I got back from Inhambane on Sunday and stayed in Maputo for a night before heading to Kruger National Park in South Africa for two days. Kruger is about a 2-2.5 hour drive from Maputo to the Crocodile Creek Gate (which is the closest to Mozambique). We got to Kruger around lunch time and just chilled out a bit, since you can't go anywhere on foot in the park since the animals are just free to roam wherever. There are no gates expect to keep the animals out of the campgrounds. On Monday we went on a evening safari which started at about 4:45pm and ran for 4 hours, it was a big open truck that took us around the game park. Once the sun set, we used lights to spot animals in the park. It was pretty cool with the exception of one guy who felt the need to ask a question every minute which caused us some major delays in seeing animals but I guess that is what you get when you go on a group tour.
The next morning we got up at 4:30am to do a morning safari which was just Tim and I and our guide and driver. It was pretty cool, no one was in the park yet since the gate doesn't open till 6am so we got pretty far into the park to see things that other people would not have been able to. Right about after the sun came up we rode up next to four baby lion cubs! They were adorable and we were within 10 feet of them, it was amazing, they were just relaxing and playing together.
After the morning safari, Tim and I rented a car and drove around the park for about 6 hours and saw just about every animal but the cats (no leopards). It was pretty cool to see all the animals just going about their daily business of eating, sleeping and hunting....I didn't get to see any kills which just means I have to come back to Africa another time!
I got back from Inhambane on Sunday and stayed in Maputo for a night before heading to Kruger National Park in South Africa for two days. Kruger is about a 2-2.5 hour drive from Maputo to the Crocodile Creek Gate (which is the closest to Mozambique). We got to Kruger around lunch time and just chilled out a bit, since you can't go anywhere on foot in the park since the animals are just free to roam wherever. There are no gates expect to keep the animals out of the campgrounds. On Monday we went on a evening safari which started at about 4:45pm and ran for 4 hours, it was a big open truck that took us around the game park. Once the sun set, we used lights to spot animals in the park. It was pretty cool with the exception of one guy who felt the need to ask a question every minute which caused us some major delays in seeing animals but I guess that is what you get when you go on a group tour.
The next morning we got up at 4:30am to do a morning safari which was just Tim and I and our guide and driver. It was pretty cool, no one was in the park yet since the gate doesn't open till 6am so we got pretty far into the park to see things that other people would not have been able to. Right about after the sun came up we rode up next to four baby lion cubs! They were adorable and we were within 10 feet of them, it was amazing, they were just relaxing and playing together.
After the morning safari, Tim and I rented a car and drove around the park for about 6 hours and saw just about every animal but the cats (no leopards). It was pretty cool to see all the animals just going about their daily business of eating, sleeping and hunting....I didn't get to see any kills which just means I have to come back to Africa another time!
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