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Quick Camdeboo Visit

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The other weekend our daughter had a hockey match in Graaff-Reinet so we made the most of the day trip with a quick visit to see the Valley of Desolation as well as a short drive around the game area (not that it could realistically be long even if we wanted it to be lol lol )

It's been quite a few years since we last popped in, but the views are stunning as always

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The road up to the top has been tarred since we were last there which is probably a good thing if they have more visitors now. Another change is that the game area fences have been removed in places so there is a bigger area for animals to move around should they so wish \O

In the game area our first sightings were of springbok and eland

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It was a very windy day so the wind-powered water pump was working very well and some vervets were taking full advantage of the fresh water

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We spotted some distant gemsbok and ostrich

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The more open areas at the back of the game area had plenty of springbok dotted around

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But they seemed to get spooked by our car very easily and bounded off with plenty of pronking

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Some babies were around - a very tiny gemsbok calf and a springbok which was very well hidden

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There are plenty of mountain zebra and black wildebeest to see

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We were also fortunate to spot some meerkat as well as a Karoo Korhaan which I think is a first for us

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Our last sighting before heading home was a unicorn-duiker O:V

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For such a short visit, you had some excellent sightings \O

:ty: for sharing!


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Stunning scenery ^Q^


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^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ Peej!

I love the water engineers! [O]

I thought it was a lion following the gemsbok at first! :shock: lol


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Wow, lovely sightings for a quick visit! \O \O


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PJL wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:33 am The other weekend our daughter had a hockey match in Graaff-Reinet so we made the most of the day trip with a quick visit to see the Valley of Desolation as well as a short drive around the game area (not that it could realistically be long even if we wanted it to be lol lol )
Any excuse for a visit in a park, hey lol

The scenery is lovely and you did see quite a few animals as well ^Q^

Love the pronking sprinbok and the meerkats most :-0


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