Croc River Road

Post by **Flutterby** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:07 pm

S25 Croc River Road

Post by **Richprins** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:07 pm

S25 Croc River Road

Post by **Flutterby** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:07 pm

S25 Croc River Road

From Nigel Dennis - Where to watch game in the Kruger National Park:

The S25 Crocodile River road is another prime route. Leopard are likely to be seen along this road in the early morning and late afternoon, and lion are very plentiful along the entire route...and I have often spotted several prides in a morning's drive. A few kilometres from the camp along the S25, a short track (S27) branches to the left, leading to Hippo Pool. Here a field ranger is on duty daily to escort visitors on the short walk to view the hippos close-up. If you are traversing the S25 in mid-afternoon, a short detour to Gayisenga water hole on the S26 is likely to yield elephant. This water hole attracts plenty of game and is, in fact, a pool on the Mpondo Spruit, which is generally dry throughout much of its course.

Post by **Mel** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:22 pm

Road block...

Post by **Richprins** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:05 pm

It is a road of two halves...the Western stretch until Byamiti with its own vegetation...then merging to the Eastern side with firstly the Delagoa thornveld then the savannah of the Crocodile Bridge area!

East:

West:

Post by **Dzombo** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:45 pm

I did this road a few times this December.

Sightings were average.
Impala
Waterbuck
Warthog
and 1 Elephant bull

The sand roads branching off it towards Gardenia were much more productive

Post by **Dzombo** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:58 pm

The bull Elephant that I saw:

Post by **Richprins** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:42 pm

Africa Wild