leisurely pack up today as we are off the Pretorius Kop.
First stop was sunset dam, nothing new and the rain had made things
murky. Then off up the H4-1.
1135c – European Roller on the bridge rails, sometimes you get this
close.
We stopped at Nkuhlu picnic area for a caffee and a leg stretch. Last
time we were here it was raining so hard we did not go far from the car.
It is a lovely picnic area along the river banks.
1134a – these monkeys were ‘everywhere’ at the picnic area.
We then kept on travelling northish. The unsealed roads were too
unpredictable for us to risk taking.
We drove past Skukuza Camp – as big as a village and on to Lake Panic.
e then popped into Skukuza day visitor area- basically to see what was
there.
We then continued west along the S1, a sealed road, then south on the
S65 unsealed, onto the H1-1 a sealed road again with a few little
unsealed diversions. The countryside here is a little elevated and the
soil is highly weathered granite-gneiss so the roads a gravelly rather
than muddy, so we could risk taking some.
At a river crossing we saw these two hamerkops.
Suddenly one few up and stood on the back of the other (not mating)
then they went back to hunting – strange.
We took a few loops and made a few stops on our way to Pretoius Kop.
Next – Nkuhlu Picnic area