Aat & Elly -07- A Special Cheetah Sighting (1 & 2)

[Richprins]

What interesting and rare pics, aat! The bulls stand out very clearly. Looks like zebra enjoy their company? Our biggest antelope!

[okie]

Wow aat , what a sight to see so many eland

[Lisbeth]

That was a lot of elands!

[Pumbaa]

To spot these rarer antelopes is always amazing

How lucky you were, Aat, and not only once

That rain looked heavy

Wonderful shots as usual

[Flutterby]

Great sighting, luck was really on your side.

[Dindingwe]

The Caracal and the Elands again. What rare sightings ! It is too much for only one trip . Never seen none of them !
(+ the Wildogs, + the Cheetahs, a great travel )

[Eland]

Dear Aat and Elly,
Thanks for sharing pictures of my favourite antelope with us! You were really lucky to find such a big group!!

[aat]

*** Travel Tales ***
Trip to Kruger NP 2018 (March 28th > April 19th) New series of Stories

05 – More “Rare” ones

It took a while but here is next story:

We were staying in Mopani and decided to go to Letaba for a nice view on the river and riverbed from the restaurant. The coffee was very much OK but nothing in the riverbed to look at. So we went back late afternoon with great light for photos because of the sunset.

It was very quiet on the road and suddenly we spotted something moving. A jackal, but not the more common one but a beautiful side-striped jackal.

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One of the species you don’t see every day. This one was not that shy and made it possible to make some shots.

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I love this sunset light , if it on coming from the right side …..

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Last shot before the jackal moved away from us behind the bush

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Still talking about this great sighting, just a few hundred meter ahead, we had to stop again. Well, no problem if you see a nice group of Roan antelope.

First thing we saw was:
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It is even more special to see youngsters with the Roan, proving their number is growing.

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Some were walking more close to the road where others were more further away.
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It was quiet as I said , wondering we were almost alone with them, just one other car nearby.
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Lovely to watch the young ones with their “big” ears.
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Roan in sunset , it makes you smile and happy….
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All together we could count about 10 of them
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Last shot before we had to move on to be on time at Mopani.

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Thanks for being with us again.

See you next story


Aat & Elly

[Richprins]

Great sightings, aat, especially roan so close by!

They really have ridiculous ears...

[Lisbeth]

Roans are always welcome

I like the jackal a lot