Naledi Bushcamp and Enkoveni Camp
Travel Blogs from Balule Private Game Reserve
Auf den Spuren der BIG 5
Unser nächstes Reiseziel, der Krüger Nationalpark befindet sich im Nordosten Südafrikas an der Grenze zu Mocambique. Uns stehen knapp 4 Tage in einer Lodge inmitten des Balule Private Game Reserves bevor. Dieses Reservat grenzt zaunlos an den Krüger Nationalpark und umfasst eine Fläche von 350 km². Im Gegensatz zum "öffentlichen" Krüger Park, der …
Welcome to Safari
We flew South African Airways to Johannesburg, and after immigration and a 3 hour stopover, it was straight on to a little turbo prop plane for the short hop to Hoedspruit near the Kruger National Park. The London-Joburg leg was rather uncomfortable; narrow seats combined with two crying infants did nothing to help us sleep. So despite being an …
Safari Round Up
Too many photos to sift through! Here are some of the best ones from the last 3 days on safari.
But the highlight was definitely driving right into the middle of a pride of lions - not more an 5m away from them - including witnessing some 'lion-on-lion action', if you know what I mean!
Like in the movies...
The combination of our late-afternoon arrival and huge barbecue dinner combined to help us all sleep through the night. That said, when the alarm went off at 5:30am it still seemed like a very short night. We were being picked up for transit to our game lodge at 6:30am, so we had time for quick showers and a very rushed breakfast, as the driver …
The Big 5
... and four cubs. They were lying down for the day near a lake and weren't very active. The males of the pride were apparently hunting elsewhere. They also were too far for the capacities of my limited camera. A real camera with zoom or exchangable lenses would have been better for these two days of the trip. We also again saw the wild dogs. This time we watched them hunt impala. The alpha female would lie down ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking