Browns in Kruger October 2018
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:03 am
Hey Guys,
Time for a new TT and I’m going to push it out rather fast as usual because things just aren’t slowing down at work, so I need to get it dusted.
This was our only family Kruger trip of the year due to rising costs in SA, so we were hanging to go and Kruger didn’t disappoint sighting wise, however like any Kruger holiday, it seemed to be over too quickly.
We initially tried for the July holidays, but came short with the faulty booking story again and due to the rats, October school holidays were our only other option and the final trip was as per below, but I had to work at Skukuza on the 28th for around 5 hours, however this didn’t damper the start of the trip much.
27th, 28th, 29th and 30th Lower Sabie
1st Talamati
2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Skukuza
6th Biyamiti
Bushpig hit a medical speed wobble with some badly timed flu which stuffed up portions of her trip but for a change the rest of us never got it.
The weather was very weird with a mixed bag, however it wasn’t nearly as hot as we have learnt to expect during the month of October with only 2 really hot days to deal with.
As usual we stuffed up plenty photo opportunities which bothered me this trip because we had a few great sightings and we just aren’t capturing them as well as we should be. I think my old Canon 550d is tired and our mixed bag of minor photographic knowledge doesn’t help either.
We caught up with some familiar friends/wildies a few times during the trip, Penny and Bobby, but unfortunately never managed to fit in a breakfast or lunch as we were in different sections of the park at times, we also travelled up to the Tshokwane area a fair bit to avoid some of the southern crowds and time just ran away from us, but it’s always awesome catching up with them.
The rhino population is again a concern for me and they were missing from many of the usual spots.
The poaching isn’t under control, the local communities are using sections of the park as a grocery store, the Sabie river smells like turd when it rains, some southern sections of the park are way too overcrowded and day visitor numbers should be reduced at gates in those areas, there’s a lack of maintenance and management in certain camps, etc, etc and improvement on all fronts is desperately needed for longevity, however Kruger is still a special place and the trip was one of our better Kruger family holidays.
To be continued
Time for a new TT and I’m going to push it out rather fast as usual because things just aren’t slowing down at work, so I need to get it dusted.
This was our only family Kruger trip of the year due to rising costs in SA, so we were hanging to go and Kruger didn’t disappoint sighting wise, however like any Kruger holiday, it seemed to be over too quickly.
We initially tried for the July holidays, but came short with the faulty booking story again and due to the rats, October school holidays were our only other option and the final trip was as per below, but I had to work at Skukuza on the 28th for around 5 hours, however this didn’t damper the start of the trip much.
27th, 28th, 29th and 30th Lower Sabie
1st Talamati
2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Skukuza
6th Biyamiti
Bushpig hit a medical speed wobble with some badly timed flu which stuffed up portions of her trip but for a change the rest of us never got it.
The weather was very weird with a mixed bag, however it wasn’t nearly as hot as we have learnt to expect during the month of October with only 2 really hot days to deal with.
As usual we stuffed up plenty photo opportunities which bothered me this trip because we had a few great sightings and we just aren’t capturing them as well as we should be. I think my old Canon 550d is tired and our mixed bag of minor photographic knowledge doesn’t help either.
We caught up with some familiar friends/wildies a few times during the trip, Penny and Bobby, but unfortunately never managed to fit in a breakfast or lunch as we were in different sections of the park at times, we also travelled up to the Tshokwane area a fair bit to avoid some of the southern crowds and time just ran away from us, but it’s always awesome catching up with them.
The rhino population is again a concern for me and they were missing from many of the usual spots.
The poaching isn’t under control, the local communities are using sections of the park as a grocery store, the Sabie river smells like turd when it rains, some southern sections of the park are way too overcrowded and day visitor numbers should be reduced at gates in those areas, there’s a lack of maintenance and management in certain camps, etc, etc and improvement on all fronts is desperately needed for longevity, however Kruger is still a special place and the trip was one of our better Kruger family holidays.
To be continued