Solo camping trip | Kruger National Park

Welcome to Kruger National Park. November is my absolute favorite time of year to visit Kruger. The park is transforming from a dull and rare brown winter into a lush green heaven from the first rain. It is also lambing season for the impalas and most of the migrant birds have already arrived. Join me on my trip where I'll be camping solo and exploring this Kakuza area for 6 days. We're at the leopard sighting but so far nothing. People have seen it crossing the road but at this stage can't see anything. So, waiting for the best. Got it, in the tree. I made a quick detour to look for a golden stoppet that was reported on a rare birds alert group the previous day. But no luck. Only managed to find the southern white ground strike. That's my best ever start to a trip so far. Two leopard sightings within about an hour of getting through the gate. They are awesome. Just a quick stop at the household to use the cows and bulls before the serious task of finding the goods for a shaded and level spot, visible flooding and hopefully some protection for about 3 laps of the camping ground. This is my spot. When setting up camp, there's always a few steps to follow. First step is getting a beer. That's the most important step. Just look at that. That's it, camp set up just in time. Wasn't too bad. But something is brewing over that side and already here rumbling and some drops already falling. Luckily the storm moved away only after a few drops. The braai started and now I'm ready for sounds of the bush. What an awesome day. Now to end it off with burgers, brandy, it's beautiful. Good night. Morning, morning. Start of day 2, first full day. The plan is to do the circle route around Kukuza. A change of plans. I'm going straight to Chukwana now instead of doing the circle route around Kukuza. Just because. What a great place to have coffee early in the morning. It's one of my top 5 places to do that. Really a favourite spot of mine. Alright now it's back to going to Kukuza. Look at that. First leopard in two days. My neighbour who's camping next to me actually stopped me and said look over there is a leopard. I almost drove past it. After sitting there a while and watching animals come and go, I decided to move on. After lunch I headed to the restaurant and viewing deck to reward myself for a great morning drive. So the plan is going south on H11, turn right and then transport dam and then come back on S65 and Lake Panic. I enjoyed the sighting so much I never made it to transport dam. The next morning I heard that I missed two male lions at transport dam. Oh well, you win some you lose some. This is one of my favourite roads in Uganda. Once again I didn't follow the plan. But it was getting late so I had to skip Lake Panic. What an awesome two days so far. Great sightings, lots of leopards, a beautiful Kruger sunrise and even the camp isn't as busy as I expected Skakuzot to be. Because of the changing seasons, November can be a mixed bag weather wise. It rained a bit, was quite windy, was chilly in the morning and reached mid-30 degrees during the day. However, over the next few days the weather was absolutely beautiful. If you want to follow along and get notified when the next episode is uploaded, please like and subscribe.