The drive to Grootkolk was quiet, and I feel one of the main reasons for that was the lack of water at many of the waterholes. There were only FOUR with water all the way from Nossob to Union's End (< 50%) - Kousant, Polentswa, Geinab, and U.End.
We asked about the situation when we checked in at Grootkolk, and were told that one of the other couples staying there was a lady who was a financial officer of some sort at SanParks and she was extremely dismayed and angry over this issue and was going to raise a ruckus upon her return to work.
There were more with water, or at least some different ones, on our way back to Nossob, but the unpredictability severely limited our choices of routes to drive, not only out of Grootkolk, but Nossob as well, the 3 days we were at that camp. You drive for an hour or so only to find a dry concrete container and very perplexed/stressed animals, if any at all.
Polentswa waterhole had lots of birds coming and going and it was fun to sit there for awhile watching the activity.
Bateleur Eagle
Lanner Falcon
My first Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
We saw fewer lions this trip than before, and I don't usually take pics of those just lying around, but this one picked a scenic area to rest.
Peter!
), RP, Flutts, and Sis (yep, I like the wasp in the Booted Eagle pic as well).