Imbali Safari Lodge Kruger National Park

... family who were on safari hosted you on<br>the 26/09/2009 through 29/09/2009, i want to thank you for a memorable<br>experiance. We trully had a good time, and we got some great photos of<br>animals and the scenery as well. We have hundreds of photos to keep our<br>memories sharp for a lifetime.<br><br>Mark was a great guide as he mixed in humour with his expertise regarding<br>the park. Our consecutive ...

... in 1883 and instigated legislation to conserve wildlife. In 1898, due to his efforts this area was proclaimed the Sabie Game Reserve, from which the present Kruger National Park was developed. Recently the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park was created allowing the wildlife to pass between the adjoining park ...

... as to how a giraffe's camouflage works. I don't recall the answer (or even whether we got one or not), but I do recall another story she told us about the Giraffes in general. A giraffe with its long legs has trouble keeping its footing when crossing tarmac roads within the Kruger Park. The Lions have adapted to this and chase a Giraffe onto the tarmac road to bring it down more easily there and kill it. (This story would be supported by a giraffe ...

... herds, giraffe, millions of impala and kudu, etc. It's very exciting and we had to keep reminding ourselves that we weren't in a zoo and that ...

... off coming winter's ware. Next to our car it looks up at us, as if to say.... 'phew, starlings, here, I'll give you something to really talk about' and then he jumps, leaps, flies...words escape me... up the next tree. He perches there so that we can take some more profile shots and then, as silently as he came, he leaps down the tree and vanishes into the bush. This wonderful scene can only have lasted 15 minutes in total but is now etched deeply into our memories (needless to ...

I went on a safari all day today and was able to see the Big Five! The Big Five are water buffalos, leopards, elephants, lions, and rhinos. We left our hotel at 5am to get to the park for sunrise when the animals would be moving around the most. I was going to go on a hot air balloon ride over the park with Deisha, Devin, and Brandon but was unable to due to the weather. The first animals we saw today were elephants. They were just hanging out ...

... along the river we could see fresh prints heading into the tall grass. In the background was the original railroad bridge from the old Selati railway line. This was built around 1912 as I remember. There was some activity along the walk so off we went again. Here were spider monkeys playing in the trees and eating scraps of orange peel thrown by supposedly educated humans. Even though people are warned not to feed the monkeys they still do. Walking ...

... and the younger male was precariously balanced on a branch way, way at the top of the tree, and they were making all sorts of noise. As we drove around the tree to get a better view of the younger leopard, we came across the two lionesses (I think they were the two from the Sand River pride), languidly waiting just out of sight to see if the leopards would come down. At one point, our vehicle was almost directly below the ...

Click here for all Kruger photos Today was a bad day for impalas - but more to come on that! Up in the dark but it was all worth it on what was my best day in Kruger and the start of 6 months on the road for me. Just out of the gates and there is a hyena ...

... overlooking the pools. We saw a mother hippo with her baby. The baby looked like Shrek and the mother did a huge yawn for us to photograph. On our return to Croc Bridge Rest Camp we showered and had a great BRAAI! A braai is another word for BBQ! We invited a lone camper to dine with us- a photographer named Raymond. He was from SA and was spending 1 whole month in the Kruger photographing the wildlife.