Up The Hill at Marakele

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Our first visit to Marakele was not at all what I expected. There was a distinct lack of animal sightings due to the density of the bush but we made up for that with some exciting bird sightings including 5 lifers.

We arrived at around midday on Saturday 21 March and found Super Mongoose and Skillie waiting for us at Bontle Camp site. We had been trying to organise a weekend away together since we bought our off-road trailer last year and this was the first time that both our schedules matched.

We did go out for a drive later in the afternoon but we found that there was better game spotting from the camp where we had already seen a very handsome Tree Agama and partner.
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I also found a bee-hive near one of the dustbins.
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The next morning we took our time getting up and headed off for the drive "up the hill".

On the way, we had some spectacular scenery.
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Then we got to "The Hill"!


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Very pretty! Micro and Macro! lol


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The agamas are pretty!

And the way uphill is a nice drive, roll on the photos!

^Q^


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Indeed stunning scenery shots and the agama ones are brilliant too ^Q^

Thanks BluTuna \O


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those Agamas are beautiful \O ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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beautiful scenery O/\ O/\


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The agamas have lovely colours and there are some nice scenery ^Q^ ^Q^


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Lovely scenery. \O


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Richprins wrote:Very pretty! Micro and Macro! lol
Complements????? Are you feeling OK RP? lol

They are much appreciated \O


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Toko wrote:The agamas are pretty!

And the way uphill is a nice drive, roll on the photos!

^Q^
It was a stunning drive but also pretty scary - Stargazer was almost sitting on the centre console when we got to the top - there was a vertical drop on her side of the car! I had the same experience on the drive down.


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