Twilight Game Drive

Twilight Game Drive

One of the highlights of our trip to Kruger was a twilight game drive. Not everyone in our group chose to go. Saturday night was the first rugby game of the season and some of the men wanted to go to the local pub and watch the game, while a few of the ladies opted to stay back and enjoy the serenity of our wonderful lodge. The Barnes, The Davie's, The Poleman's, The Kinghorn's, and Elder Kirschbaum all decided to squeeze one more adventure into what was already an amazing trip. We were taken to the Giraffe Park around 5pm and returned to Ndabushe around 8. The decision to leave the comforts of the warm fire at Ndabushe turned out to be a great choice, however, we were a little worried at first, because the first 10 minutes we didn't see a thing but a lot of  tracks in the dirt road.



This is our tracker telling our driver which way to go to follow the tracks

Once the sun went down, we began to see herds of animals. 

 We saw Zebras, Giraffe, Cape Buffalo, Rhinos, Wild Dogs and Impalas.

Our tracker had a huge search light that he would shine into the bushes and we could see the reflection bounce from the animals eyes. One of the most incredible things we saw that night was just before the sun went down. Our vehicle was down in a little gully and we could see just up the road the neck of a very tall Giraffe with this gorgeous sunset framing it. I will never forget that sight.

 

Not only did we see all these herds of large animals we saw many smaller animals as well. We spotted a Bush Baby in a tree, a Jenette, and an Ardvark, which we were told, is extremely rare. Another really special sight was the night sky. Our guide pointed out the stars in the sky and we just sat quietly and marveled at the beauty.