Lions right outside the gate! More Skukuza Camp game drive pics
2009-08-01, skukuza, South Africa. By: rmalone

Lions right outside the gate! More Skukuza Camp game drive pics

Cape Town in a nutshell....
2009-08-07, Cape Town, South Africa. By: rupal5481

Hey guys! Sorry for the huge gap between stories. Cape Town was wonderful. We drove to Jo'burg (I am trying to learn the local lingo) and flew from there to Cape Town. One of the other scholars, ...

The Maseru Taxi and why you can't pee on the side of the road if you're a woman....
2009-08-07, Cape Town, South Africa. By: rupal5481

Ok, I had to share these two stories.... 1) Amitha and I ventured out to the local grocery store on Wednesday. One of the nurses dropped us off but told us that since the store closed at 6pm, we w...

A Magic Last Leopard, After Being Surrounded by Elephants!
2009-07-31, Kruger, South Africa. By: rmalone

A Magic Last Leopard, After Being Surrounded by Elephants! We spent a total of 25 nights in Kruger National Park this time, including the one night just outside the Phalaborwa Gate. We had had a fa...

I am almost there!
2009-08-02, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: rupal5481

Hey guys! I am almost there. I am writing from my fancy schmancy hotel business center. I know, I splurged a little when it came to the hotel. I mean, I didn't think I could find use for both set...

Bushlife Xperiences Owners Know how to have fun in Africa!
2009-07-30, Skukuza, South Africa. By: rmalone

Bushlife Xperiences Owners Know how to have fun! We met a great family from the Netherlands and had a great time with them. They have been coming to South Africa for 30 years, and have great stori...

Game Drives from Lower Sabie
2009-07-29, Lower Sabie, South Africa. By: rmalone

Game Drives from Lower Sabie

Beautiful Lower Sabie Camp, now with Internet by Afriweb
2009-07-28, Lower Sabie, South Africa. By: rmalone

Beautiful Lower Sabie Camp, now with Internet by Afriweb

Vicious Lovers: Lions at Dusk, Mating, Then Stalking Off For Their Nightly Hunt / Pretoriuskop Camp
2009-07-27, Lower Sabie, South Africa. By: rmalone

Vicious Lovers: Lions at Dusk, Mating, Then Stalking Off For Their Nightly Hunt! We were out on an afternoon game drive. We had been looking in he area a man had seen two cheetah but were not suc...

Internet in Kruger Park, with Hyenas, Bats and much more: Skukuza Rest Camp
2009-07-26, Skukuza, South Africa. By: rmalone

Internet in Kruger Park, with Hyenas, Bats and much more: Skukuza Rest Camp We left Satara and decided to go to Skukuza and use the Internet to catch up on our travel journal, blog and e-mails. I...

Africa Mystique: Skull and Bones Hanging From a Tree
2009-07-25, Satara Rest Camp, South Africa. By: rmalone

Africa Mystique: Skull and Bones Hanging From a Tree Want to guess what animal is hanging in the pictures here, and what killed it? So amazing that Robert spotted it far off the road as Laura d...

Death of a Chameleon
2009-07-24, Satara Rest Camp, South Africa. By: rmalone

Death of a Chameleon and other photos

Unbelieveable, we see another leopard in a tree, this one MUCH closer!!
2009-07-23, Satara Rest Camp, South Africa. By: rmalone

After our exciting morning at the waterhole watching all the lion action, we returned back to the road to see what we would see. We find the S-100 near the Satara gate does not disappoint if looking...

Part II of a View to A Kill: Male Lion Attacks Young Males, Rips Face Off Prey
2009-07-21, Satara Rest Camp, South Africa. By: rmalone

COMING SOON.... a video of the lion fight and more, see our blog at www.malonetravels2.blogspot.com ======================================================== BEFORE DAWN THE NEXT MORNING we g...

Tiny Scops Owl and Honeybadger in Daylight, and other Satara Camp area wildlife
2009-07-22, Satara Rest Camp, South Africa. By: rmalone

Tiny Scops Owl in Daylight and Other Satara Camp pics Got to Satara and turned into the parking lot to reception and the drive was blocked by people looking up in the tree. They would then move ou...

A View to A Kill: Lion cubs, and other tales of Kruger primitive road, Satara 100
2009-07-20, Satara Rest Camp, South Africa. By: rmalone

Observing these Lion cubs over a period of two days so close was an awesome experience. With a view to a kill On one of our game drives, we came upon that scene many people come to Africa to ...

Whte Rhinoceros grazing, come up close to us AND Lions try to attack Buffalo in early morning
2009-07-19, Satara Rest Camp, South Africa. By: rmalone

We find Two White Rhinoceros grazing in the distance, only to have them come up close to us ! Also: Lions try to attack Buffalo in early morning

The Magic of Africa, Seeing our First Leopard in a Tree is Like A Dream Come True
2009-07-18, Letaba Rest Camp, South Africa. By: rmalone

The Magic of Africa...... Seeing our First Leopard in a Tree is Like A Dream Come True ! Many people travel to Africa and never see the illusive leopard. The first one we saw was in Zimbabwe i...

Shingwedzi from Letaba game drives
2009-07-17, Letaba Rest Camp, South Africa. By: rmalone

Shingwedzi from Letaba game drives

Fast Internet in Africa: Outside Phalaborwa Gate
2009-07-16, Phalaborwa, South Africa. By: rmalone

Fast Internet in Africa: The tourist information office near the gate directed us to the Pick and Pay Shopping Mall accross the street from Woolworths in Phalaborwa. Phalaborwa, is a mini...

Oliphants Camp : Gorgeous views of Kruger:
2009-07-14, Kruger National Park, South Africa. By: rmalone

One day we took a day trip to enjoy some Gorgeous views of Kruger at Oliphants Camp. Pity they do not have campsites there. Olifants and Baulele with an early morning leopard thrown in Got u...

Baby elephant falls, helped up, runs like crazy !
2009-07-13, Kruger National Park, South Africa. By: rmalone

Baby elephant falls, helped up, runs like crazy ! On one of our morning game drives, we got to see something we had never seen before--an infant elephant crossing the road. We had read in lite...

Fall Colors Zebra
2009-07-12, Kruger National Park, South Africa. By: rmalone

Fall Colors Zebra Taken on gravel road between Letaba and Oliphants

Kangaroo in Africa? First out of the gate at 6am, last in at 5:30, and times in between
2009-07-15, Kruger National Park, South Africa. By: rmalone

First out of the Gate at 6:00 am : early morning self drives from Letaba Rest Camp There is a pattern to game viewing while staying in these camps. You want to be the first one out the gate so tha...

Birding Kruger Park, Vulture nesting ............ and other Game sightings from Letaba
2009-07-08, Kruger National Park, South Africa. By: rmalone

The gate opens at 6:00 a.m. and it is best to be one of the first out to see what is out there. Too dark for pictures that early, as we learned when we spotted a leopard on the first day! =====...

Fools Feeding Heyenas Through the Fence: Letaba Rest Camp , Kruger Park
2009-07-07, Kruger National Park, South Africa. By: rmalone

Fools Feeding Heyenas Through the Fence: Letaba Rest Camp , Kruger Park For some people we have discovered, their idea of adventure travel is to camp next to the fence at these camps and throw f...

Almost There!
2009-07-02, South Africa, South Africa. By: epic

Just received a call from Crystal, the team has just landed in Johannesburg. All is well and everyone is in good spirits. Most of them slept for a large portion of the time. They have a short time ...

This Wine Region, et al
2009-05-03, Stellenbosch, South Africa. By: mala

Not much to enlighten on the subject of wine regions. I suppose that the conditions neccessary to grow grapes create a certain level of homogenity of landscape and climate. The buildings vary in age, ...

Johannesburg Airport and Lusaka Backpackers Pictures
2009-05-08, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: rmalone

Pictures from Joburg and Lusaka airports, and the place we stayed in Lusaka. For more on Joburg and Lusaka Backpackers, info/ tips on how we travel on a budget in Africa, and our recent exper...

Safari Rehab
2009-04-30, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. By: mala

It's a great inconvenience to be addicted to safaris while living on the east coast of the United States. Safariing opportunities are few and far between. Sure, you can visit a world-class zoo or do a...

Road Trip Along The Indian Ocean
2009-04-28, Knysna, South Africa. By: mala

At this point we begin the road trip portion of the program. Our plan: to drive from Cape Town to Addo National Park via the Garden Route, not exactly north to Cairo, but a fair portion of the country...

Rocks, Water and Wildlife
2009-04-27, Cape Town, South Africa. By: mala

If you've been keeping track, you may have noticed that our travel experiences are heavy in the backpacking department. Whilst backpacking the upgrades are few and far between. Sometimes a splurge on ...

Travel around South Africa
2009-05-05, South Africa, South Africa. By: skizzo

My travel around South Africa - Swaziland in 2004!

Planning our trip to Egypt, Israel and Jordan
2009-03-21, Levubu, South Africa. By: hardus

We are VERY excited. We have talked about a trip to Jordan and Israel for a long time, but only decided to do so at the end of February 2009. We planned everything in basically two weeks. We booked th...

Safari
2008-12-08, Sabie-Sand, South Africa. By: ronnieed

Not really much of a story to tell here. We left London Heathrow on Sunday evening, as did a whole bunch of other wedding guests. Terminal 5 was working well… ish. We boarded our plane and settled...

Hotties, favorite places, and leaving Durban
2008-12-06, Durban, South Africa. By: catburgh

The day after I got back from Cape Town it was Jane’s turn to host the Hotties walk in the evening, so I went for a walk with them through what seems recently to be Durban’s daily rain shower, an...

poor schools, townships, mountain climbing, and penguins
2008-11-24, Cape Town, South Africa. By: catburgh

The US election occurred right before I left for Franschhoek, and I joined everyone else in South Africa in being overwhelmingly happy and relieved with the outcome. Since I lack serious news cha...

wine, food, and presentations
2008-11-09, Franschhoek, South Africa. By: catburgh

I forgot to mention a couple things in my last journal. First, it was Diwali a couple weeks ago. It’s my understanding that this is a festival celebrated by Hindus and Tamils and with Durban’s sizeabl...

Preperations
2008-11-26, Pretoria east, South Africa. By: stephaniev

I am 10 days from Jetting off to Dubai, to catch my connecting flight to India, and am so excited…am searching the internet for pictures of what it would be like to be India… what the people would be ...

Nearing the end and the end :(
2008-11-09, Victoria and Mossel Bay, South Africa. By: jennibean

After leaving Cape Town we drive the Garden Route to Victoria Bay, this was about a 4-5 hour drive. We arrived and the Hilltop Country lodge where we spent the next two nights. Our first night we go...

Cape Town to Cape Point and Back
2008-11-04, Cape Town, South Africa. By: jennibean

After Sun City it was time to say goodbye to Danielle and Mason ƒ¼ who headed back home. Sheila and I got a flight to Cape Town. Once in Cape Town we picked up our rental car. It was a very cute Hon...

Lions, and rock art, and Lesotho, oh my
2008-11-03, Durban, South Africa. By: catburgh

Finally, a weekend-long trip actually didn’t fall through. Though we were one person short of the group originally planned, the rest of us - me, Lance, and Michele - made it up to the game park a...