One thing we have learned over the years whilst visiting the Kgalagadi, is that predator sightings come and go in cycles.
So far this trip, we had been overly spoilt with cat sightings of various kinds.
This was about to change
Not knowing what was about to happen, I look out over the Polentswa Pan at sunrise
The sunrise is, as always stunning
We decide to head south ( Certainly not doing the roads to the north again)
All is quiet
There are a pleasant congregation of animals at Langklaas
And a warthog at Bedinkt
The warthog and a few gemsbok decide to have a bit of an argy bargy as to who has rights over the waterhole
The gemsboks are such sacredly cats, and are soon pushed off.
(Mind you those warthog tusks are pretty impressive!)
The next morning we awoke to a lot of leopard paw prints around our campsite. And by a lot, I mean a lot. Our neighbours in number 3 had the same.
But no leopards.
We were headed off to Nossob for the next two nights
On the way down we saw these guys blocking the road
A Pygmy falcon posing in a bush
And this Whyda at Cubitjie Quap
We arrived at Nossob and were allocated Premium Campsite no 9
It was not bad, quite near the fence, but in summer we would have battled as there was little shade to be had.
Tired after moving camps, we stayed in that evening and relaxed around a lekker braai.
The next day, our only full day in Nossob was really quiet.
We decided to go south and went as far as Dikbaardsolk
This mongoose was out and about
But that was all.
A Pearl spotted owl back in camp helped improve the day
As did these red headed finches drinking from a coke bottle at our camp site
Our evening drive was, well, as always around Maries ,
Typical to form, Maries delivered with a far off African Wild Cat.
Our cat drought broken, we set off back to camp, not before taking in this typical Marie’s scene
You saw a wild cat 
