Translation : Dear Mother, it really is jolly warm in this place.
Saturday 28 November 2015 - Home -> Skukuza.
A shortish trip for us because we had to use up some timeshare points and a weekend at Ingwenya Lodge was available. To make the trip a bit more worthwhile we booked a further six nights of camping, the first at Skukuza and the next five at Balule. As ever, things didn't go exactly as expected.
We have often stayed at Pretoriuskop for our first night in the park but although Skukuza is my least favourite camp, Lake Panic is nearby and that's the best spot in the park for bird photography.
We entered the Park at Malelane, stopping on the bridge for a while. There was plenty of bird activity and the bridge is a wonderful vantage point.
There was a host of Kingfishers - at least five Pied and a couple of Giants.
There were several other species, including Spoonbills and Yellowbilled Storks, present but most of them were too far away for photos. I did get a Greenbacked Heron and a Little Egret.
The journey from Malelane to Skukuza was interesting but the clouds had rolled in and the pictures were not so good.
A young Hyaena.
An Unmentionable.
A Klipspringer sentinel.
It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
Hunting cannot be considered a sport as all contestants in a sport should know they are playing the game!
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And a very distant coalition of Cheetahs.
After setting up camp we decided that it wasn't worth going to Lake panic as it was quite dim and dreary. Instead, we went down to the Cattle Baron for a very nice meal.
Back at our camp site , there was some bug activity around a nearby light.
An adult Antlion,
some colourful moths,
a Mantid.
beetles,
and a Wasp.
After setting up camp we decided that it wasn't worth going to Lake panic as it was quite dim and dreary. Instead, we went down to the Cattle Baron for a very nice meal.
Back at our camp site , there was some bug activity around a nearby light.
An adult Antlion,
some colourful moths,
a Mantid.
beetles,
and a Wasp.
Hunting cannot be considered a sport as all contestants in a sport should know they are playing the game!
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Lucky sightings on you first day. Love the insects
Next trip to the bush??
Let me think......................
Let me think......................
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Cute portrait of the Antie
My fav is the Polyclada beetle. Very good find
Love the Trimen's false tiger and the Longhorn, too, should be a Prosopocera sp.
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Hello, BT! Long time no smell!
Thanks for the nightmare stuff again, was missing that!
But good birdies...4 pied together!
Thanks for the nightmare stuff again, was missing that!
But good birdies...4 pied together!
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Awesome kingfisher shots from the bridge, BluTuna
and the rhino and hyaena and the critters are also back - Great shots all of them but my favourite is the second one
and the rhino and hyaena and the critters are also back - Great shots all of them but my favourite is the second one
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Strange to see so many pied kingfishers together and furthermore on the ground
Great shots of the BIFs
The usual sensational pics of the kreepies
Great shots of the BIFs
The usual sensational pics of the kreepies
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Jezz, plenty pied kingfishers hanging out
Cheetah far off, but still a sighting
Alien insects
Cheetah far off, but still a sighting
Alien insects