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| Early start |
This morning we were up at the crack of dawn (04:00) in
order to arrive at Kruger as early as possible, after checking in we finally
entered the park and we were glued to the roads and surroundings.
Our first
spotting of the day was a couple of giraffes, hidden amongst the trees and fog.
We drove around for a bit until we had an unexpected encounter. All of a sudden
a fully grown male bull elephant was approaching us head on at a worrying
speed; we reversed slowly yet the elephant was now very aggravated and started
to stomp his feet and wave his trunk. (You can view a quick video of the elephant on the twitter feed on the right of the blog or view it here... https://twitter.com/i/status/1099256450814230528 )
There were now 6 or so cars backing up
behind us which meant we weren`t able to reverse any further, but there were 2
safari jeeps which eventually helped encourage the elephant off the road and we
continued onward.
We then carried on driving and spotted a tortoise, a pair of
Hyenas, buffalo, Zebras, hippos, a mother and
baby elephant, giraffes and water buffalo, but nothing seemed to top the
bull elephant encounter. Along the way we spotted a family of monkeys, loads of
impalas which by the end of the day we’d seen more than enough of, and a
crocodile.
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| Quiet and peaceful at Lake Panic Bird Hide |
Lake panic was the final destination, despite the name it
was an extremely peaceful bird spot, we managed to spot eagles and a stork to
name just a couple. We finally drove out of the gate making the most of the day
being one of the first groups in and one of the last out. Driving back we had a
very scenic view of the setting sun whilst listening (and singing along) to the
whole Queen`s Greatest Hits album and overall ending the day on a high.
By Georgia and Nick
Here are some more photos from our day in Kruger...
Here are some more photos from our day in Kruger...
