We recently visited the famed Timbavati region next to the Kruger National Park.Today fences have been been dropped and game migrate seamlessly over an enlarged park.This brings many obvious benefits. We enjoyed our stay in Motswari, in a self catering unit. For me personally Game always came a close second to Ocean but with my enforced timeout due to my recent (successful) hip replacement, plumbing for a bout in the bush in stead of some underwater diving was a "no brainer".
Game viewing varied at Motswari mainly due to very good water resource and there is really something for everyone and we saw everything except cheetah! as is evident from the collage. We say the Big Five, all of the endemic antelope, hippo, croc, hyena, giraffe, warthog and wildebeest. Antelope included kudu, impala, zebra, waterbuck, steenbok, nyala and grysbok. We saw some rare other sitings: porcupine, honey badger, wild dog, the famed white lions of the Timbavati and many interesting birds. We saw many water birds including interesting water birds and raptors. Some of the raptors we saw include, Wahlberg eagle, fish eagle, brown snake eagle, tawny eagle, gynogene, dark chnating goshawk and many more.
The accommodation at Motswari was excellent inclusive of swimming pool. We were five couples and each couple had a catering day,breakfast and dinner. Game drives were long and trackers took us right up close to the animals that made for quality photography. We also enjoyed some great sunsets during our mandatory breaks. The six days breezed bye and as always the peaceful tranquility of the bush was a wonderful stress reliever.
In the meantime I am counting the days till December when I will venture underwater again, hopefully at my beloved Johnnies! Until next time
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