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Re: Birthday to never forget… 50 or BUST in Kruger

Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:30 am
by trailrunner
Thanks flutts. \O

Re: Birthday to never forget… 50 or BUST in Kruger

Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 3:01 pm
by Bushcraft
Awesome views from your tent O/\ O/\ O/\ O/\ I have 3 young rats, so never get to stay there, but in a few years O\/

Re: Birthday to never forget… 50 or BUST in Kruger

Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:06 pm
by Dewi
You poor soul. Having to sit and suffer that view with a drink in hand. I would have complained if I was you. lol

What tent number was that again? O**

Re: Birthday to never forget… 50 or BUST in Kruger

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:41 am
by trailrunner
Yip it was a bit rough Dewi! 0*\ =O: =O:

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. \O

Re: Birthday to never forget… 50 or BUST in Kruger

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:07 pm
by 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
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Re: Birthday to never forget… 50 or BUST in Kruger

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:36 pm
by Bushcraft
^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ Great male lion sighting

Re: Birthday to never forget… 50 or BUST in Kruger

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:58 pm
by trailrunner
Thanks BC, yes at last things were changing. ;-) \O \O

Re: Birthday to never forget… 50 or BUST in Kruger

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:25 pm
by nan
a magnificent blond one \O ^Q^

Re: Birthday to never forget… 50 or BUST in Kruger

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:32 pm
by 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
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Lions Head
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Re: Birthday to never forget… 50 or BUST in Kruger

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:56 pm
by trailrunner
nan wrote:a magnificent blond one \O ^Q^
Thanks, yes nan, magnificent indeed. \O