Also the crocodiles meanwhile preferred to take a sunbath than to try to fish
and all we saw the earlier times we visited the causeway could be found in the water were now laying in the riverbed
and we enjoyed a final view around before it was time to leave that magical spot.
A bit time was still left to also pay a final visit to the confluence loop and although the masses of birds we spotted yesterday here where not around today but for sure a lot were more too willing to pose again for us.
even presenting their kill.
We were meanwhile on our way back to camp we again spotted a family of ground hornbills – The day started with them and now the day will end with them.
It was an extreme large group with a juvenile in the middle of them.
The sunset was today so lovely that we simply had to stop to photograph same
and with gate closing time we reached the camp where we spent the evening on our verandah with a couple of cold ones as it was already our last evening in the park.
Sunday, 23. February 2020 – Shingwedzi – Punda Maria Gate
Explored roads: H1-7 – S55 – H1-7 - S56 – H1-7 – H1-8 – S61 – S60 – H13-2 – S99 – H13-1
Early morning it was already hot and humid and with 27 degrees already very unpleasant at least when we were ready to leave camp after packing everything into the car we were already drenched and so started our last hours in the park.
We stopped shortly on the high water bridge across the Shingwedzi and continued via the tar road where we stopped for a brown eagle
and for a verreaux’s giant eagle owl in a tree
extreme close to the road.