Well done on the blackie, BB!
What would the elders have done without you. 
Hope there is some more to come now that I can follow again!
Kruger Diary 2012
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Mel
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Back on track! Me that is...
Well done on the blackie, BB! What would the elders have done without you.
Hope there is some more to come now that I can follow again!
Well done on the blackie, BB!
What would the elders have done without you. Hope there is some more to come now that I can follow again!
God put me on earth to accomplish a certain amount of things. Right now I'm so far behind that I'll never die.
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Great geese pic 
Sunset Dam always offers something 
Sunset Dam always offers something "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela
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Thanks for the replies guys!
Sunset Drive
We left for our Sunset drive at 04:30pm and arrived back to camp at 07:30pm.
Animals Seen
Leopard
Hyena
Civet
Genet
Bushbaby
White - tailed Mongoose
Bushbuck
Ellies
Jackal
Impala
Buffs
Walhbergs Eagle
Martial Eagle
Baboons
Tallies
Leopard - 1, Maroela Loop
Hyena - 2, Maroela Loop
Civet - 1, Sand River
Genet - 1, Sand River
White - tailed Mongoose - 1, Maroela Loop
Bushbaby - Skukuza Camp
Pics and Explanations
This was the first animal seen of the drive - a martial eagle feasting on its kill.
A cute baby baboon showing off for us!
Having a good yawn!
I only took pics until it darkened......the first pic was of this leopard hunting impala just a mere 3 meters away! He edged closer and closer and just as the tension built up - Disaster struck.....all the impala fled and the hunt was over, just like that!
We hung around him for a while until he got up and walked away.
Only after this did our guide tell us that this was the resident leopard on the Maroela loop which my grandpa went searching for while we were on the Sunset drive. 
A hyena on the Maroela loop
Then coming up to the sand river, I spotted a civet drinking from the river!
He walked around for a bit and the walked back into the darkness.
On the same road (actually a bridge) we found a genet hiding away in the bushes! Unfortunately he was too hidden to take a pic of. 
We continued on seeing another hyena and then all to soon got back to camp but the night animals were not over just yet!
My grandpa asked me to take something to the recycle bin in front of our hut. As I walked towards the bin I heard something move above and me. Luckily enough I had my torch and shone it above me immediately only to find a bushbaby staring down at me! I ran and grabbed my camera, stirring up excitement all around us!
This was the best pic I could get as he was constantly moving about.
All in all a good day!!
Sunset Drive
We left for our Sunset drive at 04:30pm and arrived back to camp at 07:30pm.
Animals Seen
Leopard
Hyena
Civet
Genet
Bushbaby
White - tailed Mongoose
Bushbuck
Ellies
Jackal
Impala
Buffs
Walhbergs Eagle
Martial Eagle
Baboons
Tallies
Leopard - 1, Maroela Loop
Hyena - 2, Maroela Loop
Civet - 1, Sand River
Genet - 1, Sand River
White - tailed Mongoose - 1, Maroela Loop
Bushbaby - Skukuza Camp
Pics and Explanations
This was the first animal seen of the drive - a martial eagle feasting on its kill.
A cute baby baboon showing off for us!
Having a good yawn!
I only took pics until it darkened......the first pic was of this leopard hunting impala just a mere 3 meters away! He edged closer and closer and just as the tension built up - Disaster struck.....all the impala fled and the hunt was over, just like that!
We hung around him for a while until he got up and walked away.
Only after this did our guide tell us that this was the resident leopard on the Maroela loop which my grandpa went searching for while we were on the Sunset drive.
A hyena on the Maroela loop
Then coming up to the sand river, I spotted a civet drinking from the river!
He walked around for a bit and the walked back into the darkness.On the same road (actually a bridge) we found a genet hiding away in the bushes!
Unfortunately he was too hidden to take a pic of. We continued on seeing another hyena and then all to soon got back to camp but the night animals were not over just yet!
My grandpa asked me to take something to the recycle bin in front of our hut. As I walked towards the bin I heard something move above and me. Luckily enough I had my torch and shone it above me immediately only to find a bushbaby staring down at me! I ran and grabbed my camera, stirring up excitement all around us!
This was the best pic I could get as he was constantly moving about.
All in all a good day!!
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Excellent sightings and photos yet again BB.
Great to see a Leopard stalking and a Civet as well.
White-tailed Mongoose is a very special sighting.
Great to see a Leopard stalking and a Civet as well.
White-tailed Mongoose is a very special sighting.
Dewi
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Wow! The sunset drive certainly made up for a dull day
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Also had to do some "ketchup"
So lucky with that leopard, civet
Lots of special moments captured
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Can't complain about that ending of the day! 
God put me on earth to accomplish a certain amount of things. Right now I'm so far behind that I'll never die.
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Wow, great ending to the day BB
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.