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The Great Escape
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The lions are just about to explode
Cheetahs
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It really was great to see the cheetahs Lis... we know how it can be a bit hit-and-miss to find them
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Wednesday July 7th contd...
After a very successful breakfast stop at Afsaal, we went back down he H2-2 in order to travel up past one of my favourite places Biyamiti weir. There wasn’t a huge amount going on at the weir but as we drove across a monitor moved off the road and onto the riverbed.
Further up the S114 we found a lilac-breasted roller with a really big spider for breakfast
Birds continued to be the remainder of our morning sightings with a white-backed vulture and bateleur to round off the drive
After lunch back at Skukuza, we took a wander to the deck area where there was a buffalo hiding in the reeds
I know some people aren’t keen on the new train accommodation but it certainly didn’t look out of place
We’ve always been lucky enough to find tree agamas in Skukuza, and this time was no different
After a very successful breakfast stop at Afsaal, we went back down he H2-2 in order to travel up past one of my favourite places Biyamiti weir. There wasn’t a huge amount going on at the weir but as we drove across a monitor moved off the road and onto the riverbed.
Further up the S114 we found a lilac-breasted roller with a really big spider for breakfast
Birds continued to be the remainder of our morning sightings with a white-backed vulture and bateleur to round off the drive
After lunch back at Skukuza, we took a wander to the deck area where there was a buffalo hiding in the reeds
I know some people aren’t keen on the new train accommodation but it certainly didn’t look out of place
We’ve always been lucky enough to find tree agamas in Skukuza, and this time was no different
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just catching up, Peej!Great sightings...all three cats in a morning!
I see you also had a struggle a bit with the dense bush regarding pics...had the same last month!
But the pics are superb, love the monitor and the roller!
And FOOD!
Did they hire out skottels at Afsaal on that day?
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A nice catch of a big "flying" spider
The monitor looks big, but without anything for comparison, it is difficult to tell from a photo
After all it is normal that a train looks in place on a railroad bridge
The monitor looks big, but without anything for comparison, it is difficult to tell from a photo
After all it is normal that a train looks in place on a railroad bridge
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3 cats was a great morningRichprins wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:21 pm
Great sightings...all three cats in a morning!
I see you also had a struggle a bit with the dense bush regarding pics...had the same last month!
But the pics are superb, love the monitor and the roller!
And FOOD!
Did they hire out skottels at Afsaal on that day?
They were hiring out skottels, but we took our own. I think they were charging R50 for the hire which seems a bit steep... Nkuhlu were half the price
The monitor wasn't all that huge. Certainly a nice martial eagle meal
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Wednesday July 7th contd...
For our afternoon drive, we started up the H1-2 with plans of heading down the H12 and H4-1 for a bit. Along the Sand river bridge there were a couple of hammerkop around
We came to a few cars stopped further along the road and recognised some fellow campers. They had just had a brilliant sighting of a leopard walk up from the river and cross the road by them but it had now disappeared into the bushes. This brought about a certain amount of frustration for some in our car, as we had missed it by seconds, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. We even circled back around the Marula loop to see if it might pop out there, and although we heard lion roaring there wasn’t anything else to see.
From the Mutlumuvi bridge we saw a nice Nyala and a young bateleur, but the rest of the drive was all quiet.
Despite the rather quiet end to the day it had been a very good one for sightings. We had even found these beasts
Our evening was rounded off with a visit from one of the camps honey badgers
For our afternoon drive, we started up the H1-2 with plans of heading down the H12 and H4-1 for a bit. Along the Sand river bridge there were a couple of hammerkop around
We came to a few cars stopped further along the road and recognised some fellow campers. They had just had a brilliant sighting of a leopard walk up from the river and cross the road by them but it had now disappeared into the bushes. This brought about a certain amount of frustration for some in our car, as we had missed it by seconds, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. We even circled back around the Marula loop to see if it might pop out there, and although we heard lion roaring there wasn’t anything else to see.
From the Mutlumuvi bridge we saw a nice Nyala and a young bateleur, but the rest of the drive was all quiet.
Despite the rather quiet end to the day it had been a very good one for sightings. We had even found these beasts
Our evening was rounded off with a visit from one of the camps honey badgers
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You are very good at those close up shots
Lovely nyala
They have obviously started to cut the rhino horns in Kruger. Better no horns than no rhinos.
Lovely nyala
They have obviously started to cut the rhino horns in Kruger. Better no horns than no rhinos.
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WOW!!! I don't know where to start... incredible sightings!!!
Lovely cheetahs, excellent photos of the monitor and well done to the roller for ridding the earth of the ugly spider
Then the bateleur and also the honey badger and the horned ones. Terrific.
And breakfast looked amazing too. YumYum.
Lovely cheetahs, excellent photos of the monitor and well done to the roller for ridding the earth of the ugly spider
Then the bateleur and also the honey badger and the horned ones. Terrific.
And breakfast looked amazing too. YumYum.
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Lovely pics and GREAT to see rhino, Peej!
I think they only dehorn them in Kruger if they dart them for transporting to the Protection Zone, or for medical treatment, as an aside!
Afsaal charged us R50, with R25 back as deposit...this is a very clever marketing trick as I think few bother to go and get the deposit back!
Love the hamerkop and bateleur!
I think they only dehorn them in Kruger if they dart them for transporting to the Protection Zone, or for medical treatment, as an aside!
Afsaal charged us R50, with R25 back as deposit...this is a very clever marketing trick as I think few bother to go and get the deposit back!
Love the hamerkop and bateleur!
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