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A Quick trip to Kruger during Covid-19

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:10 pm
by RogerFraser
As luck would have it I managed to grab two nights in the park just as the interprovincial travel was allowed and I had to travel for work to Gauteng and to Mkhuhlu just close to Hazeyview .

This will be a quick TR run through of the trip sightings ...

On entering at Phabeni gate we came across this youngster and his mom .
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We headed to Pretoriuskop only getting lost once onto a unmarked service road on the S3 O** :O^ and got checked in and left for a drive .

After spending some time at a local water spot with an unmentioned animal we enjoyed the late sunsetting .
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Close to camp we watch this young Hyena that seemed to have some issues as it wondered around and even ran straight into a parked car .Not sure if it was blind or just had some other issues .
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it was late so we went back to camp and started the braai . The camp was rather quiet even though apparently fully booked to the 50% limit there was only one other unit occupied anywhere close to us and we basically had the whole ablutions to ourselves ... O**

Re: A Quick trip to Kruger during Covid 19

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:22 pm
by Klipspringer
^Q^ ^Q^ You made it to the bush.

The young giraffe looks odd with the short neck lol

Re: A Quick trip to Kruger during Covid 19

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:37 pm
by harrys
Great Roger 0()

Re: A Quick trip to Kruger during Covid 19

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:43 am
by Flutterby
Cute giraffe! [Luv]

Poor hyena. :-(

Re: A Quick trip to Kruger during Covid-19

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:00 am
by Lisbeth
^Q^ ^Q^

Re: A Quick trip to Kruger during Covid-19

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:15 am
by Alf
Great start to your short trip

Re: A Quick trip to Kruger during Covid-19

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:30 pm
by RogerFraser
Klipspringer wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:22 pm ^Q^ ^Q^ You made it to the bush.
The young giraffe looks odd with the short neck lol
:yes: somehow the blocks all fell into place :-)
harrys wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:37 pmGreat Roger 0()
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Flutterby wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:43 am Cute giraffe! [Luv]

Poor hyena. :-(
:yes: very cute Giraffe
Lisbeth wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:00 am^Q^ ^Q^
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Alf wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:15 am Great start to your short trip
Thanks Alf

Re: A Quick trip to Kruger during Covid-19

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:31 pm
by Richprins
Well done, Rog! ^Q^

A recent report! :-0

And even saw unmentionables! :shock:

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Re: A Quick trip to Kruger during Covid-19

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:37 pm
by Lisbeth
BTW, the he is a she with all that hair on the horns ;-)

Re: A Quick trip to Kruger during Covid-19

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:45 pm
by RogerFraser
The following day we decided to take a page out of R.P. book and do waterhole crawl on the way to Malelane camp our next booking.

At Shilthave dam we cam across some feathers ...

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and a older juvenile Fish eagle

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this Impala appeared out the bushes by itself had a drink then got a huge fright when the Fish eagle moved and ran off ..
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We left and travelled towards our next stop Transport Dam. Along the way we met this handsome guy and spent some time with him ...
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We left him to finish his breakfast and carried on to the dam.

On the access road we found a very pregnant Hyena Image

At the dam a large herd of Impala were coming down from the bush and drinking in groups .

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An eagle flew arround looking for its next meal
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While this Roller hunted bugs from a bush
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We waited to see what else would come to drink ...