Swaziland and Kruger, Singita and Hlane

A drive through the flooded Mordenaars Karoo via Loxton and Victoria West, stopping in the Eastern Free State in Aberfeldy finished up in Kruger at Singita Sweni and finally, at Hlane in north eastern Swaziland. The park is simple and unfussy, Kruger before the tourist buses. Elephants are skittish - we were chased - but the rhinos are so well monitored they are habituated to humans and we walked within metres of them, obviously not recommended in normal circumstances.The drive back down the entire length of the N2 from Pongoland was a marathon; for all the great work done repairing roads in the former Transkei, the powers-that-be neglected the in-town roads, meaning you fly into say, Butterworth and grind to a halt behind a hundred ancient bakkies sunning themselves in the 'high street'. 1 685km in one day, 500km the next. Again, not recommended.