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How exquisite, pedro!

My favourite pastime...sitting on my butt!

Is the hide sunken a bit below ground?

What big feet the eland have!

As if the birds would not already be brilliant but all the antelopes at the waterhole are simply fantastic

Thanks Pedro maia

Wow, so many special sightings!! I just love the low angle pics at the waterhole!!

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:43 pm You had been spoiled rotten the other days

I guess I can´t complain .

Richprins wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:29 pm Is the hide sunken a bit below ground?

Yes, part of it so the cameras are at ground level.

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:28 pm As if the birds would not already be brilliant but all the antelopes at the waterhole are simply fantastic

Thanks Pedro maia

Thank you for your comments .

Flutterby wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:38 am Wow, so many special sightings!! I just love the low angle pics at the waterhole!!

The angle is great, the other hide >I visited previously were all elevated, this one has a special perspective.

Things weren´t over yet, in the exact moment when I was going to start to get out of the hide,Mags comes back down and says "the ellies are coming", that was the special moment we´ve been waiting for all morning, it was an adrenaline rush, time to prepare again the cameras and to enjoy that last minute surprise when we didn´t expected it anymore, although the cars were ready to take us back to the camps we stayed and had one was those moments you can´t forget.















We´ve been close to elephants before in cars, even closer, but that ground level perspective is totally different and although I´m sure they are aware of our presence they just behaved naturally, as if we weren´t there.

Wow! The angle from which you watch is fantastic

Another mud bath







The snorkeller







Feet and trunk





And a few more pictures









Me at the hide



Needless to say that this was a very special sighting for us, a perfect end to our journey at Mashatu, although on our way back to camp, for brunch, packing and leaving, we still got to see this very sleepy male cheetah:





Then it was time to start the long way back home, but with the clear feeling that it was a great trip, very short in time but very intensive and totally worth it, with altogether the best sightings we had on a safari, Mashatu exceeded the expectations and is a place we hope to return.

And that´s all .