And then the rain set in or at dusk the bush comes alive

[Lisbeth]

It is difficult to imagine hippos, even young ones, having fun

Nice kudu family

[Richprins]

Lovely light and selection, Pumbaa!

The S90 area is nice and open with the mountains at the back!

Silly-looking snake eagle!
My favourite is the kudu family pic - a nice angle.

[Mel]

Agree on the nice posing of the kudus! Good to have them out in the open, makes for contrasting colours

Beautiful rainbow shot too. Your scenery pix are all great anyway. And I like those hippos quite a bit

[Pumbaa]

Stunning bird pictures

That little baboon looks so naughty

Love the rainbow

Indeed it was naughty but cute as well

[Pumbaa]

Nice pics of the kudu family.

The ground was definitely thirsty! It drinks up the rain water immmediately.

It was great that the kudu family posed that long for us

[Pumbaa]

It is difficult to imagine hippos, even young ones, having fun

Nice kudu family

It looked as if they had fun together - Happy hippos

[Pumbaa]

Lovely light and selection, Pumbaa!

The S90 area is nice and open with the mountains at the back!

Silly-looking snake eagle!
My favourite is the kudu family pic - a nice angle.

Always love to drive the S90 - Normally there is always something around

[Pumbaa]

Agree on the nice posing of the kudus! Good to have them out in the open, makes for contrasting colours

Beautiful rainbow shot too. Your scenery pix are all great anyway. And I like those hippos quite a bit

The scenery in Kruger can indeed be breathtaking especially with all those different areas

[Pumbaa]

Inside the water it is much nicer



but playing together is also in the wet element possible



and with watching the young hippos the time was again ticking down and meanwhile it was time to drive back to camp.



Although it was a quiet day the experience with the torrential rainfall was something we never underwent before it was a great one and same got even greater when we got visited by Miss Satara that evening whilst our braai was going



and later we also spotted a huge bug running around which simply had to be captured as well.



Tuesday, 20 February 2018 - Satara

Explored roads that day: H1-4 - H1-3 - H6 - S37 - S41 - S100 - H1-3 - S126 - S36 - H7 - H1-4

Today it was even quieter than the previous days at Satara which was a bit disappointing but you cannot have everything but at least it was dry today and we could discover two giant eagle owls



in a tree and whilst this one was calling its mate kept hidden in another tree very well



and so we could only photograph this one.



The group of hyenas who came across next was therefore far better visible as nearly all of them were lying in the open



and were mostly extreme lazy.

[Pumbaa]

At least after the heavy rain the green sprang already more than nicely.



The hyenas laid spread over a large radius and we gladly could capture them during their rest period



as when they are on the run they are not that easy to be captured.



Love that full view with the one hyena, lot of green and nothing else although



the younger one was a bit shy and was resting in a den close to the road and only sporadically lifted its head.



The rest of that tar road was then totally quiet besides another African hawk eagle



and as we so far skipped a visit to Sweni hide due to the dryness during the first day and the heavy rain the next day we simply had to pay a visit today. We expected to see the dam far fuller but at least there was still water left so we looked around and discovered a grey heron in fishing mood



but for sure it was enough water left to keep the hippos happy.



Unfortunately the pied kingfisher stayed too far away for some decent shots and only on the second view we noticed this extreme fat and lazy crocodile lying in the sand. Those reptiles are indeed very well camouflaged.



to be continued…..