Browns in Kruger - April and September 2018 (JHB Clan)

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RP: and we have nothing but Lion

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Sunday 2nd September 2018 – Continued

The drive to Lower Sabie had lots of general game, we took a pit stop and then a quick drive to Lubyelubye rocks to see if a Leopard was hanging around.

Had an interesting experience at Lower Sabie when Cailin forgot her IPhone on the counter at the Mug & Bean. She only realized this when we reached the parking lot and went straight back. On questioning the staff, unfortunately no one had seen the IPhone ??

“Find My IPhone” was still showing the phone at the Lower Sabie deck, so we pinged it using Find my IPhone….

and the sound came from the Lower Sabie reception…. On entering the reception, the young lady behind the reception desk was desperately trying to keep her handbag quiet !!

After a quick discussion where the young lady assured us that she was just keeping the phone safe ?? and of course we believed her


We retrieved the phone and continued on our way.


No Leopard but more Lion !!








The one lioness started to move towards the road





We positioned ourselves to be in the perfect position as she crossed the road





But then she spotted a herd of Impala





And started stalking

















After a burst of speed and Impala scattering in all directions, it turned into another failed hunt, and she moved off down to the river.

We did not get the Leopard we were looking for but did find the kill in the tree.





Sunday 2nd September 2018 – Continues

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Sunday 2nd September 2018 – Continued


On the way back down we took the S28 / S137 loop and spotted the Monitor Lizard living in a dead tree on the S28 section











Then back to the Lions down at the Gezantombi dam, it was midday, so they were all sleeping





One was giving a Tusker a cautious watch





And a few younger ones were closely watching a herd of Impala that had come down to drink in the pools








They were spotted long before they got close





This lion was sleeping with its head jammed in a fork in a tree





It was 13h00 when we headed back to Marloth


Sunday 2nd September 2018 – Continues

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Sunday 2nd September 2018 – Continued


As we had been driving for 7 hours in the morning, we just took a drive in to see what the Lions were up to, we took drinks and snacks and just chilled overlooking the dam for an hour.














Evening Yoga











It was great to just chill and not to have to drive, and awesome to watch the lions interacting


Sunday 2nd September 2018 – End

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Monday 3rd September 2018


We had to drive back to Johannesburg today, so we took a quick drive in the park. The route would be to check on the lions then do the H5 / S108 / S25 loop back to Croc Bridge.

The Lions were gone !!

But on the H5 we found these two









And that was it for our 2081 Kruger trips

Thanks so much for all that followed this report and all the great comments


2019 trip starts in 7 days

[Lisbeth]

Lots of lions

The fur of some of the lionesses do not look very nice, but they do not look sick either

Nice couple of young lions

Thank you for sharing, SN and don't let too much time pass before the next TT

Have a great trip in a week's time

[Flutterby]

Plenty of lions around!

Thanks for sharing your trip with us! And good luck for the upcoming one.

[Richprins]

Very good ending, SN!

Love the leguaan in the tree, great shots!

Sorry about the phone getting stolen, but good detective work! (No, staff should certainly not keep lost property themselves... )


Thanks for a lovely instalment indeed, and enjoy the next trip!

[Alf]

2081 kruger trips

More and more lions

[Bushcraft]

Jezz, plenty lions

Your next trip about to start