Africa Wild

Awesome Lion sighting, Roger

you had indeed such luck but also love the hyena shots - Especially the cute pup

Alf wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 7:14 am So close to camp and everyone missed the lions

Klipspringer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 7:25 am These males don't have many scars and do look quite youngish

Strangely the other one looked like the slightly more mature as his mane was darker .

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:05 am I wonder why there are very often two males present when one of them is mating. Maybe a brother coalition and the "third wheel" is just waiting for his pal to finish his business

Lovely portraits

I guess it may be some kind of protection from other male coalitions arriving while they busy

Flutterby wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:41 am Hey Roger, I've just caught up.

Wow, you had some great sightings!! Wild dogs, lions, hyenas, honey badger!!

Fantastic horns on that buff!!

Flutts was a good business trip

Richprins wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:00 pm Classic shots and sighting, Rog!

I like the lion in the mirror...

And interesting observation of the thatch workers.

was very happy that they showed such interest and patience

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 7:18 pm Awesome Lion sighting, Roger

you had indeed such luck but also love the hyena shots - Especially the cute pup

Pumba

The idea originally was to leave at Orpen and drive home . But Being inside the PArk clouds ones judgement .We decided we could rather drive through the Park doing shoot and scoot day and then drive home . The GPS suggested that the closest southern gate driving through the park was actually Croc Bridge . So we packed our bags and prepared to leave early .



Then I cooked an easy meal .Sausages and Fried Egg bread .


SO checked up on the home and kept an eye out for raiders .


Dinner pic for R.P.


And of course they arrived shortly after the food was ready ...


We left early just after Gate opening .Catching the night shift still out and about ...


Some others were warming up on the Tar


We got to see the sun rising over Kruger again .


By the time we got to the Dam the sun was warm enough for the Croc to be sunning itself


The Hippos were in the water


Not much else was moving yet


We carried on and reached the T Junction by Satara and turned South ...

Dinner looks yummy

Those naughty buggers

Always there when dinner is served

Nice wooden ceiling over the terrasse.

The food has a lovely smell and looks good

More than a "business trip" it became a Kruger trip with a few hours of business

Food pic, looks scrumptious Rog!

Was it easy working out how the stove plates' heat worked?

Booze all over the place!

Nice light on the dam, but seems it is going to be a hot day...

Ratel...

Nsemani is Looking so peaceful - Lovely, Roger

Also love the hyenas and your night visitor

The trip of the honeybadger!

Lots of different bags you have, quite organized

Alf wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:46 pm Dinner looks yummy

Those naughty buggers

Always there when dinner is served

Dinner was great .Normally the simpler meals are .

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:47 am Nice wooden ceiling over the terrasse.

The food has a lovely smell and looks good

More than a "business trip" it became a Kruger trip with a few hours of business

We both really enjoyed the Camp and would go back again if we ever have the opportunity to . Was not much business done

Richprins wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:18 pm Food pic, looks scrumptious Rog!

Was it easy working out how the stove plates' heat worked?

Booze all over the place!

Nice light on the dam, but seems it is going to be a hot day...

Ratel...

Someone had kindly painted the settings onto the hotplate so was easy to use

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:00 pm Nsemani is Looking so peaceful - Lovely, Roger

Also love the hyenas and your night visitor

it was lovely and peaceful unfortunately we were on the clock on this day

Klipspringer wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 6:54 pm The trip of the honeybadger!

Lots of different bags you have, quite organized

We don't travel very light .Like to be prepared

A bit of Duzzi day report but we were doing a quick drive by shooting day .

At Kumana Dam we found a saddle bill digging in the mud and very little water .


We carried on our way and about halfway between the Dam and Tshokwane we found some flat cats .It was a bit cooler now and they were still sleeping .


We left the sleeping Coallition and went onto Tshokwane .Going to one set of toilets the Male side was closed so we went to the other side . As I was going around to the Males entrance I heard a noise in the bushes and there was a Hyena .Called SO to take some pics .


It wondered off into the Bushes and we left Tshokwane and got about 200 meters down the road we saw it or a friend crossing the road again ...

and as we passed the corner there was a vehicle stopped and they waved us closer and drove off ...our first Leopard of the trip


So we stopped to enjoy for a few minutes .
We shuffled around a bit trying to get a clear view but it was impossible to find and the Cat did not like the attention .


Shortly the Orpen Dam attendant arrived behind us and cautiously looked at what we were watching then went on by ...


We tried to get a shot from another position but it was also not clear ,we left on our way again .


On the approach to the Nkumbe lookout hill we passed some Ellies.


No time to stop an enjoy the view today we did shoot a picture through the Windscreen .


Closer to Lower Sabie on the H10 we came across this fellow .


and Managed to get a decent picture this time .


Crossing the Lower Sabie bridge was good for the birding section of the quick trip .








On the road to Croc bridge we found our first sighting of these .There were two cars stopped on the opposite side from the sighting so as we drove by I stopped and we took a few quick pics and some grumpy Git in one of the cars made a sarky comment about us blocking his view so I returned the feeling of good will .Not sure how the git expected me to get passed them anyway .


After blocking their view for 10 seconds we left .We found as we had moved further South it got allot drier . Before exiting we snapped a few quick pics of how dry it was in the area .




We left the gate and started on the actual trip home .Passing the Marloth turnoff we felt drawn to turn right and go to the house there but went Left . After another 9 hours on the road we got home .In hindsight we really should have stopped it was a really long day and too much driving to do safely in one day .