The first babies have arrived! Kylie says:

“The bush has been awakened and is alive with animals after the rain! We have been very lucky lately with our sightings and the luck has continued!

We have been treated to many sightings of new born babies, with the baboons and vervet monkeys at the forefront, along with elephants and rhinos. Today we were lucky enough to see one of the first impala babies of the season! Its what we have been waiting for and so now within the next week we are going to have impala creches all over the park!

Here are some highlights of our most recent birding safari, guided by Martin Benadie!

Our most recent birding safari to southern Kruger National Park was centred around Skukuza Camp, Lower Sabie and Crocodile Bridge.

Prime access to a varied habitat types from here allowed for some very easy birding opportunities. Birding along the Sabie River in particular were very productive. Driving slowly we were able to find gems such as African Finfoot, Red-billed Firefinch, Purple-crested Turaco, African Hawk-Eagle, African Cuckoo Hawk, Grey Tit-Flycatcher and a host of waterbirds from the mammoth Goliath Heron (the largest of its genus in the world) to the striking Saddle-billed Stork.

With the first rains of the season sticking around for the last 5 days, game viewing has been a little interesting! The mornings have been quiet but the afternoons have certainly made up for it!

With 3 of our guides going off in different directions for a few of the drives, we have seen a lot of the usual but a lot of amazing sightings too.

The rains brought with them a lot of the smaller creatures, with the tortoises, terrapins, snails, slugs, chameleons, and dung beetles all either crossing the road or flying into the vehicle!

Outlook Lodge & Safaris’ recent sales & marketing trip to Cape Town proved to be rather successful. It was great seeing so many of our agents again and Cape Town was, as always, beautiful!

We took some of our agents on a sunset champagne cruise from the Cape Town Harbor. What an amazing experience this was! There is something so magical about being on a vessel under sail! No noise other than that of the ocean around you. Seals & dolphins playing in the waters around you & this close to land still some gulls & other waterbirds following us in the hopes of getting a snack. On the return we had a stunning view of Table Mountain in the setting sun. Gorgeous!!