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| Judas.. the best tracker in the world!! |
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| And off we go |
We started out extra early as Don really tried to make our last drive memorable. In radio contact with others we searched in vain for cats for about an hour and a half. Then the radio really came to life and we were off at racing pace to another area. We cannot quite describe the thrill of racing through the African bush at breakneck speed, bouncing around and hanging on for dear life.. better than a roller coaster!!!! In contact with others we finally found another land rover on the edge of a thicket. They waved us in and there inside was a young male leopard devouring an Impala. So Don says "it'll be here a while lets go" whaaaat!!! Apparently he had heard rumours that there was a Cheetah in the area. Just 5 minutes away, and to the awe of all of us including our tracker and ranger, we were treated to a very special find.... a wonderful sighting of a Cheetah, set up on a 5 foot high mound surveying the area around and watched by us and another land rover. We were in awe for about 90 seconds and then it just decided to move on, stealthily through the brush and it was gone. What superb timing. Only a minute either side and we would have missed it. 
After
we left the Leopard to his meal, we saw Giraffe, elephant, zebra,
Wildebeest, Impala, Warthogs, a beautiful lilac breasted Roller (bird),
and a huge water buck before arriving back at camp. We said goodbye to
Judas and went to pack before final goodbyes and a beer on the deck,
where we saw some guinea fowl and a Cape buffalo, grazing by the deck. Our driver arrived to take us back to Nelspruit
airport for our uneventful flight back to Jo'burg. We chatted with him
about today's big national election... he was definitely an ANC supporter
for life! Back at Africa Sky we had dinner, packed, sat by the Boma and
had a reasonably early night. 
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| Final elephant sighting!! |
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| Water-buck... HUGE horns |
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| Wildebeest grazing with Zebra-lesson for humans!! |
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| Wildebeest and Impala also sharing the land |
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| Looking happy but sad to say goodbye |
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| Packed and ready to go! |
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| Relaxing on the main deck before leaving |
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| Bye Will.. it's been a blast!! |
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| Guinea Fowl below the main deck |
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| View from the deck |
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| Cape buffalo from the deck |
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| Local market on way to Nelspruit |
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| Wished I had bought on of these now!! |
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| Our chariot awaits again!! |
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| Cruise here we come |
