When the Lions are away, the Leopards come out to play (April 2019)

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13th April 2019 Grootkolk to Urikaruus

We had set our mind to leave Grootkolk early'ish to maybe find something with paws in the road. Instead we were rewarded to a much rarer sighting not long after having left the camp. Eland! And masses of it! There were at least 150 animals O:V
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And just before Polentswa finally some healthy looking lions. When we first arrived they were still far off in the riverbed, but they had the decency to move towards the road and actually cross it right in front of us lol
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And the finally highlight of the drive - some five hours later :twisted: - a jackal buzzard.
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Stunning pics of the Elands ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

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Wow that’s a large herd of Eland ^Q^


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Those eland must have been a sight to behold! ^Q^ ^Q^

And then lions in the road...lucky you! \O \O


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What astounding eland pics, Mello! ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


In Kruger they don't come together into those big herds very often. :shock:


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Wow, that's quite an eland sighting O\/ O\/ Were they running or just walking fast?

Lovely young lion lady ^Q^ ^Q^

Must be a juvenile jackal buzzard :-?

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Amazing eland sightin, Mel,

and I love the shots with the dust in the sun - Lovely \O

Great jackal buzzard shots as well O/\

and fantastic lion sighting as well O\/


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Nice lion sighting there Mel ^Q^ ^Q^

But that eland herd :-0 :-0 :-0
Amazing to see so many in one place O/\ O/\


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