http://www.transfrontiers.com an affordable Great Kruger National Park big-five experience Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:31:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AM drive: With the arrival of a bona-fide cold front off the mountains and a strong wind, walking was deemed too risk. Given that respectful and strategic animal approaches are one thing and bumbling into surprise close-up invasions are quite another thing, with the latter being much more likely in ... http://www.transfrontiers.com/index.php/2009/06/tusker-9-june-2009/ AM Walk: We drove to the island, encountering baby sandgrouse (with their parents) and a close-up of an African wildcat on the way. We walked on the island but could not locate any trace or clues as to the whereabouts of the kill. We found a pocket near the river ... http://www.transfrontiers.com/index.php/2009/06/tusker-6-june/ Elephant male – musthe bull – relaxed in camp to greet the new guests. On drive spent a long intimate moment with a klipspringer couple + youngster on rocky outcrop near concrete bridge. Isaack spots a chin spot batis in a shrub – common to hear but hardly ... http://www.transfrontiers.com/index.php/2009/06/tusker-5-june/ We saw an African Fish Eagle eating a small mammal, 2 different elephant herds, black backed jackal, impala, giraffe and 3 rhinos. As we sat down for lunch, 3 elephant bulls joined us! On afternoon game drive, not far from camp, we saw 2 rhinos that ran away as soon ... http://www.transfrontiers.com/index.php/2009/03/tusker-18-march-2009/ We walked into a breeding herd of elephant and one bull was feeding 30 meters from us. We continued our walked when we saw another big herd of elephant headed to the river. We stood on a little hill and watched them walking, when I heard one of my guest ... http://www.transfrontiers.com/index.php/2009/03/tusker-17-march-2009/ On our way to camp we saw lots of giraffe, impala and zebra. For the afternoon drive we saw more giraffe, 4 elephant bulls feeding in the riverbed, 2 rhino on airstrip, 4 hippos in the dam, a giant eagle owl, some African Fish Eagles and an African wildcat. [Jo ... http://www.transfrontiers.com/index.php/2009/03/tusker-16-march-2009/ We had sightings of waterbuck with their young and 2 buffalo bulls lying in the mud wallow not far from camp. [Jo Schoen, Trails Guide and Isaack Nkuna, Backup guide] http://www.transfrontiers.com/index.php/2009/03/tusker-6-march-2009/ We walked from camp hearing elephant trumpeting and seeing elephants running on a hill in front of us. A bit later we saw the whole elephant herd walking to the river – they were approx. 35m from us. We also saw vervet monkey jumping in the trees. Later that afternoon ... http://www.transfrontiers.com/index.php/2009/03/tusker-5-march-2009/ We went past where we'd seen the lionesses the previous night and found that a male had joined them. One of the guest was so exited that he stood up and the male became quite alert. Because of this, we we left them. On our way to Madach, our camp ... http://www.transfrontiers.com/index.php/2009/03/tusker-to-madach-4-march-2009/ We saw a bull rhino that was very relaxed and only 20 m away from us. Later that evening we saw another rhino bull not so relaxed. He made his way into thick bush. We also had sightings of buffalo feeding in the riverbed, duiker, steenbokkie, genet and lots of ... http://www.transfrontiers.com/index.php/2009/03/tusker-3-march-2009/