Exploring Maroela and surrounds .............. *

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Day 2 - 17 August:

We where at the gate at 06:10 and entered a little later, we decided to take the gravel road to Letaba and the gravel road to Olifants and then back on the tar.

First up - Double-Banded Sandgrouse:

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This little guy was almost flattened by a very inpatient mampara:

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Giraffe....one thing we realised was that there are no shortage of Geraffes in the park

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Another roadblock..just BIGGER O-/

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Then our first Lions of the trip and there where 3 cubs, the lady who spotted them told us that just 30 mins earlier they where all in the road playing :O^ and as you'll see that is how our Lion sightings went... we missed the best parts :O^

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This Ellie was doing funny movements with it's backside and hind legs and offcourse Bookworm nearly fell out of the car laughing :-0

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Huge Crocodile

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We had breakfast at Letaba at Mugg and Bean and must say the best I've had in Kruger, the service was excellent and the food was very tasty....well done SANparks with this decision to bring in these guys ^Q^ ^Q^

More to follow, just have to ID a birdie O** ........


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Ready to continue.....

Brown headed Kingfisher:

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Do you think this Toko wants to tell us something O** (check the branch)

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Emerald spotted wood dove -O-

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Lots of Egyptian Geese in the Letaba river bed

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HoopHoo

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Kudu enjoying the green leaves

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Crocodile

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-O- not sure of this birdie

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Impala lilly at Letaba

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To be continued......
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Seiont wrote:0/* Thanks for this harrys. I'm feeling the urge and trying to find the time and money to take a quick dash down to SA and Kruger before the end of the year. One option is to travel with my campsite in a case and stop in Maroela for five days or so. I'm very interested in this TT as a result. Looking forward to more.
Maroela is a great little camp with the Orpen cam about 1km away lots of animals come past the camp, we had Buffaloes grazing next to the fence, Ellies trumpettering and breaking trees a few meters from the fence, Lions roaring not far away and Hayenas patrolling the fence ^Q^

When we where there every night was quiet inside the camp and lots of life outside, everyone respected each other. There is a 2 fridges to put your meat in if you are camping in a tent, and there is the communial kitchen(with hot water for coffee/tea) where you can prepare your meal and wash the dishes :-0

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hiya harrys.....

great to catch up here....

that rear-end shot of the ellie :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 reminds me of richprins' selfie at mopani

..... correct with the emerald-spotted wood-dove (old name was green-spotted dove)
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your wader could well be a ruff or even a wood sandpiper (seems it might have a bit of an eye-stripe)..

both are migrants that start arriving in august.......

:shock: :shock: :shock: never seen so many geese together ....

great shot of the "brownie" ................


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Some more pics....

In the parking area at Letaba reception a Kurrichane Thrush

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Terapins on a rock

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Sharps grysbok

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Wartie...we watched 3 of these piggies digging up the ground looking for roots to eat

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Scene near Olifants

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Crocodile

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Waterlilly

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Some more from day 2....

Double Banded Sandgrouse chicks....they where just sitting in the road -O-

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BIG road block

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Spider O-/

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Baffalo at Nhlanganini dam....about 150

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Zebra

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Klipspringer at Masorini

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Next a Ellie with BIG tusks........


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Last 2 Pics for day 2...

Ellie with BIG tusks at Masorini....it had a necklace -O-

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Our visitor at camp.....Reed rat :shock: I skriked my dinges of when this oukie made it's appearance and started munching on the grass next to the campsite :-0 :o0ps:

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Day 3 following shortly.......


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Sjoe! Nice pics, Harry!

Never seen a pic of a cane rat in Kruger! ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Apparently they are delicious to eat! ;-)


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18 AUGUST - DAY 3: Phalaborwa to Maroela....

We left Phalaborwa Safari Park at 6:00 and entered the park at 6:20 O/\ O/\

First sighting for the day....Hayena

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Looks like a mongoose, but not sure wich make O** -O-

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Buff calf

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Baffalo thinking mmmmm interesting

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Vervet

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Saddle billed stork

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Olifants scenery

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Steenbokkie

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Zebras

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More to follow....including my best photos of a Bateleur ever...


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Slender Mongoose, red nose and black tip tail... for me ;-)

nice Buffalo who smell and Olifants scenery O/\ ^Q^


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