South Africa 2018 - Day 12: Kruger National Park Day 3

Today most of the group would be doing a sunset game drive with barbecue dinner included, so we all had a good sleep with no real rush to get up. Most people used this opportunity to relax around the hotel pool or sit in the sunshine. After a relaxing day we all met in the lobby at 4pm. After a short delay we transferred to the Kruger National Park for our third and final time.

African sunset.
Our group of 20 made our way to a spot to get a great photo of the sunset. We had a target of around 7pm for the dinner so we continued to explore. We went to the same spot where we saw the leopard yesterday and we were lucky enough to see it feasting on the Impala in the tree. It was amazing to watch this happen in the wild right in front of our eyes. After the light had faded we stopped at our designated dinner spot and enjoyed a meal in the middle of the park. We had an armed guard on standby at all times. I was able to also use this opportunity to take some fantastic stargazing photos.

Stargazing.
After dinner we headed back to the gate for our pickup to the hotel. Some other sightings this evening were a hyena, hippo, a few impala and lots of rabbits. We got back to the hotel just after 9pm and I would definitely recommend the Kruger National Park experience to anybody. We got some different sightings at night but I still prefer the full day experiences I had in the 2 days prior.

A video from this day can be found below:

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