Flavour of the Month March 2014: Gardenia Hide and S-119
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Re: Flavour of the Month March 2014: Gardenia Hide and S-119
Gardenia hide is actually over one of the bigger of many natural pans in that area, and before the bizarre wet cycle started, was intended to provide a magic "winter-long" experience for visitors once the adjacent Mlambane stream dried up, using tanker trucks to keep it going should it not last!
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Re: Flavour of the Month March 2014: Gardenia Hide and S-119
my first passage at this hide... what a beautiful name , was very rewarding
5.10.2009
then 2 Warthogs who are waiting for the Ellies left the water... come
5.10.2009
then 2 Warthogs who are waiting for the Ellies left the water... come
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Re: Flavour of the Month March 2014: Gardenia Hide and S-119
Love the elies and warties nan
The beautiful Jackalberry that splits the road into two. Sharifa and I always joke about finding a leopard in this tree one day.
The S119 is good for leopards and in fact all of the big 5.
There are river loops along this road where you can park off. The loop close to the jackalberry is a good spot to see white fronted bee-eaters that nest in the river bank.
While parked off in a river loop in April 2010 we saw a Black Rhino and calf across rhe river
No, not wounded. Just the qaulity of the scan. Thanks for the tip on scanningRichprins wrote:
A wounded one!
Not a snare? Snares normally lower down the neck?
(You know the best way of scanning, imo, is to take a digital camera pic of the photo using the macro function? Almost faultless! )
The beautiful Jackalberry that splits the road into two. Sharifa and I always joke about finding a leopard in this tree one day.
The S119 is good for leopards and in fact all of the big 5.
There are river loops along this road where you can park off. The loop close to the jackalberry is a good spot to see white fronted bee-eaters that nest in the river bank.
While parked off in a river loop in April 2010 we saw a Black Rhino and calf across rhe river
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Re: Flavour of the Month March 2014: Gardenia Hide and S-119
Great stuff, all!
The hide can become a bit delapidated sometimes, and it is a favourite wee stop for lady tourists...the enclosed entry path, but what can one do?
All the wallowers love it!
The hide can become a bit delapidated sometimes, and it is a favourite wee stop for lady tourists...the enclosed entry path, but what can one do?
All the wallowers love it!
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Re: Flavour of the Month March 2014: Gardenia Hide and S-119
Richprins wrote:
All the wallowers love it!
Rhino across the road from the hide where there usually is a puddle
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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela
The desire for equality must never exceed the demands of knowledge
The desire for equality must never exceed the demands of knowledge
Re: Flavour of the Month March 2014: Gardenia Hide and S-119
White RhinoTerritorial skirmish on S119. You will see in the video how one takes time out to do some territorial marking. Also look out for the fork tailed drongos catching the insects that are disturbed by the rhinos.
Rhino Video
Rhino Video
Re: Flavour of the Month March 2014: Gardenia Hide and S-119
Seen plenty rhino on this road, but mostly only general game and the odd ellie or buffalo at the hide.
We have however found 4 male lion on a buffalo kill a few km from the hide, including 1 crazy male lion (last pic) who didn’t want anyone around, including a teenage ellie who wondered onto the scene
We have however found 4 male lion on a buffalo kill a few km from the hide, including 1 crazy male lion (last pic) who didn’t want anyone around, including a teenage ellie who wondered onto the scene