SA: Kruger National Park – 2009 Highlights

Here is a selection of our favourite photos from our 2009 trip with the girls. We had one incredible day which really stood out a a highlight for us - we entered the Crocodile Bridge Gate at opening time at 05h30. We did a quick loop to Hippo Pools as it is always productive on this stretch of road...and we were rewarded with a lion sighting under the trees. We stayed with them for a little while but they decided to become flat cats so we left them in peace. We headed back on to the H4-2, just before the S28 turnoff when we spotted two cheetahs right beside the road! After spending some time with them more cars started to arrive so we took the S28 exit and ... we found a leopard in a tree! SO happy! We continued on the loop and spotted hyenas and vultures skulking about. Then we had a magnificent sighting of a massive herd of buffalo in the river bed accompanied by a rhino! Another lion sleeping on a rock! A few ellies were thrown in for good measure and a massive hippo ran out in front of us at Sunset Dam! Then one more final trio of rhino sighting! Not a bad day in the bush!

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