Kaia Tani Kruger National Park

... reached Skukuza restcamp. It was 10 am. Time for something to drink. We had already seen four of the Big Five on that day. The only one we hadn't seen was the Buffalo, but we had already seen them before. Lucky said he wanted to complete the whole Big Five before lunch. I commented that it would be nice to spot a proud male Lion as well.

Next up we encountered a large group of Baboons walking along a dirt road. The whole troop ...

... run their park really amazed us, booking is online and very informative, check in and out is easy, safaris are great, room is clean and etc. The first animal we encounter was a group of impala roaming in the camp. Sarah tried to be "friendly", attempting to bribe them with the leftover giraffe food from lion park, they don't seem tempted at all. We thank God that we're still alive at a time when these incredible wildlife ...

... of a fuss. Watching “Handy Manny” on the DVD player (in Spanish) was a little out of place in the African bush, but entertained her for awhile.

We had a lady from the lodge take our laundry, promising us we would have it back in the morning. We had a fine dinner in a kraal made of high reeds, campfire in the middle, and braiied steaks on ...

... South African ingenuity, a few camps sold something that should be dubbed the instant BBQ. It was charcoal, wrapped in newspaper, and put into a small slatted crate made out of kindling (with an attached piece of twine for carrying). Just put the crate in the grill, light the newspaper, and in 30 minutes, the grill is ready for cooking; · And speaking of cooking, the sausage we have been grilling almost daily is called boerwors. The special ...

... for a snack on some cliffs that had gorgeous views of the park. This 'park' that is bigger than some countries actually. I eyed the rangers rifle and asked if I could take a pic with it. I assumed that it wasn't loaded and he had no problem with my taking it. I took some funny pics of me looking all hard core and the view of the park behind me. I thought to myself how totally opposite I looked compared to when I dance. I like that I'm a walking contradiction ...

... stories about what we saw, I've added stories to some of them. One evening we came across six giraffes eating together. Three of them starting dropping their heads and nuzzling each others hind legs. Two of them went off to the bushes, right next to our car and you didn't have to be a genius to work out there was going to be a possible baby giraffe making exercise here. 'She' got ready and buried her head in a ...

... we were first on the scene) and a few others caused them to be a little unsettled and they crossed the road before she fed him while the other two older cubs peered out inquisitively from their den beside the road. While the older cubs seemed extremely wary of all the cars, the little cub didn't seem to have a worry in the world as he wandered around to suckle on his mum and then after that, he ventured incredibly close to the cars to see ...

To complement the night drive we had also booked ourselves on the early morning game walk from the camp. CC & JD didn't manage to get on one of these in 2005 and really wanted to give it a try, so we waiting by the truck at 05:15 for the short drive to our start point. African Scops Owls were still calling in the camp, as they may well have been throughout the night. On the drive down we noticed Marabou Storks, Red ...

... job, and did it quickly. The shorter the time needed on the ground, the less drug would be needed for the knock-down, and the better it was for the buffalo. Every animal had a card attached to its horns. All the empty boxes would need to be filled before we could revive them and leave. People began to run around. There were pregnancy tests to be done, blood to be collected, branding, and age and sex measurements to be completed and radio-collars to attach. My job was ...

... We pulled in and an armed guard came out who unfortunately did not speak English but shoved a registration form in our face to fill in. Easy except the form was in Africaan but from having filled in a lot of these we guessed as to what information was required. We handed the form back and he let us (filled with trepidation) enter. The driveway was quite long but probably was not, just seemed that way, and we pulled up in front of a lovely lawn ...