One day I’ll be a reliable blogger. Pithy, paraat and punctual. Meantime, here’s a brief pictorial catchup. Squeeze some onto your scrambled eggs this morning and enjoy.
This post possible as I’m “in wifi!” I was pleasantly surprised to find out the beautiful, rustic Kaoxa Camp bordering the fabled Mapungubwe park has wifi. I don’t specifically seek wifi or cellphone reception in a place, but I cannot deny it is handy!
This glimpse is of the month Jess was in rehab at White River and I stayed behind the boerewors curtain to be nearby.
South-western Kruger National Park – Pretoriuskop & Berg en Dal Camps
Groot Letaba reserve – Mtomeni, part of the African Ivory Route group of camps
I had the twelve pitched safari tents and two friendly rangers all to myself.
Middle Kruger Park – Letaba & Shingwedzi Camps
Northern Kruger Park – Punda Maria Camp
Pafuri River Camp outside the park:
The Pafuri to Crooks’ Corner northern section of KNP bounded by the Luvhuvhu river, is amazing birding country; here’s a glimpse:
I’ve read about this area for ages, and now finally got to visit; up where South Africa meets Zimbabwe and Mocambique, at the legendary pinch-of-salt “Crooks’ Corner”:
Next: I went looking for cellphone signal . . . kids’ allowances to pay!
~~oo0oo~
paraat – wakker; ready and able
wakker – woke
woke – aware
boerewors curtain – line behind which there are mysterious goings-on; nobody knows; like the old iron curtain