2020-02-29 / 2020-03-09 : A must! 970 km covered in 9 days in the park. An incredible fauna, a paradise for bird watchers and a wide variety of landscapes and vegetation ....
We spent 10 days and drove almost 1000 km in Kruger Park.
We entered through the Malelane Gate to the far south. Our first camp was that of Berg-en-Dal. The following were: Pretoriuskop, Skukuza, Satara, Letaba, Shingwedzi, again Letaba and Satara, and finally the Lower Sabie.
It is by the Crocodile Bridge that we leave the park by the south, west of Malelane Gate.
We had a great stay there. The only downside is the lack of lions. The only representative of the Big Five that we could not see. We only saw one leopard, but we are very happy with it as they are rare (around 2000) in the park and difficult to meet. The other animals are more or less present and on the whole easy to meet.
Birds are very numerous, both in population and in species. We have discovered a lot.
1st Day
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| Entrance to Kruger Park at Malelane Gate. |
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| Hippos in the Crocodile River at the entrance to the Kruger. |
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| Couraco Concolore (Grauer Lärmvogel, Gray Loerie) |
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| White rhinoceros (Breitmaulnashörner) |
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| Impalas |
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| Burchell's Zebras (Steppenzebra). |
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| Burchell's Zebras (Steppenzebra) and Impalas. |
2nd Day
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| A few zebras in the distance |
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| Burchell's Owl (Choucador de Burchell / Burchells Glanzstar) |
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| Egyptian Goose (Ouette d'Egypte / Nilgans) |
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| Gandalf and impalas in the Kruger. |
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| Long-tailed Roller (Rollier à longs brins / Gabelracke) |
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| A few rhinos in the distance. |
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| A leopard. |
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| Magpie shrike (Corvinelle noir et blanc / Elsterwürger) |
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| Red-billed hornbill (Calao à bec rouge / Rotschnabeltoko) |
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| Southern yellow hornbill (Calao leucomèle / südlicher Gelbschnabeltoko) |
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| A female Greater Kudu (Grand Koudou / Großkudu). |
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| Blue wildebeest (Gnous bleus / Streifengnus) |
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| Impala |
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| A lone rhino. |
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| Dederik Cuckoo (Coucou didric / Goldkuckuck) |
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| European bee-eater (Guêpier d'Europe / Bienenfresser). |
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Female Great Kudu (Grand Koudou femelle / weiblicher Großkudu)
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| Klipspringer (Oreotrague / Klippspringer) |
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| Senegal lapwing (Vanneau du Sénégal / Senegalkiebitz) |
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| Starling (Choucador / Glanzstar) |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo (Drongo brillant / Trauerdrongo) |
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Dark chanting goshawk (Autour sombre / Graubürzel-Singhabicht) |
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| European Roller (Rollier d'Europe / Blauracke) |
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| Southern Ground Hornbills (Bucorves du Sud / Hornraben) |
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| Carmine bee-eater (Guêpier Carmin / Scharlachspint) |
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| Common buzzard (Buse variable / Mäusebussard) |
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| Helmeted guinea fowl (Pintade de Numidie / Helmperlhuhn) |
3rd Day
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| A klippspringer on a rock. |
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| lilac-breasted roller |
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| Lunch break on the banks of the small lake of the Shitlhave dam |
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| Blue wildebeest |
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