Browns in Kruger April 2013*
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:25 pm
Hi Guys;
The Toti Browns are back again.
We once again never got our first choice of accommodation, but managed to juggle a few things and put a trip together.
This was going to be our 3rd April in KNP for Bushcraft, The Cow, Hawkeyes, Bushpig and Albert. It’s not the best time to be there in my opinion, but it’s always been a good time for wild dogs for us, so decided to go for it anyway as we are limited to school holidays.
The trip ended up as below:
27th Nkonkoni Camp Jozini Dam
28th, 29th and 30th Lower Sabie Huts
31st Biyamiti
1st Talamati
2nd, 3rd and 4th Satara
5th and 6th Lower Sabie (Originally back in the huts for 1 night, but scored a luck, which I will elaborate on later)
We once again had to put together a tricky shopping list because of the faulty Swazi border post officials and luckily we did, because for the first time in many trips they inspected.
We experienced a few days of reasonably heavy rain, which was a first for us as we generally prefer the winter months, thicker bush than previous trips, more closed roads than previous trips, battled again for my favourite animal, which frustratingly seems to be a habit for us now and found more tortoises then I have ever seen in my life, which aren’t the most exciting in my book.
I’m not sure what happened to me for the first part of the trip as all I wanted to do was sleep, which is crazy for me. I first put it down to malaria tablets, or maybe I’m visiting Kruger too much and have lost the “charge”, but I think it was probably a release from work pressure as it’s been a hectic start to the year.
In summary it felt like we had to work fairly hard for what we got, although the Cow thinks it was a good trip and I’m just spoilt. We also had a camera crash, which was partly electronic failure and partly because I lost my temper and attacked it, but there are many of the usual and new scraps and a few long lips, so those may entertain if the pics don’t.
To be continued
The Toti Browns are back again.
We once again never got our first choice of accommodation, but managed to juggle a few things and put a trip together.
This was going to be our 3rd April in KNP for Bushcraft, The Cow, Hawkeyes, Bushpig and Albert. It’s not the best time to be there in my opinion, but it’s always been a good time for wild dogs for us, so decided to go for it anyway as we are limited to school holidays.
The trip ended up as below:
27th Nkonkoni Camp Jozini Dam
28th, 29th and 30th Lower Sabie Huts
31st Biyamiti
1st Talamati
2nd, 3rd and 4th Satara
5th and 6th Lower Sabie (Originally back in the huts for 1 night, but scored a luck, which I will elaborate on later)
We once again had to put together a tricky shopping list because of the faulty Swazi border post officials and luckily we did, because for the first time in many trips they inspected.
We experienced a few days of reasonably heavy rain, which was a first for us as we generally prefer the winter months, thicker bush than previous trips, more closed roads than previous trips, battled again for my favourite animal, which frustratingly seems to be a habit for us now and found more tortoises then I have ever seen in my life, which aren’t the most exciting in my book.
I’m not sure what happened to me for the first part of the trip as all I wanted to do was sleep, which is crazy for me. I first put it down to malaria tablets, or maybe I’m visiting Kruger too much and have lost the “charge”, but I think it was probably a release from work pressure as it’s been a hectic start to the year.
In summary it felt like we had to work fairly hard for what we got, although the Cow thinks it was a good trip and I’m just spoilt. We also had a camera crash, which was partly electronic failure and partly because I lost my temper and attacked it, but there are many of the usual and new scraps and a few long lips, so those may entertain if the pics don’t.
To be continued