PL 50-200 and Safari - photos will follow

Our first driver at Sabi Sand wasn't bad. He just lacked experience due his young age and his positioning of converted truck wasn't the best when it came to photography. He actually did very well driving the truck over the rough terrain, it just his parking could of been improved. However, not all drivers are photographers or need to be photographers. It just an added bonus of having a safari driver who is also skilled at photography and is able to  position the trucks to get better views of the subjects. The driver did his job of getting us close to potential dangerous animals without anyone or the animals getting hurt. The best images I got from him contain lions feeding which people may find distressing and please note I haven't said what the animal is.

The weather was a big problem because we experienced up to four days of cold fronts. The cold fronts last for two days each but by the evening of the second day, the weather start getting warm again. The second Sabi Sand's camp we stayed out was very nice and I preferred it to the previous camp we stayed at because it was more open and I could get closer to nature. However, we couldn't make use of the facilities due to the weather. On our game drives, a lot of people in the area wanted to turn back and we turned back after each drive gave us a sighting of a leopard. The guides did tell us the weather was borderline and if the weather had got worst, we would of turned back. It was just about bearable for game viewing but we were all miserable being blasted by the elements.

I would like to do the trip again but I'm starting to think Kruger Park isn't that good for big cat sightings since big cats often don't stay close to the roads.

Shows how close we could get. There were a pack of lions resting to the right.

An image I could show without upsetting people

Again, picture shows how close we got to the animals and we do spend a lot of time with the big sightings before allowing another vehicle to take our place. Only three vehicles allowed per sighting.

First processed image from my trip to South Africa. Taken at Blyde River Canyon viewing platform.