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7. November 2023 in Südafrika ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
The way to South Africa is long 😜
We started by Public Transport in Altbüron and faced the first challenge not even 10mins away: the local train delayed by 10min(!) so we missed our connection atWeiterlesen
SüdafrikaMpumalangaKa-Pene24°52’22” S 31°32’46” E 8. November 2023 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
5:00h wake up time! 5:30h Morning Safari Departure Time😁
After the rain, we had a dry „after rain day“ and blue sky ahead! Perfect. We were also lucky and shortly after the start we met someWeiterlesen
SüdafrikaMpumalangaKa-Pene24°52’22” S 31°32’46” E
8. November 2023 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
The privat owned Umkumbe Safari Lodge is situated directly on the Sand River. A couple of lodges only - ours (Rhino) with River view! It’s within Sabi Sands Game Reserve-not much around in theWeiterlesen
SüdafrikaMpumalangaKa-Pene24°52’22” S 31°32’46” E
8. November 2023 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
At 16:30h we headed out for our second trip. Our guide Jess had support from a tracker sitting in front and looking out for animals. The temperature was nice and the light just amazing. We found theWeiterlesen
SüdafrikaMpumalangaKa-Pene24°52’22” S 31°32’46” E
9. November 2023 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We started again at 05:30 am for our second morning Safari. We found plenty of Zebras and a den of Hyenas. The black birds with the red head are critically endangered species. It takes them up to 7Weiterlesen
SüdafrikaMpumalangaKa-Pene24°52’22” S 31°32’46” E
9. November 2023 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
The evening safari started with the viewing of our third „Big 5“-animal: the Elephant! Very impressive to see it so close. He was not far from the lodge. Not long after, we met another one alongWeiterlesen
SüdafrikaMpumalangaKa-Pene24°52’21” S 31°32’45” E
10. November 2023 in Südafrika ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Another wake up call at 5am, but to be honest, it is so exciting to go again and meet nature that waking up so early becomes easy. The weather was not as good as previous days, grey clouds and aWeiterlesen
SüdafrikaMpumalangaKa-Pene24°52’21” S 31°32’43” E
10. November 2023 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
After such an eventful morning, what could possibly happen? 3 different herds of elephants just having food and water on the river banks as we are having lunch just above…then we got back to ourWeiterlesen
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11. November 2023 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
All good things come to an end. Another 5 o‘clock start for our last trip out…it was the last day for all of us and after the Big Five day we did not had any expectations. It was a sunny andWeiterlesen
SüdafrikaMpumalangaKa-Pene24°52’26” S 31°32’35” E
11. November 2023 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Our top 20 encounters captured with the Nikon-SLR-Zoom.
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