Kruger National Park
South Africa
South Africa
Trip Report: Leaf Leopards & Stone Lions: Kamping in Kruger
Biyamiti Bushveld Camp
Cont'd
Cont'd
I must admit that with our Kruger stay winding down, I was suffering from the ‘end of vacation blues’ and I was somewhat disappointed. Where were the cats? The camp boards had lion sightings and leopard sightings but they were hiding from us. I know that it is strictly luck of the draw what you see in the bush and I know that we had had a lot of great sightings – including the phenomenal wild dog jackpot – but I really wanted another cat or two.
We had stopped at Crocodile Bridge Camp on the way by and their meat selection was uninspiring, so we decided to make a supply run to Koomatipoort. On the way out, a giraffe family of four just begged to have their photo taken.
We had stopped at Crocodile Bridge Camp on the way by and their meat selection was uninspiring, so we decided to make a supply run to Koomatipoort. On the way out, a giraffe family of four just begged to have their photo taken.
On the way back, just 1 km into the park, we saw a few cars pulled over to the left. We plopped in behind them and there it was . . . a cat . . . and not just any cat . . . but a cheetah.
It was an adult and it was aiming for the road. It stopped several times to reconnoiter before walking out onto the tar 2 cars ahead of us.
And then in the brush, 2 youngsters appeared and proceeded to follow her. They all crossed the road . . .
Mom kept going but the young’uns stopped cautiously and stashed themselves in a bush.
On the move again, one secured a perch on a log and wasn’t happy when its sibling approached. Note the impala in the background.
Okay now. Another cat sighting, so I was feeling better. And further up the tar road a pair of lions were flaked out under a tree, but the photos look just like the aforementioned rock lions. The drive was anti-climactic after that although later we did see a family of elephants – including these two - making time in the Biyamiti riverbed.