Early morning at Phalaborwa Gate, one of the gateways into the Kruger National Park.
“Door” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge
Door
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Tag Archives: Kruger National Park
Muse
Out in South Africa’s wild places it’s very difficult not to be enamoured with our magnificent sunrises and sunsets. This photograph was taken at Lake Panic, near Skukuza in the Kruger National Park.
“Muse” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge
Force of nature
Few things will stop an African elephant bull at full speed… This photo was taken near Babalala, between Shingwedzi and Punda Maria, in the northern Kruger National Park.
“Forces of nature” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge
Early Bird
Being out and about at first light is often richly rewarded in South Africa’s wild places, as was the case with this memorable encounter with a spotted hyena near Letaba Rest Camp, in the Kruger National Park.
“Early Bird” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge
Ephemeral
Fleeting beauty at drying pools in the Shingwedzi River, in the northern Kruger National Park.
Fleeting beauty along the Shingwedzi
Fleeting beauty along the Shingwedzi
“Ephemeral” is this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge theme
Orange
This week’s WordPress Photo Challenge theme, Orange, seems the perfect excuse to show off another glorious Kruger Park sunrise!
Reward
The reward for a long day in the bush; a tranquil sunset scene.
This photo was taken near Berg-en-Dal, in the Kruger National Park.
“Reward” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge
Remembering a special lion sighting
We took these photographs at a memorable lion sighting we told you about last year, almost seven months ago (it still feels like yesterday, so vivid is the memory!), though we’ve now converted them to black-and-white for a new challenge we’re taking part in.
We’ve been invited by Jane (Just Another Nature Enthusiast) to join the 5 Day Black-and-White Photo Challenge. Jane cares a whole lot about what we’re doing to our planet, both good and bad, and if you share her love for nature, as we do, you”re sure to enjoy what she has to share.
There are only two rules for this challenge:
1. On 5 consecutive days, create a post using either a past or recent photo in B&W.
2. Each day invite another blog friend to join in the fun.
For this first of our posts, we’re throwing the ball to AJ Vosse, the expat South African talent behind “Ouch!! My back hurts” and a long time supporter of de Wets Wild. We hope you’ll find the time to join the challenge, AJ, and look forward to your contributions!
Scale
The Elephant Hall in Letaba Rest Camp, in the Kruger National Park, allows a deeper appreciation of just how big the African elephant really is…
Inside Letaba’s Elephant Hall
Inside Letaba’s Elephant Hall
Inside Letaba’s Elephant Hall
Lifesize statue outside Letaba’s Elephant Hall
Lifesize statue outside Letaba’s Elephant Hall
Inside Letaba’s Elephant Hall
“Scale” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge
A quick sojourn to Skukuza
Roughly two weeks ago I was invited to Skukuza Rest Camp, in the Kruger National Park, and of course this was the perfect opportunity to mix business and pleasure again. Unfortunately Marilize and Joubert couldn’t join me on this trip, but instead I enjoyed the company of a colleague as passionate about the Park as I am.
We drove to Kruger on the Sunday afternoon and could enjoy the scenery and wildlife along the way from Phabeni Gate to Skukuza. It had been raining all day, and some more in the weeks prior to our arrival, and fresh, green growth was sprouting all over.
Despite heavily overcast skies, Monday afforded us more opportunity to experience the Park, before and after our important meeting of course. The rains heralded the start of the impala lambing season, and many other kinds of animals were getting into the birthing action too.
Alert impala
Hadeda Ibis
Buffalo remains on Skukuza’s promenade
Ample opportunity to enjoy the antics of Skukuza’s vervet monkeys
Ample opportunity to enjoy the antics of Skukuza’s vervet monkeys
Ample opportunity to enjoy the antics of Skukuza’s vervet monkeys
Purple-crested Turaco
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Bushbuck
Lazy lioness
Lazy lioness
Threatening clouds over the Sabie River
Impala lambing season
Impala lambing season
Hyenas are commonly encountered at Skukuza
Epauletted Fruit Bat under the thatch of Skukuza’s shop
And then Tuesday dawned, with bright and sunny skies, but for us it was time to head back to Pretoria, via Lower Sabie and exiting the Park at Crocodile Bridge.
Baboons abound along the Sabie
Yes, they’re fast asleep!
Laughing dove in Lower Sabie
Glossy starling in Lower Sabie
Expertly camouflaged tree agama
Signs of spring all around
Arrow-marked babbler in Lower Sabie
Glossy starling after taking a bath
Warthogs drinking from the Sabie
Life and death in the Sabie
Leopard Tortoise enjoying freshly sprouted grass
Newborn warthogs
Newborn warthogs
Common Emperor Moth at Crocodile Bridge
Common Emperor Moth at Crocodile Bridge
Nothing like an unexpected bush visit to rejuvenate mind and body! This last gallery sums it up so well for me; even such a short visit to the Kruger Park can deliver unexpected and very memorable sightings. While doing our walkabout at Lower Sabie Rest Camp, I came across this tree agama being irritated by a large ant…
Notice the ant on this agama’s leg?
She does!
Taking aim
Out comes the tongue!
And gone is the ant…
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