Day 0, Sunday June 2, Kalahari Guest House -> Mata Mata.
On the road at about 08:30 for the last 200Kms of the journey, we got to Twee Rivieren and entered the park......
just in time to miss breakfast at the restaurant which stopped serving at 10:30. Breakfast is served when everyone is out on their morning drive, we had breakfast there on our last morning and we were the only customers between 9:45 and 10:30. There is a snack bar so we got something to eat there - much cheaper too.
First pics in the park, the ubiqiutous Familar Chat.
121Kms to Mata Mata according to the map.....
We started off slowly but had to speed up as the afternoon went on or we would have arrived at MM after the gates closed.
There wasn't much to see in the dunes but as soon as we hit the Auob river, there was lots to see.
Oryx
Ground Squirrels
The Moon and the dune
Black Crow
The vista from one of the view points
Springbok
More Ground Squirrels
Pearl-Spotted Owlet
Wildebeest
Giraffe
A very special appearance by this beautiful Leopard
who showed his contempt for the paparazzi who were following him.
The first of many, many Jackals.
Mr. Ostrich
and SO
More Springboks
and just before the camp, more giraffes
We finally reached Mata Mata at around 16:30 and managed to get the setup operation completed before it got completely dark.
Hunting cannot be considered a sport as all contestants in a sport should know they are playing the game!