Tshokwane was rather busy, which was expected since it was around time for brunch, but we were hungry and the sighting board didn’t indicate much down south, so the Cow stood in the queue for 20 minutes to order boerewors rolls and we found a private spot to park off and relax for an hour. I have to mention that the wors roll, especially the tomato/onion/mystery sauce, was way better than I expected, so I syphoned mine and then hovered around the Cow’s plate like a hyena to score a section.
The rest of the drive down the H1-2/H12/H4-1 to Skukuza didn’t produce much besides some lion sleeping in the Sabie riverbed, but it was around midday by now, so the sighting was a minor rugby scrum, therefore we just snapped a “proof” pic and moved on.
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We arrived at Skukuza just before 2pm, check in went smoothly and we were soon relaxing at our normal GC6 unit next to Moni guest house. We had booked the GC6 at the time because there was a possibility that Bushpig would be able to join us, however varsity put a spanner in the works, but we decided to hang onto the unit anyway. This is the only GC6 unit in Skukuza and it has its own little Lapa type thing on the fence, so that became our spot for the afternoon as it had been a long drive down from Satara, but at around 5pm we eventually decided to visit alpha loop and then to do a small section of H1-2.
Alpha loop produced a bird for the Cow, however I’m not certain of the model now when looking at the pic. It could be a juvenile martial, so if any birders are reading this, please advise.
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A few km down the H1-2 we found a dozing hyena pip in the distance, a bateleur and a giraffe drinking along the Sand River, but the half an hour cut off time before we had to turn had already nearly elapsed so we headed back towards camp for a braai.
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