There was a reason I dedicated the previous two posts on de Wets Wild to Lower Sabie and Olifants, two of the most popular camps in the Kruger National Park. That is because I had the opportunity to visit both camps again earlier this week, and now that you have been introduced to both destinations we can all just sit back and enjoy some photos from this latest trip. Here’s hoping you enjoy the gallery as much as I enjoyed putting it together!
Sunrise on the road near Malelane
Chew with your mouth closed!
Lilac-breasted Roller
Kudu herd on the move
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
Marching buffalo bulls
Ellie insists on having the right of way!
Reflections at a waterhole near Crocodile Bridge
Reflections at a waterhole near Crocodile Bridge
Blue wildebeest too nervous to drink
Crocodile lazing on a rock in the Vurhami stream
Giraffe on the plains
Cheetah south of Lower Sabie
Bungalow 12 at Lower Sabie, May 2016
Nyala along the Sabie
Red-billed Oxpecker clinging to a kudu
Old timer slowly walking along the road
Kudu close-up
Great white egret in the Sabie
Sunset over the Sabie
Hooded Vulture silhouette
Lioness on buffalo kill
Klipspringer ewe on Nkumbe Mountain
Blue wildebeests near Tshokwane
Huge herd of nervous zebra at Mazithi Dam
Elephant showing zebras who’se the boss!
Big old bull north of Satara
Young hippo looking for something to eat
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Olifants bungalow 23, May 2016
The milky way above Olifants
Sunrise over the Olifants
Leopard seen near Olifants
Watchful lion near Olifants
Buffalo facing the rising sun
Wildebeest silhouette
Leopard hunting jackals
Leopard hunting jackals
Leopard hunting jackals
Zebras and marulas outside Satara
Impala on the run
Elephant bull on the way to Orpen
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What a fabulous collection of images! 🙂
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Thank you Jo!
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Dries, I like your Zebra, reflections at the waterhole. Thanks for sharing. Giving us a quick ‘breather and a let’s pretend we are in the bush’ moment.
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Thank you for visiting with us, Erika! Welkom hier!
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Magnificent photos! I especially love the leopard. You should make that into a poster! 🙂
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Thanks Linda! Leopards are such a special sighting, and to get a decent picture of them is such a bonus!
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Well done, indeed! 😀
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Another great post. Thanks for sharing
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Thanks for visiting with us, Cal!
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I can smell and hear the Kruger in these photos. Thanks for sharing it with us, Dries 😀
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Thanks for visiting with me, Maurice!
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Always amazing:)
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Kruger always delivers, for sure!
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Dankie… ek het die besoek geniet! Ek sou lekker daar in die park kon werk! Ek wonder net of ek ooit iets gedoen sal kry… 😉
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Ek kan beaam dat dit bitter moeilik is, AJ!
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Miskien is dit ook maar goed hulle het nie vir my die job gegee nie!! Hulle sou my sommer gou-gou weg gejaag het vir vrotgeid!! 😉
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Stunning photographs! X
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Thank you very much, and welcome here, Musicwaffle!
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Do the animals come up to the bungalow or is there some type of fencing?? I’d be terrified of being eaten!! lol..
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In Kruger the camps are all safely surrounded by electric fencing, Teresa, so you can walk around at night with a flashlight and look for nocturnal critters, like bushbabies and scorpions!
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Oh my – those leopard eyes!
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It always feels like the big cats look straight into your soul!
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So beautiful!!
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So na as wat mens aan hemel op aarde kan kom…
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Verseker!!
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what a beautiful kitteh
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Beautiful indeed, and very dangerous too!
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I am also fascinated by that leopard picture – such intensity in its eyes!
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Thanks Annette – he really was a good looking specimen!
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That leopard pic is stunning. I am also awestruck by the milky way – it’s a sight so few of us urban-bound people ever see 😦
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You are so right about the milky way Maamej – looking up to the night sky at Lower Sabie and Olifants the number of stars above your head is simply amazing!
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Hard to choose, but the leopard and the drinking giraffe win my heart.
janet
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Thanks a lot, Janet!
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Breathtaking images, Dries, but especially the leopard. So beautiful.
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Thanks very much Tish! The leopard encounter near Olifants certainly was very special!
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Amazing sightings – this is safari heaven. I’m green with envy!
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Such a memorable three days in the Park, Liz. Thanks for visiting with me!
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Such beautiful photos! The water reflections and sweet Ellie are wonderful.
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Thanks Lois!
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Weereens pragtig,Dries…veral die pragtige dagbreek by Malelane!Pragblog!
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Baie dankie Dina!
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Lyk nog maar droog?
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Droeer as wat ek ooit kan onthou, Tina. Moeilik om te aanskou…
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Sug… en die reëntyd is nou verby!
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Beautiful – we live on such an amazing planet. Thanks for sharing your part of the world 🙂
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It’s our immense pleasure and an amazing privilege, thanks Cathy!
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