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Thanx for the info. I suppose at the end of the day it all boils down to being in the right place at the right time.

Absolutely!

I've seen lions, cheetah, elephant, buffalo, raptors and hyena on this road as well as spending ages at the waterhole watching loads of different general game.

Hope you're in "the right place at the right time" when you go!

Another alternative is, of course, the H6 - right time, right place again, but I've had some great sightings on this road.

Good luck!

During our last visit August 2011 we had some great sitings on this road.
Our friends were driving it midday when a pride of lions brought down a large male kudu. We were all together on a sunset drive that evening, so persuaded the driver to take us down to the kill site.
We spent the whole drive down the road - as well as the numerous lions the usual, scavengers etc around the kill we had in the very close vicinity a huge herd of elephants passing through, Rhino and later a big herd of buffalo. It was an amazing evening especially on the way back when we visited the kill site again and all hell broke loose around us as the pride males moved in to chase off the females and youngsters...the roaring lions all around us in the dark is something that will remain in my list of top Kruger experiences for a while!

We went back the next morning first thing and enjoyed watching the scavengers (Hyenas, Vultures, Jackels, other raptors) squabbling over the carcass.

It's like any road though of course, you drive it many times and see nothing and then just once have a great siting and it makes it special to you.

I agree with Wendy the H6 is worth a go too, I have had better luck there than I ever have on the S100....but again it's a case of right time, right place! Enjoy your trip!

i visit the park very often and this has been the only road where i have encountered 3 different big predator species within 4km. a pride of lions, then a leopard, and one of the biggest pack of wild dogs (20 individuals)! i have also seen serval on this road. definately an alternative to the s100 first thing in the morning..

That would be the Orpen pack They can be found as far South as Nhlanguleni