Africa Wild

only 24 kiekies so not to worry

So are you ready?

Day 25… may the awesomeness continue

So I drive and I see something shining in the road up front, bunt not sure what it is, I drive further…
I see then a snake slithering, and out of the bush jumps a mongoose!!!!! WHAAAAATTTTT!!! You must be joking!!!
It is a Kruger stand-off and we are the only spectators. On the one side (rooting by mum and sis) a slender mongoose and on the other side (rooting by Heks) a Mozambican spitting cobra… we spent 12 minutes with them until they parted, so unfortunately we have no winner but it was the best time spent this whole trip. Let the pictures do the talking (sorry for the amount of them)














































As they parted we drove next to the cobra we looked at us, and after a few kiekies we moved on as time was moving against us.



We also got some MR Majestics and if you look in the background a BBJ as the last sighting of the day.



I just couldn’t smile and as we arrived at camp, whilst packing, braaiing and with our sundowners we just couldn’t stop talking about all our magnificent sightings for the day and the Kruger stand-off as well. This is definitely a day that would be branded into my mind as the best sightings day forever.

To be continued…

Oi Amazing scene you witnessed

Wonder if this was a brave mongoose mom who had her babies somewhere nearby




Snouted Cobra or Mozambique Spitting?

fantastic... super amazing... extraordinary

Wow what can I say that wasn't said already.....both snake sightings are awesome sightings maybe once in a lifetime sighting

Awesome night adder sighting (I had one as a pet as a junior)

Wow , standoff in KNP

How did you keep the camera so still to take pics. It would have been chaos in my car.

Definitely a once in a life time sighting Brilliant

hey anrheksie...

this encounter is a lot better than what you tried in all your excitement to explain to me..

amazing sighting and photos indeed.



this entire trip report is truly wonderful

thanks for all the passion in the narration and all the absolutely stunning images..

Wow, heksie - an amazing day indeed!! You were truly blessed on your last day!!

Wow, what an amazing day Heksie!!
Two amazing snake encounters, plus lions and wild dogs...this is truly a day to remember! I really hope that we have a day like this on our trip...only 1 week to go!!

I would be talking about either one of those snake sightings for years - excellent shots too! You really are having a memorable trip, I hope our upcoming trip is half as good.