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I could've stayed all day with thegolden kitties-just my favorite animal in the Kruger
Glad that you met another mite at the road block as well

Love the "play by play" Mel!

Hailey

Finally cuaght up with your TR again! We also enjoy the Vervets, they are always very entertaining!

Lovely Lion sighting Melph68, with stunning pictures of them too!

Always nice to meet other 'mites in the Park, and Click click and her mum are very special!

Awesome lions!!!

Haha Mel... "bobbing blue bits"... I just love the photo
I would have been giggling hysterically alongside your Dad

Just LOVE the lion pics! Especially the nuzzling one - what a lovely display!!!

Looking forward to more

Hi Melph.

Thought it was about time to say hi. We have only recently started browsing the travel tales when it came time to post our own first trip report. Like you I can see ours will take a long time to get through also.

Before that we were just on the forums asking questions while preparing for our trip. So anyway have been having a read of your report and really enjoying it and the photos of course. Even though we have not long been back we are already dreaming about our next trip to SA.

We had our first KNP trip last year but it was a mere 5 days, tooo short, so this year managed to come back for much longer, must have been there just after you, we left Oz April 13th.

hi all melphs dad again

i must say that i did laugh when i saw those blue dangley bits do you suppose it is because they are
cold ? anyway back to the lions ,we could have stayed there all day but the got very crowded
and we had a lot more stop dad go dad to go.

mel i am still loving all your comments keep up the good work.

melphs dad

Hi Melphs Dad,

I think these dangley bits were preparing you for what was to come in Addo

I've seen those monkeys since I was little and I still laugh!

Very nice sighting of the lions! Glad you saw it. We only saw our first sighting of mating lions this year - so you were really lucky!

Hi Melph's Dad!

We always joke that the ones with the blue dangly bits are the "most un-loved" monkeys in the world
Don't think this is true though

A huge thank you RonnieL, Meandering Mouse, john n poppy, vinkie, lion queen, Pumbaa, Crested Val, Lionspoon, chirinda, Heksie, haileyidaho, hilda, Cape of Storms, Melrockson, VicRob and Bushbuddies for your much appreciated comments and support

And hello again my Dad!
I know you're looking forward to your Big 5 day coming up

But first we have to finish off the rest of our 2nd full day at Lower Sabie.....

Lower Sabie - that afternoon....

After all that lion excitement, Dad and I decided to visit Croc Bridge for some refreshments.
We had a yummy toasted tomato and cheese sarnie and then it was back out on the road to see what else we could find

We saw this lovely chameleon on the way


Then up ahead we saw a parked car, so we drove up slowly to see what was there....
Oh WOW!!! A mother rhino and calf!!!




They gave us a superb double bum shot as they ran off


Also another "first" for us. A lappet faced vulture!!

Stopped back in at camp where we had an hour's break from driving.
A lovely lizard paid us a visit


We sat on the deck and spied some buffalo
Our 4th Big 5 of the day


All we needed on our last drive of the day was a leopard

Does a leopard tortoise count??


The drive was relatively quiet, except for these lovely ladies


And a pretty giraffe at the grooming salon



In fact, the Kruger oxpeckers were very hard at work that afternoon.
This looked like mum and 2 youngsters helping rid the impala of a tick or two

Then up ahead we saw something in the road.....


Oh WOW, a little group of bee-eaters were having a dust bath!
Such gorgeous birds



Then another lovely kudu with cute little one


One of our most exciting sightings of the afternoon was this water monitor


Rather than moving away, this reptile actually swam towards us and then crawled up onto the road right next to our car
I got a little video of his expedition on land before returning to the water.

We stopped at the bridge before camp to admire the ellies



Then the local baboon troupe turned up for the family grooming session in the afternoon sun.
Now that's what I call love!!


The big fella was contemplating the world…


And his toenails….