We recently had another (long awaited) breakaway to the paradise that is the Kruger National Park, spending one night in historic Pretoriuskop Rest Camp followed by four nights in Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp. Both these camps are located in the very popular south of the Park and we’ll bring you more detail on each in future installments of de Wets Wild.

Thanks to two consecutive years of exceptionally high rainfall the Park is lush and green with surface water abounding in all the watercourses and seasonal pans. Of course this made searching for game a little harder but we still had numerous excellent sightings of the spectacular wild animals and birds for which the Kruger National Park is known the world over. The weather also played along beautifully and for six days we could forget that winter is hiding just around the corner here in South Africa.

Click on any of the images below to view them all in a carousel gallery, and have a look at the links provided at the end for some additional photos taken during our most recent trip to heaven.

Malelane sunrise

Rhino roadblock – pity we don’t understand what he’s saying!

Waterbuck at Shitlhave Dam near Pretoriuskop

Hyenas on the move

Kudu couw

Not a hungry hungry hippo!

The King marking his territory

Princess in hiding

Spotted hyena on the lookout for breakfast

Old man buffalo

Stripes and more stripes

Hippos at Ntandanyathi Hide

Impala sizing up one another

Tree agama

Not happy to be disturbed during lunch

Elephant herd on the move

A flock of storks catching fish trapped in a small pool

Young giraffe bulls sparring

Rocky outcrops lending character to the landscape around Pretoriuskop

Pretoriuskop Rest Camp

Stream crossing near Pretoriuskop

Rocky outcrops lending character to the landscape around Pretoriuskop

Rocky outcrops lending character to the landscape around Pretoriuskop

Marula sunrise near Crocodile Bridge

Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp

Birds of a feather

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