We are back in the Kruger Park for a few days. In at Phalaborwe gate and up to Pafuri Border Camp; we stayed at the Doctor's Cottage again. It was hot but the pool was a real godsend. We did an evening game drive with Carel, the wonderful guide and camp manager at Pafuri.
We had a wonderful sighting of the Pels Fishing Owl. The picture is Jane's.
We were also lucky to spot greater and lesser bush baby, quite a few genets, hyena and a mother jackal with four young cubs. In the morning we also did a walk up to the Thulamela ruins; linked in history to the Great Zimbabwe and Mapangupwe settlements spanning 400 years from the 1300s to the 1600s.
Then we travelled down to Mopani Camp for a few more nights. It was actually good to get a day or two to chill without an agenda.
The elephant picture shows the whole family sleeping; bums together and eyes closed. Elephants usually sleep standing up and only for a total of two hours a night.
Sunday we stayed overnight in the Shipandani Hide with Johan and Ronell. It's a great experience. You arrive at 6 pm. Bedding, crockery, lamps and water have been delivered for you.There's a boma and braai area. After dinner, inside the hide you fold the beds down onto the benches, make them up and sleep dormatory style inside the hide right next to the river. It was a little windy which kept mosquitoes at bay but the hippos, elephants and various birds disturbed our sleep with all their noises. You have to be up at 5am to pack up the beds before day visitors arrive to use the hide. We enjoyed coffee in the boma before heading out.
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