The OtHeRwIsE trip..... *

[Bookworm]

7 December

We wanted to make a day trip so we decided to go to Crooks Corner. The further we drove, the dryer it got.

This is one of my dad's pictures (mine didn't come out so good )



Buffalo blocking our way



We saw this black backed jackal at the side of the road with a bunny he caught minutes before we arrived there. At the other side of the road we saw eland but they were too far so taking a picture didn't help



Some ducks



Ellie



I think this was Babalala picnic spot



Ellie



Tortois



Mopani worm



Wart hogs



Kudu



Landscape (I think this was near Pafuri)



Wart hog



This was a mother nyala with her baby. The baby nyala was so cute. It ran around Pafuri picnic spot with high speed, playing.



Nyala



Baby impala



We arrived at Crooks Corner and found some nyala bulls there



A croc



Landscape



This is how dry it was there



Giraffes



Ellies



More pictures will follow tomorrow...

[Bookworm]

8 December

It was a very hot day so whenever we stopped at a sighting, we almost died of all the heat -O

We went to Red Rocks and then just drove around after that. We saw a dead giraffe at Red Rocks with some vultures in the trees above it and some hienas in the distance.

Vultures in a tree



Hiena



Buffs in the shade



Ellies



Nyala (he tried to walk under a bush but his horns got a little stuck but he got out after a little struggle)



More ellies



Giraffes



Some buffalo crossing the road



Ellie in the water and drinking water (I tried to capture his water drinking movements in a few shots)









Ducks



Ostrich



Ellies



Bum shots of mommies and babies



Buffalo scull



Bushbuck



Collared lioness (the picture isn't very good. She was far)



Last picture of the day



This was our last night at Shingwedzi and it was also the night that we decided to keep open the windows of the tent for some fresh air. Just before 1:00 AM we heard raindrops. It made me very happy so I went back to sleep but the thunder and rain kept me awake. The rain also came in at the window of the tent (only on my side so I got a little wet. I phoned my dad to close the windows because I didn't have anything to dry myself with if I had to go out in the rain. The rest of the night we slept like babies -O

The following day was quite interesting...

[Bookworm]

9 December

We woke up and when we got out of our tent, everyting was soaking wet from the rain that night -O . We slowly started to pack everything wet on my dad's bakkie. When we were almost done, my sister called me and asked what was lying under the ground net. I looked and (because I was still a little frightened from the previous snake incident) I thought it might be a snake. My dad came to the rescue and and picked up the ground net, only to find out that it was SAND that was formed in the shape of a snake by the rain

After we had packed up, we set off the new day to our next destination: Satara

Ellie in the road (One of our first sightings)



My sister was tired so she tried to go back to sleep in the car. Just after she did that I saw something in the road and thought it was impala or something, but then when I got closer I saw what it was and immediately woke my sister so she could also see

This is what we saw and they were clearly on a mission







I never remember what bird this is



Side striped jackal



Giraffe drinking water







Somewhere near here we found a lot of elephants on both sides of the road with litlle ones too. It was very scary because they were many and it seemed like some of them wanted to charge at the cars on the road

Blue wilde beast





Zebra



Giraffe in the road



A dam near Satara



Bateleur eagles





Blue wilde beast and babies



Black backed jackal







More will follow soon...

[Bookworm]

10 December

We got up early (still a bit dark) so the first pictures did not come out good. I am not going to post them, but here are other pictures that came out better

A water tortoise on the road



Cheetah with 5 cheetah cubs with a kill









Some tense impala









Bird



Two headed waterbuck



When my dad said that I had to look out my window, I thought it was a snake...



I think this is a tawny eagle





Zebra





Rhinos





Ground hornbills in a tree



Chameleon



Hyena



more will be posted soon

[Bookworm]

11 December

This was one of our lucky sighting days . My dad wasn't sure at first because he kept asking if it was a normal house cat but he soon realised that it was an African wild cat My picture came out making it look like a ninja African wild cat



Baboons





















Warthog



Nyala



HUGE snail (We saw about three of them on our visit to KNP)



Blue wilde beast with babies



Yet another special sighting (I was sleeping so the moment I woke up, I spotted these)



In this picture there is a blue wilde beast with them





I think this was just a normal duiker. This was also the first time that we saw one



Landscape



Mating steenbokkies



Eagle



Baboon high up in a tree



Giraffes



-O

[Bookworm]

12 December

This younger zebra still wanted to drink some milk That was strange



Rhino hiding behind the trees/bush







Impala



Big waterbuck



-O











Lions that were very far





Steenbokkie



Lazy hyena mom and little one -O



One with something to eat



Some kind of eagle



Ostriches



Zebra

[Bookworm]

13 December

We took a drive in the morning but not that early. This baboons were one of our first sightings of the day. They were all over the road -O



and then we found this guy...





Another HUGE snail



Boabab tree against the sun



Vulture



Three buffs relaxing and cooling down



I could't make out what kind of animal scull this was



Giraffe mom and baby



Eagle



Gray heron



Landscape



Gray heron and yellow billed stork



Eagle







Zebra











When my dad and I got back to camp, my mom surprised us! She joined our little trip on the 13th and we were all very happy to see her.

More to follow...

[Bookworm]

14 December

The last few days were a bit quiet and the pictures got less.

We found a few of these birds in the road



An eagle on the road. It looked like it was eating something



We saw a lot of these little ones but this is the first ones we could actually take pictures of







Ellie



baby hippo out of water



Rhino



We found this little guy on our tent



2 more days to go...

[Bookworm]

15 December

Black backed jackal (the light wasn't good so the picture did not come out good)



Eagle



I think this is a yellow billed stork (if I remember the name correctly)



And I think this is a maraboe



And the last pic of the day...



We also saw some klipspringers but it was too far for my camera to take a picture . We also saw a dead lion

But the next day's events made up for it

[Bookworm]

16 December

We got up early to get packing to get on our way to the last camp, Crocodile Bridge. My mom, sister and me were driving infront. We got a huge treat About 10 km from Satara. We saw some cars that were standing still and saw hyenas that were busy eating a baby zebra. We also saw a herd of zebra running and when we looked again we saw some lions that were chasing away a cheetah After a while some zebras were chasing away the hyenas









Some landscape pictures





This eagle was hiding from me...



We then saw 4 rhinos within 1 km from eachother



Monkeys



Ellies



Giraffes



Landscapes





The last picture of the day



When we were on our way to Crocodile Bridge there were a lot of ellies on both side of the road and later we saw more ellies running across the road. That was pretty scary

I just want to say thanks to everybody that viewed and commented on my TT. I hope that you enjoyed it (even if the pictures did not come out...good... -O )