The red-billed queleas had been unleashed

[Flutterby]

Welcome back Pumbaa.

Lovely pics again. That leopard surely looks comfortable!

[Lisbeth]

Welcome back in the cold, Pumbaa

The snake eagle looks cold too though

The lion sighting was really memorable

Mrs leopard looks very relaxed. Lovely sighting

[Ratel]

Welcome back Pumbaa!

I can't wait for your next TT. How much longer does this one have to go?

That Leopard pose is an absolute classic! Legs dangling either side of the branch.

[Flutterby]

I can't wait for your next TT. How much longer does this one have to go?

I just looked back...this TT has been going exactly a year!! That must be a record Pumbaa.

[Richprins]

I have the records!

Welcome back, Pumbaa!

Sounds like a great trip...sun came out all day here for the first time in many days!

Love the postcard waterbuck pics!

I wonder what the plants are behind the lions, they are invaders.

Must be nice being a leopard, put takeaways in larder and sleep, eat, sleep..

[Lisbeth]

But a leopard cannot "pilchar, pizza, pork" nor other delicacies, it has to work for its food

[Richprins]

[Pumbaa]

Thanks so much, nan, Flutterby, Lisbeth, Ratel, Richprins - Hopefully the next trip report will end a bit sooner than this one but I am confident and I try to hurry up with this one now for your patience

[Pumbaa]

A must stop for us is always at the N’wamanzi look out where today a troop of baboon was hanging around – Gladly they only occurred when we were about to leave the look out so we could climb off the car without being disturbed by them but for sure stopped when they appeared



to take some shots especially from the cute youngsters. The elderly ones were grooming



and finally after more and more baboons where blocking the road they grabbed their babies and trotted slowly away.



We took again the gravel roads back to Letaba and stopped and photographed one of the many armoured crickets



and another nice surprise was a sharpe’s grysbok



feeding on some flowers in the thick vegetation



and in one of the many causeways we crossed we came across an elephant bull



drinking and feeding



and then we were back in the loop where we earlier that morning had the lion pride all to ourselves and what to say they were still there



but in the beginning we could not see the cubs so they obviously were taking somewhere else their afternoon nap but instead we noticed a blacksmith plover relative close to where we parked.

[Pumbaa]

Most of the other adults were also sleepy and slept peacefully side by side on their favourite hill.



According to the tyre tracks in that loop meanwhile also other cars must have discovered the lions as we did not drive around in the morning they could not be ours. To our luck the cubs decided to show up again



and they made their way through the dense vegetation to greet mom enthusiastically.







At least one cub arrived whilst the other one was hanging around a bit farer away.



to be continued......