Flavour of the Month - June 2013: H7 (Orpen - Satara)

[harrys]

Nyala:



Warties:



Huge snail:



Wildebeest:



Buffaloes:



Magpie Shrike:



Late night

[Sharifa]

The H7 is one of my favourite roads. Nsemani Dam is a must stop place when we are in the area. This Ellie sighting was magic, and listen to the call of the Fish Eagle

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Found this double dating couple on the road one morning











Also an excellent road for Wild Dogs





and cheetah

[Twigga]

Alot of great pics! So hoping for them cats & dogs when we go that direction in a couple of days (26 to be exact )

Apparently you can still drive to the breach in road from Orpen's side, such a relief! I'm not sure how long I would've stand the dusty busy S106?

Top 5 road in Kruger for me

[Flutterby]

Great pics harrys and Sharifa!! We last saw wild dogs on the H7 in the 80's and it was the first (and only) time we saw a wild dog kill. The dogs were chasing impala between the cars and I still clearly remember an impala jumping over the bonnet of the car in front of us!

[Amoli]

Ellies at Nsemani Dam :







and a Fish Eagle :



and Hippo's :

[Richprins]

This is the only road I know of where a tourist vehicle was actually attacked by a lion!

In the 80's, a mating pair was interrupted by a car, and the male got angry and jumped onto the bonnet and dealt out some punishment!

No great harm done!

(An old CUSTOS article...)

[Bushcraft]

I have spotted dogs, leopard, civet, jackal, badgers, plenty lion and all the usual, but never cheetah on this road. I need to dig out the pics

I find it hot and cold

[nan]

"Diva" Korhaan

[Richprins]

I think,I am the only one here, who never has found the Orpen doggie pack there

There has been a pretty resident WD pack around the middle of the road for many years, but also a Satara pack earlier...nearer the Eastern end of the road...

But I think they chop and change a lot!


To add to that, and I could have sworn I said this somewhere, the H-7 is a road of three parts...

First, from Orpen along the Timbavati River, then a desolate stretch after the S-36 intersection, then more animals once one enters the Delagoa Bush and savannah near Nsemani Dam and beyond!

[nan]

Cape glossy Starling