Well, after a nine-hour car ride from Kwazulu Natal to Mpumalanga I have arrived at the Nkombe Camp on Sabi Sabi.
This is a picture of my home for the next seven days. The camp is in a big five area, so I expect quite a few nightly visitors around the camp. I will set up a trap camera (with motion sensor) in front of my tent to capture all wildlife that passes through at night.
Here are also three pictures I took from the car while I was driving. The first gives an impression of the scenery, the second of the special road condition (You are not supposed to stop, so speeding is no problem 🙂 and the third of bovine road blocks!
It was an interesting and enjoyable, but very long, trip. Now I am tired. A quick bucket shower, then dinner and an early night!
PS: My 3G USB internet modem works great around the camp. Modern times in the bush 🙂
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Looks like fun! Can’t wait to see what that night camera photographs! Hope you don’t have any of the big five in your tent 🙂
“In” would not be good (not big enough for Elephant or Rhino 🙂 – “In front” would be great – especially Leopard!
help me out with remembering the big 5. lions and tiger and…
Thanks for yout comment – The BIG FIVE are – Lion – Leopard – Elephant – Rhino – Buffalo. Tigers are not part of the big five (an African hunting term) as they are native to Asia.
Looks like an enjoyable week. Have fun.
Crime alert?What does that mean?
Thanks for your comment Melodie – There are roads in South Africa with car-jacking and other assault methods if you stop at the wrong place – One of the roads I took was such a road – During the day it is not much of a problem, so I do not travel at night 🙂
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Looks like it would be fun and very interesting too. How many are in the group? Is there a special reason for the tents being on platforms? I hope to see some pics. of the Leopards too. Have fun learning and BE SAFE out there.
Thanks for your comment – There are 9 in the group. The concrete slabs are from a previous camp at this site, so they used them for the tents (nice in rainy weather).