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Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2015 (JHB Clan)
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:14 pm
by Flutterby
Wow, what amazing sightings for such a short drive!

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2015 (JHB Clan)
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:21 pm
by RogerFraser
Just catching up SN
Some great sightings already and only the first day in the Park

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2015 (JHB Clan)
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:48 pm
by Richprins
Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2015 (JHB Clan)
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:57 pm
by Lisbeth
A female with a hanging tummy due to pregnancies

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2015 (JHB Clan)
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 7:53 pm
by harrys
Wow great first day and some awesome Leopard sightings

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2015 (JHB Clan)
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:56 pm
by Pumbaa
Okay that evening drive was in fact extreme successful with the two leopards and the lion
although would have loved to simply sit in camp and watch all the animals too

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2015 (JHB Clan)
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 7:29 am
by Alf
Wow what a great drive. That male lion is THE KING OF THE ROAD

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2015 (JHB Clan)
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 9:51 am
by Supernova
Lisbeth & Flutterby: Yes we were lucky.
RogerFraser: It had been a great first day.
Richprins & Lisbeth: Agreed maybe the him was a her
Pumbaa: That is a great spot to sit in camp and relax
Alf: He was a very confident Lion with huge paws, definitely ruled his part of Kruger.
Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2015 (JHB Clan)
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 9:56 am
by Supernova
24th August 2015 - Day 3: Lower Sabie
We took the H10 to Mlondozi for the morning drive and few kilometres along the road we spotted this pride of lions trying to catch the morning sun.
They were being shadowed by a Jackal, so there may have been some earlier action that we missed. They looked quite relaxed now and would walk a few meters then rest to warm up, then get going again.
One of the pride spotted a Warthog and started a hunt…
But the juvenile lion was easily spotted and the pig took off at a great speed.
The Jackal joined in and it turned into a race between the pig and the jackal
This had the whole car laughing

, the pig may have won by a head, but they were about the same speed. With the fun gone the lions headed into the long grass and over the hill towards Mlondozi.
Mel and Teagan at Mlondozi.
And Roxy and Kelly in some serious conversations about the sighting
On the way back this bull Elephant crossed in front of us, he didn’t have the largest tusks but was huge and dwarfed our Landrover. Granny maintains that this was the biggest Elephant in Kruger

And just around the corner from him these cubs crossed the road, the Lioness what was leading the way was just disappearing into the bush as we arrived.
Continued....
Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2015 (JHB Clan)
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 10:35 am
by Flutterby
More great sightings!

I like the wartie/jackal race!
