Browns in Kruger July 2016
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 8:25 am
Hey Guys,
It’s time to start our July 2016 TT.
Things are rather busy at work, so this will be one of those fast paced hamster type reports.
This was the 1st trip to KNP this year for Bushcraft, The Cow, Hawkeyes, Bushpig and Albert, which is primarily due to the cost of visiting Kruger nowadays. Also I hit a major speed wobble while in KNP in October 2015 and I really thought at the time that I would never see the place again, so admittedly I haven’t been hundreds since and those thoughts were still fresh in my mind.
As it was the July school holidays we battled for accommodation as per normal, but eventually managed to put something together.
The trip ended up as below:
6th Skukuza
7th and 8th Satara
9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Skukuza
13th and 14th Lower Sabie
The park was busier in the south than we have ever seen which could only be due to the inflated gate quotas and even the normal “escape from the crowd” roads were choked at times, so we ducked a few “sightings” and just continued on.
We had a meet planned with RP which is always good fun and happened to link up with another cool wildie who had changed his booking to Lower Sabie.
There were no medical issues this trip which was a nice change and the stomach even played the game, so there were no emergency “toilet” episodes which had become a part of our Kruger trips. I did however have to “pull a RP” once, much to the horror and embarrassment of the rats, while on an afternoon drive.
The weather was weird as we arrived to 27 degrees, but then a massive cold front came through and our maximum temperature for the next 5 days was 21 degrees which is artic conditions for KZN locals.
I’m going to omit all rhino sightings as most routes are obvious and if a make a major balls up with the birds then please step in and help with the correct ID.
In summary, the trip was fairly good sighting wise, however we never found dogs, but I know they den in July, so one has to be very lucky to see them and there were the normal ups and downs in mood; however I did notice a marked difference in how much the teenage rats enjoyed it which was cool, so I hope all ride the wave, hang around during the boring times and still enjoy the TT.
To be continued
It’s time to start our July 2016 TT.
Things are rather busy at work, so this will be one of those fast paced hamster type reports.
This was the 1st trip to KNP this year for Bushcraft, The Cow, Hawkeyes, Bushpig and Albert, which is primarily due to the cost of visiting Kruger nowadays. Also I hit a major speed wobble while in KNP in October 2015 and I really thought at the time that I would never see the place again, so admittedly I haven’t been hundreds since and those thoughts were still fresh in my mind.
As it was the July school holidays we battled for accommodation as per normal, but eventually managed to put something together.
The trip ended up as below:
6th Skukuza
7th and 8th Satara
9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Skukuza
13th and 14th Lower Sabie
The park was busier in the south than we have ever seen which could only be due to the inflated gate quotas and even the normal “escape from the crowd” roads were choked at times, so we ducked a few “sightings” and just continued on.
We had a meet planned with RP which is always good fun and happened to link up with another cool wildie who had changed his booking to Lower Sabie.
There were no medical issues this trip which was a nice change and the stomach even played the game, so there were no emergency “toilet” episodes which had become a part of our Kruger trips. I did however have to “pull a RP” once, much to the horror and embarrassment of the rats, while on an afternoon drive.
The weather was weird as we arrived to 27 degrees, but then a massive cold front came through and our maximum temperature for the next 5 days was 21 degrees which is artic conditions for KZN locals.
I’m going to omit all rhino sightings as most routes are obvious and if a make a major balls up with the birds then please step in and help with the correct ID.
In summary, the trip was fairly good sighting wise, however we never found dogs, but I know they den in July, so one has to be very lucky to see them and there were the normal ups and downs in mood; however I did notice a marked difference in how much the teenage rats enjoyed it which was cool, so I hope all ride the wave, hang around during the boring times and still enjoy the TT.
To be continued