Yet Another Quick "Business" Trip to Kruger .

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Lots of nice sightings, Rog! ^Q^

And plenty rain it seems! <drip>

I like the terrapin at Biyamiti...only place one could get a shot like that! lol

Those are normal jackals, Side-striped have a white tail-tip. \O

And the cheetahs! O/\

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Richprins wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:53 am Those are normal jackals, Side-striped have a white tail-tip. \O
I saw that too... and forget to mention yesterday night :o0ps:


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Thanks Roger,

it looked indeed extreme rainy that day :shock:

Love the Lower Sabie bridge and Biyamiti weir shots - Always places to spend hours \O Also nice klippie and bird shots and for sure you saw cheetah too ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ Simply love that camp life too with all the visitors O:V


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Richprins wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:53 am Lots of nice sightings, Rog! ^Q^

And plenty rain it seems! <drip>

I like the terrapin at Biyamiti...only place one could get a shot like that! lol

Those are normal jackals, Side-striped have a white tail-tip. \O

And the cheetahs! O/\

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:yes: it was wet and amazingly greener since the last trip . Think the Jackals looked different due being wet .
nan wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:32 pm
Richprins wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:53 am Those are normal jackals, Side-striped have a white tail-tip. \O
I saw that too... and forget to mention yesterday night :o0ps:
:ty: nan \O
Pumbaa wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:52 pm Thanks Roger,

it looked indeed extreme rainy that day :shock:

Love the Lower Sabie bridge and Biyamiti weir shots - Always places to spend hours \O Also nice klippie and bird shots and for sure you saw cheetah too ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ Simply love that camp life too with all the visitors O:V
:yes: We love the area around the S118 & Biyamiti \O


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The next morning we packed the car and left early the plan was to drive the S28 and S30 Gomondwane and back down to the river road .

The Kruger sunrise was wonderful as always
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It was still wet and muddy tracks and not much to be seen .Close to Dukes we found this little fellow
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As we got to the S30 loop T junction we came across 3 Bull Ellies .And they were not happy the one was mock charging the other two and lots of trumpeting and head shaking . O-/
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It was quite a site but also a bit scary as each time we thought they moved off the road they would come back out onto the road .
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We decided to rather change the planned route and go the other way out the loop onto the tar --00-- at the last little pond this Heron was hunting
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and just before we left the loop I found the poster bird for the game angry birds lol
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We drove back to the river road and started to head along it .Close to Hippo pools we found another Jackal
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There were loads of flowers popping out from the rains
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We carried on the trip across the S25 with the final destination our final two nights at Berg En Dal .


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\O Rog!

Nice and green.

Love that "last little pond". :-0


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The "angry" bird is hilarious lol What kind of bird was it?

Better to avoid ellies in a bad mood :yes:

I lost the last page :o0ps: : Lovely black-winged kite. They are not very common in Kruger, if I don't error -O-

Great to see all those mongooses ^Q^ ^Q^ and even cheetah O\/

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Richprins wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:24 am \O Rog!

Nice and green.

Love that "last little pond". :-0
:yes: was an amazing change from the last trip .
Lisbeth wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:34 pm The "angry" bird is hilarious lol What kind of bird was it?

Better to avoid ellies in a bad mood :yes:

I lost the last page :o0ps: : Lovely black-winged kite. They are not very common in Kruger, if I don't error -O-

Great to see all those mongooses ^Q^ ^Q^ and even cheetah O\/

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We then found this Marshal eagle who refused to look at us and was too busy watching the river
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At the S26 intersection a terrapin was catching some sun .
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We then found another Owl in the trees .
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We had been trying to work out where the road from Mejejane comes through when we found this Marshal Eagle who was much more accommodating .
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Along the S118 a hyena suddenly appeared with some leftovers
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We tried to see where it had appeared from but all we could see in the thick bushes was some raptors and vultures in a tree .
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We also found this Ellie although it was hiding behind the tree we took some pics as it had a Absis or old wound on its side .
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We turned up the tar to go stop in at Afsaal .Along the road these very thin Hyena cub's were lying outside the den.
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A bit further we found a little traffic and the reason was some impressive maned flat Lions .We did a drive by shooting as they were not going anywhere soon.
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We stopped at Afsaal and then carried on towards Biyamiti .


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Awesome sunrise, Roger,

plus lots of fantastic raptor shots and sightings \O

Love also the jackal and the hyenas and all the elephants \O X#X X#X


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