Kruger Park is cooking!

This time is of the year is generally considered to be the best time of the year to come to Kruger. The bush is drying up, making visibility much better than in summer. Also the animals congregate near watering holes and rivers causing for some exciting action. All in all, the Kruger Park is cooking with some abundant wildlife sightings. Since the end of July we have had regular leopard sightings (16 in total), and have seen the big 5 on every trip over the last two months. One memorable leopard was a particular female seen on the S100 road near Satara. It dragged an impala into a tree and was literally overhanging the road enjoying the feast. As I always say, “these are sightings wildlife documentaries are made of.” It was not only the sightings that were cooking. With the summer fast approaching the temperatures have increased as well and the Park was literally cooking. Last week temperatures were measured over the 40 degrees Celcius on three consecutive days, with the highest being 44 degrees. At least there was some relief with forecasts of rain. Fortunately each camp we use has a refreshing swimming pool, and the thatched bungalows are air-conditioned.