As some of you know, due to a weak signal with Vodacom 3G, I am battling to upload my photos to Flickr so that I can post them here on the forums in my TR!!!
Therefore I am just going to combine the last few days, and post what I have!!
Maybe when I’m home I can start a new topic “My photo a day from Kgalagadi” or something similar!!
Sept 11th, 12th, 13th 14th.
We never saw the adult martial again, but junior was always in the nest when we drove past.
We saw our lions again, but no cheetahs or leopard, though we were told that we had just missed 8 cheetah one morning!!! They were near Leeuwdril, but had run off into the dunes, just before we arrived!!! Also missed a leopard by 10 minutes near SV waterhole.
We saw large paw prints just outside our unit one morning, and then heard from Jannie, that a Leopard had been seen………..so had it taken a walk past our car in the night!!!
Talking of Jannie, we had brought blankets and socks, for the local community, and Caracal had crocheted the most beautiful blanket which she called her Sanparks blanket, because she had done most of the work on it, while in some on the parks!!
We wanted to pass these on to Jannie, so eventually tracked him down and invited him and his lovely family, to share an evening meal.
It was so good to finally meet The KG, and we all had a very pleasant evening (at least Dungie and I did, and hope that the others did as well!!)
He got quite excited when a dassie paid us a visit, as it was not meant to be there apparently. He did explain why, but as I was putting the finishing touches to the dinner, at the time, I’m afraid it didn’t really register …….sorry Jannie!!!
Then on the last night we were just finishing our meal, when two bodies appeared in front of me and one of them said “Are you Val?”
It was Peregrine Falcon and Dassiedelight!!!
We were so pleased to see them, and they stayed for a drink or two (or three!!) while we chatted like old friends that we’d known for years, even though we’d only just met!!
They are very knowledgeable about wildlife……..birds in particular, and it was a pleasure to spend some time with them.
Sadly we had to eventually let them go to cook their meal, and we had our usual coffee and Amarula, and looked up at the stars for the last time on this trip.
Then it was bed, and the anticipation of what the morning drive would bring, before we had to set off back to Upington.
Our last morning didn’t reveal much to us game wise, except a very hungry jackal, who had just caught his breakfast, and proceeded to eat it by the roadside!!
We also saw PG and DD again, and he pointed out a Greater Kestrel to us, so that was another lifer.
Then it was time bid farewell to this wonderful place called Kgalagadi, and with a little bit of red sand in the small glass bottle that Scouter had given me at the Melkbos meet, it will not be too long I’m sure, before we return, because it is sitting on the shelf in the lounge, so it’s there to remind me!!!
