We were missing the Kruger last weekend so we decided to head to the Pilanesberg National Park for a day visit. The Pilanesberg is 2 and a half hours away from Johannesburg situated in the North West. The Pilanesberg National Park is relatively small at 550km2 and it offers the chance to see as Big …
A South African woman has been badly injured due to being attacked by a leopard at Matopi 1 Camp on the Botswana side of Kgalagadi. The account of the attack was posted by the husband on 4×4 community.co.za forum: On the night of the 4th of January my wife, myself and another two friends set …
Today’s featured lions are the Eastern Bank Males, The Eastern bank males were born in 2012 which makes them 6 years old, they were fathered by the 3 Toulon males. They come from the Sabi Sands Game Reserve and formed a coalition of 5. They used to be a coalition of 5 males sadly one …
Crocodile Bridge gate is another convenient gate to enter from Johannesburg with a total distance of 450km and an approximate travel time of four and a half hours. Summary of Route to take: H4-2 , turn right onto H10 , turn left onto S29, continue on S30, turn left onto H12 , turn right …
Hello & Happy New Year to all our readers & followers, After spending 12 blissful days in the Kruger we decided to put together a post for the best roads to spot cheetahs. There is an estimate of 120 cheetah inside the Kruger Park seeing cheetah can be considered very rare. Unlike other cats found …
We saw the Mantimahle males for the first time in March of 2016 we were staying at Pretoriuskop and after a very unsuccessful morning we decided to head towards the S36 where we saw on Latest Sightings that the Mantimhale lions were spotted earlier that morning. We visit Kruger often and every time we visit …
1. The Big 5 The Kruger National Park is home to the big 5, making it accessible for visitors to spot the big 5 in the wild. The term big five historically refers to the five most dangerous animals to hunt in South Africa, there are approximately 1750 lions, 1000 leopards, 13 000 elephants and …
Numbi gate is the closest gate from Johannesburg with just under 400km in distance and a travel time of 4 and a half hours. Our favourite route if entering at Numbi gate would be to travel on the H1-1 Napi Road, the H1-1 is a tar road the bush around this road is generally thick …
This week featured lions are the N’wanetsi male lions The very first time we saw the N’wanetsi males was in March of 2015, we only saw two of them and we weren’t sure which lions they were at the time, but we saw them on H1-3 near the H6. In one of our previous posts …
