Day 7: From Sirenhi to Letaba: H1-6 - H1-7 - S135 - S 50 - S 52 (Redrocks) - H1-6 - S48 - H1-6 - S95 - S46 - S94
Another day in Kruger - overcast with sunny minutes -O
Steenbok at Boyela
Close to Shingwedzi a congregation of vultures galore in the riverbed
Grysbok at Kanniedood dam
Redrocks Loop:
two blurds, one in flight
Red-crested Korhaan
Grey Go-away-bird
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Day 7: From Sirenhi to Letaba: H1-6 - H1-7 - S135 - S 50 - S 52 (Redrocks) - H1-6 - S48 - H1-6 - S95 - S46 - S94
Coffee stop at Redrocks viewpoint:
Delicate tiny flowers of Albizia anthelmintica
On the H1-6 between Eendrag WH and the S144 turnoff Sables crossing
Coffee stop at Redrocks viewpoint:
Delicate tiny flowers of Albizia anthelmintica
On the H1-6 between Eendrag WH and the S144 turnoff Sables crossing
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Day 7: From Sirenhi to Letaba: H1-6 - H1-7 - S135 - S 50 - S 52 (Redrocks) - H1-6 - S48 - H1-6 - S95 - S46 - S94
Bowerskop Baobab
... and this Elephant bull at Bowerskop WH
We stopped at Mopani camp for
Impala Lily in Mopane Camp
Natal Spurfowl chicks
Bowerskop Baobab
... and this Elephant bull at Bowerskop WH
We stopped at Mopani camp for
Impala Lily in Mopane Camp
Natal Spurfowl chicks
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Day 7: From Sirenhi to Letaba: H1-6 - H1-7 - S135 - S 50 - S 52 (Redrocks) - H1-6 - S48 - H1-6 - S95 - S46 - S94
We headed to the picnic area for lunch and encountered a herd of Buffalo crossing
We didn't see much around Mopani
fuzzy Egyptian goslings -O
Shipadani hide
Picnic at Mooiplaas:
Arrow-marked babbler
We headed to the picnic area for lunch and encountered a herd of Buffalo crossing
We didn't see much around Mopani
fuzzy Egyptian goslings -O
Shipadani hide
Picnic at Mooiplaas:
Arrow-marked babbler
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Day 7: From Sirenhi to Letaba: H1-6 - H1-7 - S135 - S 50 - S 52 (Redrocks) - H1-6 - S48 - H1-6 - S95 - S46 - S94
On the S48 Tsendze loop
H1-6 Letaba River - a break on the bridge
Green-backed Heron
Waterbuck
Waterbuck on the S95 loop:
No cooking this evening, I had an acceptable meal at Letaba restaurant with an elephant feeding in the riverbed
Beef curry
On the S48 Tsendze loop
H1-6 Letaba River - a break on the bridge
Green-backed Heron
Waterbuck
Waterbuck on the S95 loop:
No cooking this evening, I had an acceptable meal at Letaba restaurant with an elephant feeding in the riverbed
Beef curry
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Day 8: Morning around Letaba: S 45 - S93 - S 44 - Olifants - H8 - H1-5 - S 46
In the morning along the Letaba river
Giant Kingfisher (S46)
Green-backed Heron
A colony of Yellow-billed Storks (S93)
juvenile
In the morning along the Letaba river
Giant Kingfisher (S46)
Green-backed Heron
A colony of Yellow-billed Storks (S93)
juvenile
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Day 8: Morning around Letaba: S 45 - S93 - S 44 - Olifants - H8 - H1-5 - S 46
Panoramic coffe stop at the view point (S44)
Crested Barbet
remarkable leaf pattern of Aloe
Half an hour later next stop at Olifants: Views & hippos
I am not fond of shopping but we had to get bread and milk
Panoramic coffe stop at the view point (S44)
Crested Barbet
remarkable leaf pattern of Aloe
Half an hour later next stop at Olifants: Views & hippos
I am not fond of shopping but we had to get bread and milk
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Day 8: Morning around Letaba: S 45 - S93 - S 44 - Olifants - H8 - H1-5 - S 46
N'wamanzi is also nice for a stop with river view.
To prevent being robbed by monkey thieves, keep closed windows and doors, but then how to get off the car
Bon appetit!
On the H1-5
Mopane woodlands on the S46
Back at Letaba for a lunch break and strolling around
spot the animal -O
Striped skink
N'wamanzi is also nice for a stop with river view.
To prevent being robbed by monkey thieves, keep closed windows and doors, but then how to get off the car
Bon appetit!
On the H1-5
Mopane woodlands on the S46
Back at Letaba for a lunch break and strolling around
spot the animal -O
Striped skink
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Day 8: Afternoon around Letaba: H9 - S 69 - H1-6 - S94 - S46
We checked out the S 69 and Nhlanganini WH
and then again towards north on the H1-6
We checked out the S 69 and Nhlanganini WH
and then again towards north on the H1-6
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Day 8: Afternoon around Letaba: H9 - S 69 - H1-6 - S94 - S46
Middelvlei
Back to the camp: Zebra crossing at Twisappel
A Burchell's Coucal
On the bridge:
Pied Kingfisher
Giraffe on the H1-6
Along the Letaba River (S 46) not much to see but we found a nice spot without other cars for sundowner
Middelvlei
Back to the camp: Zebra crossing at Twisappel
A Burchell's Coucal
On the bridge:
Pied Kingfisher
Giraffe on the H1-6
Along the Letaba River (S 46) not much to see but we found a nice spot without other cars for sundowner