After a lot of packing (it seemed to never end)! We finally were ready to leave on 20th March. It was sad leaving the house for the very last time, but it had to be sold, as keeping three houses going is just too expensive.
We pulled the two trailers to Sabie Park & the large truck drove back to Bloemfontein loaded with stuff for both Chantelle & Francois, & later some stuff going to Pearly Beach. It was a long & uneventful drive, arriving just before 9pm. All of us were exhausted! The next few days were all about unloading & getting the house in order. It was a lot of hard work!
Delana & I first visited Kruger on the afternoon of 23rd March. It was largely uneventful, but nice to be back.
The next day I went to the park in the afternoon for a short drive around. The highlight were a pair of Mosque Swallows.
On 25th March we drove through the park on our way to shopping in Hazyview. The undoubted highlight was a superb male Leopard asleep in a tree.
On 27th March I did a full day inside Kruger, driving a massive loop via Lower Sabie, Nkumbe, Orpen Dam & back via the low water bridge. It was a pretty good day out, with two lots of Lions & three new species for my yearly photo challenge.
The next few days were spent at home, still doing jobs around the house! On 29th I did a bird walk around Sabie Park, recording 50 species in a couple of hours.
On the last day of the month we visited Skukuza Nursery & Lake Panic, finishing with a late breakfast at the nearby Golf Club.
