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……..