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leachy wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:43 pm
so.........
one full day left in the park (oh bother!!!!!!)
and i head off towards the capricorn loop
via the isdood desert and the grootvlei dam......
arrived at the dam just as morning prayers were taking place
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then a short sniff sniff in the air to determine the daily plan before their next stop.........
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Pumbaa wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:06 am
It did not take long then we reached Grootvlei and there our drive on this road was finished as from here the road further North was finally closed but gladly we could pay a visit at the dam itself
which was extreme full and compared to the only one time we have ever been there where there only was a mud puddle left it looked so beautiful and totally different and simply lovely with so much water left.
On the couple of dead trees which stuck out of the water hundreds of cattle egrets could be noticed -
Would love to know at what this one was looking at?
Most of them where busy in cleaning their plumage and some of them really inspected everything very carefully one of them finished looking under its wings and then the next one took over and did the same thing.
For us funny to drive was right on the dam wall at least we did not see any sign that this is forbidden nor any barrier and noticed also other tire tracks on the ground and so we supposed that same was allowed. You are located far higher on that wall and one is having a brilliant overview without any disturbing vegetation.
At the end of the dam there was even a possibility of turning the car around and drive back on the one lane dam. A grey heron landed next to the cattle egrets
and so did an Egyptian goose.
It's a pleasure just to look at the scenery and it is not completely without animals, just have a look at Pumbaa's TTs, which are all from February 
