Flavour of the Month - May/June 2019: Grootvlei Dam (S50)

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When the dam is full there are sometimes elephants all over the place, but one can hardly get a photo of the entire dam

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Re: Flavour of the Month - May/June 2019: Grootvlei Dam (S50)

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Strange to se the elephants spread out like that, normally they stick together :-?


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Re: Flavour of the Month - May/June 2019: Grootvlei Dam (S50)

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These are several bull groups and small breeding herds ;-) not interested in any interaction lol

Perhaps they love the dam because there is enough space for all of them :O^


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Re: Flavour of the Month - May/June 2019: Grootvlei Dam (S50)

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Lovely! \O \O


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Who has yet to visit this place, don't wait - rather go very soon. The dam is also on the list of ARTIFICIAL WATER-POINTS ON TOURIST ROADS SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACE BY NATURAL ALTERNATIVES

To be closed in the long term (over 5 years, after 2015), so GO NOW, guys lol

https://www.sanparks.org/assets/docs/fo ... placed.pdf


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It’s on my list definitely \O

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That list chops and changes a lot, Klippies! lol


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I would appreciate if Sanparks would specify what those " natural alternatives" are :O^


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I think it is the worst birding spot in the entire park :yes: might be another reason why it is quiet there ^Q^


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Also for water birds?

Maybe the trees are too far away -O-


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