GAME VIEWING around OLIFANTS & BALULE in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

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  • GAME VIEWING around OLIFANTS & BALULE in the Kruger National Park, South Africa
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    Are you wondering what animals you can expect to see in the area around Olifants and Balule rest camps in the Kruger National Park? In this video I tell you all about the game viewing along the Olifants River and share with you two of my favourite routes to drive in the area.
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Komentáře • 47

  • @xamaraaweshow6797
    @xamaraaweshow6797 Před 3 lety +1

    My favourite erea kruger national park i like that place 👌
    From Somalia 🇸🇴

  • @fionaclarke8122
    @fionaclarke8122 Před 2 lety +1

    Just wonderful I cannot wait to visit thank you for your advice and tips .Great the scenery seems a real treat again thank you for your advice .Regards Fiona Clarke

  • @michaelflinn7784
    @michaelflinn7784 Před rokem +1

    I love your commentary and advice. Glad I found you 🤠.

  • @diannecox7187
    @diannecox7187 Před 2 lety +1

    Always love your videos. 🤗🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @instantwildlife4295
    @instantwildlife4295 Před 3 lety +1

    Yay!!Another rest camp video!!!

  • @cynthiamalatji4335
    @cynthiamalatji4335 Před 3 lety

    Thanks 😊

  • @instantwildlife4295
    @instantwildlife4295 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for this very helpfull video!!

  • @JoesCamera
    @JoesCamera Před 3 lety

    Agree with your observations. Well done

    • @TheSafariExpert
      @TheSafariExpert  Před 3 lety

      Thanks Joe! It was lekker to meet you in the Kgalagadi recently 👏🏻😎

  • @TheSquad-sq6js
    @TheSquad-sq6js Před 2 lety

    My three best game viewing camps are satara skukuza and Bergendal

  • @alanliebenberg5443
    @alanliebenberg5443 Před 2 lety

    great video !! hope you cover Pretoriuskop and Punda Maria in some upcoming videos. Thanks

  • @charlvanas4665
    @charlvanas4665 Před 3 lety

    Yipeee!!! I found S147!!! We saw a sighting posted on the S147 on Latest sighting and we could not find it anywhere on our maps. We thought it must have been a mistake. Even in the Kruger self drive book only goes to the S146. Thanks for the Info. Great videos as always.

  • @wildlivelover.
    @wildlivelover. Před 3 lety +1

    hi Villiers Thanksgiving vor Sharing The videos,, i bought der Boom one year a Go ,it ist terific ,this Weekend i also reserve ,Kgalagadi and Pilanesberg self-drive.
    ich must Work vor 9 more years to Go in Pension ,and then i want to emigrate to South-Africa anderen setel in Hoedspruit Wildlive Estate .
    and make trips in the Krüger , your tips are very helpful.
    i 've been in pilanesberg (Sheperd's tree), Timbavati (motswari) Sabi sands (Idube) Mthethomusha and Hluhluwe.
    Hope we can travel end of this year ,i want to visit Nkorho bush lodge, Djuma (i have an tiket for one day at Wild Earth ) ,Elephant plains anderen Idube.
    greatings Peter from Liechtenstein.

  • @kheradar
    @kheradar Před rokem

    ❤ I love your videos enjoying them. Thank you very much we’re going to Africa for 10 days and four nights in Zambia and we’re gonna be reaching 20 of August and the evening flight and Cu international Park at the airport. MQP I was wondering if you could suggest me which rest campus stay I love watching big and I was thinking is stay at skukuzasecond Sitara rest camp and I was wondering if you know if we can Self Drive Rent-A-Car at the airport and we’ve done that before if it’s possible to do in Kruger national park and what route would you suggest to go on to see all the big fat really appreciate your help. Thank you for all the good work.

  • @hirampereira89
    @hirampereira89 Před 2 lety

    Hello, Villiers! Awesome pictures you’ve got! Your videos are helping me out planning my first safaris, next month. I’m too a photographer, mostly in the brazilian Amazon. I wanted to ask you some tips about camps. I’m going to South Africa with my wife, we’re planning 4 days on aha Makalali lodge and 4 days on Isambane camp. As you said Oilfont and Balule have thick vegetation, do you think these are good lodges for us to photograph? Would you recommend any other, with good guides and fauna? Thank you very much!

  • @felixifloresrodriquez3306

    Thanks for the awesome video. I ordered the three books combo. Are you going to make a Pilanesberg video? Thanks

    • @TheSafariExpert
      @TheSafariExpert  Před 3 lety

      Awesome, Felix! I don’t have plans just yet, but since there is a Pilanesberg Self-Drive book, perhaps I should make one... 😏

    • @felixifloresrodriquez3306
      @felixifloresrodriquez3306 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheSafariExpert yes indeed you should I will watch it too thanks

  • @saskiaguy1940
    @saskiaguy1940 Před 3 lety +1

    I love your videos! Very informative 👌🏼 Taking our first safari ever in august this year! What’s your 3 best rest camps for that time of the year? Planning to spend 3 nights at 3 camps 🙌🏼😃

    • @saskiaguy1940
      @saskiaguy1940 Před 3 lety +1

      I bought the book you recommended in this video, by the way! Still waiting for it to arrive! Should I wait to get it before I go ahead and book the rest camps? We thought we’d do Crocodile Bridge first, then Olifants second, and Pretoriuskop last. What do you think for first-timers?

    • @TheSafariExpert
      @TheSafariExpert  Před 3 lety +1

      I’m so glad you love the videos! 😁 If you can get space, go for Lower Sabie, Berg-en-Dal and Satara - that will give you a very nice variety. Pretoriuskop is a bit quiet game viewing-wise and Lower Sabie and Croc Bridge are rather similar. Don’t wait for the book to arrive - rather secure your accommodation before the camps fill up 👍🏻😎

    • @saskiaguy1940
      @saskiaguy1940 Před 3 lety

      @@TheSafariExpert thank you SO much fir the great tips!!

    • @saskiaguy1940
      @saskiaguy1940 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheSafariExpert will it be busy with COVID still going on? Not so many tourists?

    • @TheSafariExpert
      @TheSafariExpert  Před 3 lety +1

      @@saskiaguy1940, it’s so hard to tell. August is usually very busy, so rather be safe than sorry. The popular camps like Lower Sabie fill up VERY quickly that time of the year.

  • @jorritkoperdraad5611
    @jorritkoperdraad5611 Před 2 lety

    Joo, I have been a few times to Africa now and I’m aiming to see animals like: bush pig, pangolin, aardvark, bat-eared fox, clawless otter, polecat genet, civet, aardwolf and snakes. Do you recommend camps or other parks? Like the kalahari or kaufau?

    • @TheSafariExpert
      @TheSafariExpert  Před 2 lety

      Jorrit, you'll struggle to see most of those in Kruger. The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park gives you a good chance to see things like African Wild Cat, brown hyena, meerkats and bat-eared foxes, but some of those on your list are VERY hard to find.

  • @swatijain6074
    @swatijain6074 Před 11 dny

    Hey need a small help of yours.. if we have only three days can you please suggest which camp side we should stay to see maximum no of animals.. though i have seen all your videos of kruga and i found orpen, tamboti and maroela best but i am thinking to switch camps every day… do you think its a good idea to do.. please reply 🙏🏻

    • @TheSafariExpert
      @TheSafariExpert  Před 11 dny

      If you have only three days, stay at Berg en Dal, Skukuza and Lower Sabie. Just make sure you book long in advance.

  • @user-rl5cc8ci6l
    @user-rl5cc8ci6l Před rokem

    Hi Villiers, is the S147 drivable for a sedan, as we have heard it is a two wheeled track road ?

  • @garyshuttleworth2359
    @garyshuttleworth2359 Před 2 lety +1

    Covid permitting,we are staying at the Protea by Marriott,kruger gate,from 12th-17th april
    Are the game drives along the Sabie river good for seeing the Big 5?

    • @TheSafariExpert
      @TheSafariExpert  Před 2 lety +1

      Gary, the Sabi River is great for Big Five viewing, except perhaps for spotting rhino, which you'll find further south towards Berg-en-Dal. The roads will, however, be very busy in April.

    • @garyshuttleworth2359
      @garyshuttleworth2359 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TheSafariExpert Thanks so much for taling the time to reply mate
      Love all your videos and the road recommendations for sightings
      Out of curiosity,on the drive from Skukuza airport to the hotel,will we drive through the Park🤔🤔🤔

    • @TheSafariExpert
      @TheSafariExpert  Před 2 lety +1

      @@garyshuttleworth2359 , sorry it took so long 🙈 The drive from the airport to the hotel is not that long, but it is in a great game viewing area along the Sand River. Here’s hoping you have a great welcoming party 🦁🐘🐃🦏🦒🐆🦓☺️

    • @garyshuttleworth2359
      @garyshuttleworth2359 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TheSafariExpert wev done the Pilanesberg on our honeymoon in 2019,but so excited to visit the Kruger this time.Covid permitting😩😩😩😩

    • @TheSafariExpert
      @TheSafariExpert  Před 2 lety

      @@garyshuttleworth2359, I really hope it’s a successful trip! Where do you come from?

  • @mehermakda8529
    @mehermakda8529 Před 3 lety

    Do you check your Instagram? Asked some questions there, would be so grateful for your feedback! Also looking forward to your review of the other camps

    • @TheSafariExpert
      @TheSafariExpert  Před 3 lety

      Hi Meher. Sorry, I was out of signal now for weeks and somehow missed your questions on Instragram. Do you mind asking them here or in a Private Facebook Message on The Safari Expert Facebook Page?

  • @kheradar
    @kheradar Před rokem

    Sorry mis spelled should be big cat