Kruger National Park
South Africa
South Africa
Trip Report: Leaf Leopards & Stone Lions: Kamping in Kruger
Shimuwini Bushveld Camp
The next morning we hit the Spar in Phalaborwa to pick up our pre-ordered pre-frozen meat and general groceries for our next 9 nights of Bushveld camps.
Yeah, that’s right. 2 60+ citified Canadians who haven’t camped in 20 years are diving in with both feet. OK, it is civilized camping in bungalows but it was still going to be an adventure. The last time we camped I threw all of our camping gear in the dumpster on the way out of the park and I swore: Never again. Our kids still laugh about it.
Btw the staff at the Spar were all very helpful. Ditto the attached Spar liquor store which we hit for other essentials to survival in the African wilds. We were glad we had lots of room in the Fortuner.
Yeah, that’s right. 2 60+ citified Canadians who haven’t camped in 20 years are diving in with both feet. OK, it is civilized camping in bungalows but it was still going to be an adventure. The last time we camped I threw all of our camping gear in the dumpster on the way out of the park and I swore: Never again. Our kids still laugh about it.
Btw the staff at the Spar were all very helpful. Ditto the attached Spar liquor store which we hit for other essentials to survival in the African wilds. We were glad we had lots of room in the Fortuner.
Then it was into the park for the drive to Shimuwini with a slight detour to the Masorini picnic site for lunch. The wildlife sightings lessened as we drove north but so did the traffic.
We drove the S51 loop by Sable Dam but only a family of kudu crossing the road was visible as the heat was rising. Even the birds were elsewhere.
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Further north we had our daily dose of elephants enjoying the Ngwenyeni River. The landscape was particularly gorgeous here.
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And no photostream would be complete without a giraffe. This lady (I think) looked gorgeous.
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And a family of zebras. I am sorry it is not better quality but I had to post it because I am sure that some of you must also love the little zebras. They look likes toys when they are small.
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This night my braai was a lazy smoker. I poked it and prodded it and finally just fed it more fuel. Those little round balls of accelerant just don’t work that well unless you use ½ a dozen of them. Once I finally got it going, we sampled Oumas boerewors (a uniquely spiced South African coiled sausage) for the 1st time. Of course, 2 of us could only eat about ½ of it. Yum.