From Berg to bush in March 2015 part one Golden Gate* NP

User avatar
Tina
Posts: 1819
Joined: Sun May 26, 2013 8:34 pm
Country: germany
Contact:

Re: From Berg to bush in March 2015 part one Golden Gate NP

Post by Tina »

we saw little grebe, common moorhen, red-knobbed coot and another lifer reed cormorant

Image


10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
User avatar
Tina
Posts: 1819
Joined: Sun May 26, 2013 8:34 pm
Country: germany
Contact:

Re: From Berg to bush in March 2015 part one Golden Gate NP

Post by Tina »

on the way back we stopped in Glen Reenen to go on one of the hikes. We started and climbed the stairs but as you could see that the hikes were going further up and it seemed to be an ordeal to carry the heavy camera all the way, we turned around.

Another bird on my wish list was the ground woodpecker. As I knew it had been seen in camp, I wanted to go around and have a look but only residents may enter the camp. Nonetheless we took a short break on the bench behind reception and saw more bearded vultures

Image

Image


10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
User avatar
Tina
Posts: 1819
Joined: Sun May 26, 2013 8:34 pm
Country: germany
Contact:

Re: From Berg to bush in March 2015 part one Golden Gate NP

Post by Tina »

Then we went on the Blesbok loop

Image

Image


10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
User avatar
Tina
Posts: 1819
Joined: Sun May 26, 2013 8:34 pm
Country: germany
Contact:

Re: From Berg to bush in March 2015 part one Golden Gate NP

Post by Tina »

we saw pretty flowers

Image

and curious birds

Image


10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
User avatar
Tina
Posts: 1819
Joined: Sun May 26, 2013 8:34 pm
Country: germany
Contact:

Re: From Berg to bush in March 2015 part one Golden Gate NP

Post by Tina »

from Zuluhoek lookout point you can see Langtoon Dam where we saw another lifer, yellow-billed duck

Image

we returned to the chalet at about 2:30 pm and saw this little grasshopper near the parking lot

Image


10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
User avatar
Tina
Posts: 1819
Joined: Sun May 26, 2013 8:34 pm
Country: germany
Contact:

Re: From Berg to bush in March 2015 part one Golden Gate NP

Post by Tina »

from the stoep we could watch birds like this mountain wheatear

Image

and mountain reedbuck

Image

we finished the evening with another braai and today we had a fire as well while we were watching another thunderstorm.


10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
User avatar
Tina
Posts: 1819
Joined: Sun May 26, 2013 8:34 pm
Country: germany
Contact:

Re: From Berg to bush in March 2015 part one Golden Gate NP

Post by Tina »

Lisbeth wrote:Lovely scenery \O
the park is really beautiful, Lis. O/\
nan wrote:Bearded, Ground Woodpecker, Montain Reedbuck, colored Grasshopper, Mountain Wheatear :-0 O/\

magnificent sceneries \O
not naughty Boons lol

what ask for more ;-)

^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^
we missed the ground woodpecker, nan. I think we will have to return to find it. O:V
Mel wrote:Sensational, that bearded vulture on Langeoog! But why do you go to Golden Gate to see them then? lol lol lol

The scenery is just stunning! Particularly that Blesbok Loop shot. ^Q^

And after that weekend at the Baltic Sea, I don't believe in clouds in the north anymore. =O:
The rest of the republic was suffering of much worse weather than we did up there, it seems.

Btw, I looked into Scharbeutz and Timmendorfer Strand for next year... Don't think that's going to happen... Those places seem a
bit posh.
0*\
we went in March already, Mel. If I had known ... lol

Timmendorf :no: Laboe :yes:
Flutterby wrote:Beautiful scenery! \O Great that you saw the Bearded Vulture. \O
I was very happy to spot the bearded vulture, Flutterby. O\/


10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
User avatar
Tina
Posts: 1819
Joined: Sun May 26, 2013 8:34 pm
Country: germany
Contact:

Re: From Berg to bush in March 2015 part one Golden Gate NP

Post by Tina »

13.03.2015

the weather was much better than the day before but it was still cold

Image

Image

Image


10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
User avatar
Tina
Posts: 1819
Joined: Sun May 26, 2013 8:34 pm
Country: germany
Contact:

Re: From Berg to bush in March 2015 part one Golden Gate NP

Post by Tina »

the reedbucks were back

Image

but they left when our neighbours went on the hike

Image

Image


10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
User avatar
Tina
Posts: 1819
Joined: Sun May 26, 2013 8:34 pm
Country: germany
Contact:

Re: From Berg to bush in March 2015 part one Golden Gate NP

Post by Tina »

flowers next to the chalet

Image

we had breakfast and packed.

Today there was a butterfly at the parking lot of the hide

Image

and another lovely flower

Image


10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
Post Reply

Return to “Travel Tales of other South African National Parks”