Join us on a night drive at Lower Sabie

During the hours of darkness visitors to the Kruger National Park are not permitted to drive themselves around the reserve, both for their own safety and that of the Park’s wildlife. Nighttime in wild Africa is a fascinating time, however, with nocturnal creatures roaming the dark, and for this reason the Park offers visitors night drives of two to three hours in duration and under the guidance of skilled guides, with spotlights being used to seek out animals and birds that might otherwise be hard to see during daylight. We undertook one such excursion from Lower Sabie Rest Camp during our visit to the Kruger Park last week.

With Joubert and his friend Erlo manning the cameras I could take a few video snippets of our drive. Hop on and come along!

Remember that DeWetsWild can also assist you with bookings for guided activities, like night drives, in the Kruger National Park when you make use of our reservation services for your holiday accommodation.

Kruger Holiday 2023: 1 July / Day 7

Yesterday I lamented the fact that we’d be leaving the Kruger National Park today and heading back home to Pretoria. Well, as is often the case, the Kruger still had one present in store for us before we left. This morning, just a kilometer from Shingwedzi Rest Camp, that gift took the form of a buffalo carcass, two bloody lionesses and the smallest pair of lion cubs we’ve seen in a long time!

Here’s a little video compilation of the cubs as they walked along the road with their mother:

Kruger Holiday 2023: 30 June / Day 6

Sadly today was our final full day in the Kruger National Park, but we still had a marvelous time driving around Shingwedzi Rest Camp

Kruger Holiday 2023: 29 June / Day 5

We had a feast of leopards around Shingwedzi today – no less than 4 separate encounters with these spotted beauties! These photos by Joubert are just a little teaser; we will share more when we get back home.

Kruger Holiday 2023: 28 June / Day 4

Today we arrived at Shingwedzi in the far north of the Kruger National Park, where we will be spending the last 3 nights of our winter holidays.

Kruger Holiday 2023: 27 June / Day 3

We’ve moved camp again and will be spending the third night of our current trip through the Kruger National Park at Tamboti Tented Camp in the central regions of the Park.

Kruger Holiday 2023: 26 June / Day 2

Day two of our winter holiday in the Kruger National Park, and today we explored the area between Pretoriuskop and Lower Sabie where we will be spending the night.

Kruger Holiday 2023 : 25 June / Day 1

It’s the winter holidays in South Africa and we find ourselves back in the Kruger National Park, where tonight we’ll be sleeping in Pretoriuskop Rest Camp.

Winter in Mokala: Sable Antelope Mating Ritual

Early one morning during our recent visit we found a sizable herd of Sable Antelope on the Kniekie Loop in the Mokala National Park. The dominant bull was particularly interested in one cow and we had a front-row seat as he turned on the romance.

Here’s a short video showing the Sable bull courting his mate.

We’ll soon be announcing a very exciting spring-time tour to the Mokala National Park – do keep an eye on DeWetsWild’s facebook page so that you don’t miss out!

Winter in Mokala: The Mammals

No mention of Mokala National Park would be complete without bringing up the amazing diversity of mammals, large and small, that find sanctuary there. Several of them are species rarely encountered in most of our other reserves and it is not for nothing that Mokala’s tagline is “where endangered species roam”.

Come along as we go on a game drive through the Mokala National Park:

We’ll soon be announcing a very exciting spring-time tour to the Mokala National Park – do keep an eye on DeWetsWild’s facebook page so that you don’t miss out!