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Kruger Trip ReportThe Kruger Park – greatest wildlife show on earth!Having our home just a four-hour drive from the Kruger Park enables us to visit the park a few times each year for self-drive safaris.In December 2009 we spent two weeks in the park travelling from Punda Maria camp in the far north to Olifants camp in the centre, down to Skukuza camp and finally Crocodile Bridge camp in the far south. Many people that we speak with tell us that December is NOT a good time to visit the park as it’s too hot, the bush is too thick and there is not too much game to see. Well our response is ‘Too bad if you follow your own advice!’ because each day we had better sightings than the previous day and we ended up spotting the ‘super-seven’ in just two weeks...! Lion - 8 sightings Leopard - 3 sightings Elephant - 5 sightings Buffalo - 3 sightings Rhino - 4 sightings Cheetah - 2 sightings Wild dog - 1 sighting
This trip report comprises four pages - one for each camp. At the bottom of each page you will find a link taking you to the next page. Here is our 2009 Kruger Park trip report for your enjoyment: Punda MariaOne of the reasons we love Punda Maria, in addition to the great tents, productive Mahonie Loop road and the quiet roads (very little traffic), is the easy access to Pafuri.
On our first day we left early in the morning and headed for Pafuri. We took a drive down the S63 Luvuvhu River road and we saw at least twenty crocodiles in one spot on the river so we knew something was going on! We stopped and saw that one large crocodile had killed a waterbuck and was trying to swallow the head but the horns we refusing to go down his throat and the other crocs were using this opportunity to grab pieces of meat from the large crocs mouth!
Pafuri is also home to many of the shy species such as Nyala...
Because there are two rivers in the Pafuri area – the Limpopo and the Luvuvhu – there are many water birds such as these storks - the Marabou, the African Openbilled and the Yellowbilled storks... 
The Punda Maria camp area is much favored by browsers and grazers and we nearly always see or hear lions as a result. We also see large herds of buffalo, impala and zebras. These zebras were fooling around with each other...
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