Birthday to never forget… 50 or BUST in Kruger

[trailrunner]

Thanks flutts.

[Bushcraft]

Awesome views from your tent I have 3 young rats, so never get to stay there, but in a few years

[Dewi]

You poor soul. Having to sit and suffer that view with a drink in hand. I would have complained if I was you.

What tent number was that again?

[trailrunner]

Yip it was a bit rough Dewi!

We were in tent 22 as per the advice provided.

You could see around the small bush but if that were removed, wow wow wow.

[trailrunner]

With the 1st leg of our journey over we edged out the Lower Sabie gate at 6:00 am with only 5 other cars and slowly started the long drive to Letaba up the H4 -1.
We had had a brief discussion about whether to take the well travelled H4-1 or go up the H10 by way of a change of scenery. The H4 -1 it was.

15 minutes into our journey we spotted something up the road and quickly followed the lead car to see the shape getting even bigger in the early morning sunlight.

Lion Male H4-1 early posing

[Bushcraft]

Great male lion sighting

[trailrunner]

Thanks BC, yes at last things were changing.

[nan]

a magnificent blond one

[trailrunner]

Being in Kruger and especially Lower Sabie had been great but if truth be told the one thing that could have been better, especially for a relative newby, were the sightings. We had indeed in the 1st three days seen some animals, even a few cats but they were mostly at a distance that didn’t really excite and almost disappointed the experience. THIS WAS DIFFERENT!!!

Big Boy strutting his stuff


Lions Head

[trailrunner]

a magnificent blond one

Thanks, yes nan, magnificent indeed.