Trokkie does Tembe - September 2010

[Shaun Cullen]

Set off from Durban at 05h30 and fortunately missed a howling north easterly which was smack on the nose for those arriving in the late afternoon.

At the gate



 - the angle is the road slope, not the suspension.

Note the FasterFini compressor



By midday, after stopping at the main hide for a little while, we arraived at the Honorary Rangers camp at Ponweni



There is quite thick sand in the Park and it is a '4x4' Park for a reason but when it came to locking my hubs the left one was jammed vas. Early the next morning I pulled it out and tried to fix it - even went to the viewing platform with my 'fix'.

Herding baaad Rovers while waiting for Oscar Osberg to escort us to the platform.



Single file and very quiet



Oscar explaining about the forest wattle.



Our intrepid guide



Back at camp I realised that my 'fix' was not fixed and with the able assistance of Heinrich van Zweel and Mike Lauterbach the offending bits were bent and bashed back into shape.





Mind you, I wasn't the only one having problems...



Heinrich, Mike and Chard Black all have 50th birthdays very close to each other so their spouses decided to set up a surprise birthday party for them




The next morning we awoke to some glorious roars and a visit by four lions who were quite content to watch us through the fencing.




Some other scary wildlife...



Looking for game...



...and finding it.




More...








But all good things had to come to an end.



(PS: As luck would have it we hit a really strong south westerly all the way home - 3rd gear up some of the hills and in that part of the world the hills are little!).

[Jonathan Tee]

Lovely Shaun, can't wait to take mine there one day too, thanks for sharing 

[Adolf Hüster]

Baie dankie Shaun!    Nice pics! 

Why is trokkie so heavy leaning to the right on second pic!! 

I see you are still in the car!? 

[Shaun Cullen]

More ellies!



Stand in the road you die!



Lynn seems to be enjoying herself



Driving the cutline

[Grahame Burchell]

Very Very nice pics Shaun. Not often do I see good game pics. Tembe it seems is a must.

[Graham Barnes]

Awesome Shaun. Must of been a great trip!

[Theo Marx]

Very nice !!     

[Keith Richardson]

Nice pics Shaun

[milton slabber]

Nice pics Shaun. Would be nice taking a mini-legends trip there..