Stories from Tar Roads and From Spots

[Klipspringer]

Great birds, love the ball-like lark

The mean looking dragon is Paragomphus genei, the Common Hooktail.

[Richprins]

Another great variety, Pumbaa!

I love the jackal on the stump!

Plus the huge kudus and the insects!

Doesn't look too hot?

[ExFmem]

That 'lil croc is a cutie, as are the dwarf mongoose youngsters, but my favorites are, of course, the insects.

Your variety of birds is always informative for me, as I'm not very knowledgeable in that area.

[Flutterby]

Very jealous of your leopard sighting a few pages back , and lovely jackal family pics!

[Pumbaa]

Looking at that secretary ambling along the road, I immediately started humming "I'm walking... by myself... I hope you'll understand..." in my head

That heron tree is gorgeous

The secretary bird indeed had all the time in the world so typically Kruger

The first kudu bull is magnificent

Birds, flowers and the butterfly are beautiful.

Extraordinary photos

Due to all this we simply love this time of the year in Kruger and you obviously too

[Pumbaa]

Great birds, love the ball-like lark

The mean looking dragon is Paragomphus genei, the Common Hooktail.

We love the variety of dragonflies in Kruger and thanks for the name

Another great variety, Pumbaa!

I love the jackal on the stump!

Plus the huge kudus and the insects!

Doesn't look too hot?

The kudu was extreme impressive We had hot days but it was affordable for us North European - During the day around 30 degrees which is indeed bearable for Kruger in summer

[Pumbaa]

That 'lil croc is a cutie, as are the dwarf mongoose youngsters, but my favorites are, of course, the insects.

Your variety of birds is always informative for me, as I'm not very knowledgeable in that area.

Thanks for your bird compliment and that croc was simply one of the cutest

Very jealous of your leopard sighting a few pages back , and lovely jackal family pics!

At least we noticed the jackals as the rest of our drive on the S100 that day was extreme quiet but the vegetation was far too thick and the grass far too high

[Pumbaa]

The rest of our drive back to camp via the S100 was once again extreme quiet and we only stopped there for a couple of giraffes



before we took a break from driving in camp on our verandah whilst observing the birdlife in the nearby trees of our bungalow and today we had luck as besides the “normal” feathered camp visitors in form of woodland kingfishers, glossy starlings, doves and hornbills the woodhoopoes paid a visit and we simply had to sat in our chairs watch and photograph them.





Luckily there were so many of them so we always had the possibility in watching at least one of them



so it never got boring



and on top we also noticed an agama on a root of a tree



and the woodpecker could not be ignored as well.



As we returned early back to camp from our morning drive we decided to do a longer afternoon drive and left already around 15.00 o’clock the camp as we wanted to drive North in order to return via the S127 and S40 back to camp. Soon we stopped for vultures,



a smaller herd of elephants



and more zebras

[Pumbaa]

but then it got quiet again until we stopped as a car stood beside the road and they told us about a lion who laid flat on the ground and from time to time came up and although we waited a while we never saw anything from same and so we continued to simply enjoy a bit more time at Girivana and there for sure the many impalas.



Although we spent a reasonable time there nothing else was willing to occur so finally we slowly drove back to camp whilst stopping for magpie shrikes



who were more than willing to pose for a picture even in the lovely evening sunlight.



We even discovered a leopard tortoise



and could catch a really fast lizard whilst same was crossing the road rapidly.



Back in camp we wanted to fill up and although we made it still in time back the filing station was already closed and everything looked spick and span and so we decided to come back early the next morning and instead enjoyed another nice braai and the rest of the evening on our verandah.

Saturday, 22. February 2021 – Satara

Driven Roads: H1-4 – H7 – S106 – H7 – S36 – S126 – H1-3 – H6 – S41 – S100 – H1-4

As we were running out of Diesel we definitely had to fill up but when we arrived as first car at the filing station same was still closed – strange! First I thought it might had something to do with the curfew but as we noticed in the other camps we so far stayed in that the filing stations opened with camp opening time and were still open until gate closing time the filing station attendant obviously overslept.

We waited now already for 15 minutes and meanwhile also two other cars waited with us and one car already left the filing station so we decided to drive to Orpen and fill up there and what to stay it was once again extreme quiet until we passed the turn off to the S39 and suddenly I shouted “lions” to Timon who did not notice them so we drove backwards and luckily they still stood there as I noticed them.



The female who stared into one direction could in fact not be overlooked and after a closer investigation I noticed another adult lying on the ground whilst only the head could be seen



but I also discovered two cubs in the high grass but luckily one of them showed up from time to time behind the back from the one female



only to disappear again in the high grass.



to be continued……..

[Lisbeth]

Lots of nice smaller things, and some seen from your chair, which I far prefer instead of flat lions