We were now heading for Skukuza in a bit of trepidation and the tension was mounting up in the van. As we travelled South, a movement caught my eye, so I asked Jan to pull over. We reversed back a little and focused our binoculars, waiting for the animals to show themselves again. Before long, a herd os Sable came out from behind the bush and into partial view. They were always obscured by long grass or bush the whole time we were with them, but it was great to be able to watch a breeding herd as they passed on by, feeding as they went.
We continued on and along the river stretch, noted a Vulture on a roadside tree.
On taking it's picture, I looked into the riverbed and saw this gang.
They had obviously been on a kill somewhere nearby and were now bathing in the river.
Just before we arrived at Skukuza, a family of Ground Hornbills were seen ambling along the roadside looking for insects or other tasty morsels.
With all these stops, the tension now really mounted. We had to call into Skuks to pick up passports that had hopefully been couriered there for us. Would they be there? Would we have to cancel out trip to Swaziland? The tension really mounted when we enquired at the reception desk and no-one knew anything about them! Eventually the right person was tracked down, but was nowhere near, so we went for lunch and waited. Before long, the passports turned up and we thanked the Ranger who had looked after them for us. We could now continue on to Swaziland and a new adventure.
We headed South towards Malelane, taking only one more photo on the way. A lone Giraffe. He was so close, I could not get him all in one photo, so experimented and used the same technique I use for taking panoramics. These were stitched together back home, and the result has worked out not too badly!
I like very much that you take the trouble with a giraffe 
It would have been different if we were heading home after leaving the park though. 
