Wild Wild Shingwedzi

We won’t stop for lions or leopards, as I’m sure you’ve seen enough of those, remarked our ranger Matthew Burnett about the large concentration of game around Shingwedzi Camp. Vlakteplaas, just to the north, has the highest number of sightings a day in the park.

Shingwedzi, in the central region of Kruger, is derived from the Tsongan word ngwetse which means “both place of ironstone” and the ‘k-r-r-r’ shriek of metal rubbing against metal. No such noise disturbs visitors; compared to Satara and Skukuza, the camp remains tranquil, even when it’s fully booked.

Shingwedzi’s attraction is greater than that; we visited in mid-July, but north of the Tropic of Capricorn it was T-shirt weather. And the landscape! It changes from an autumnal bronze, to a lovely, fiery orange and brilliant green. Here buffalo and elephant roam and this section of Kruger is home to more than half of the elephants in the park.

Ellies are visible daily in the riverine area close to camp and they regularly spotted crossing the road. A troop of baboons has made the rivers sand flats its home and the members often seen playing a few hundred meters from the camp entrance, much to the delight of leopards waiting in the dense, leafy surroundings...

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