It's a fair question! As many of you know I try to keep this thread updated with some of the highlights from our many visits to Addo. But once in a while a day comes along where the quality, variety and rarity of the sightings combine to make it really special, so I've decided to make it into a mini travel tale. I hope you'll enjoy the ride and the sightings
So let's jump straight in... we normally enter the park at Matyholweni gate in the south as it's closest to us, but this day we decided to venture north to the main gate. There had been talk of lion around the Domkrag area, but by the time we arrived there was no sign of them.
I was a bit disappointed because my parents (who live overseas) were with us and they haven't had much luck recently on lion sightings when they've been here. Not to worry... there was a full day ahead and surely plenty of other things to see. 
Our first interesting sighting of the day was a duiker. We don't see them too often in Addo, and when they are seen they often bolt away very quickly. However we caught this one in the middle of its 'business' and managed to get a very quick pic before it darted away
Further round Nzipondo Loop (that's the proper name for the loop around Domkrag) we found a rather scruffy looking jackal. The jackals in Addo do suffer from mange, but I think this one was just a bit old more than anything else
A short while later a juvenile jackal buzzard decided to fly into a bush right next to our car
It had been a decent start to the day despite the lack of cats. We knew from friends staying in the park that the previous day there had been a lion kill right next to the dirt road to Hapoor so we figured that would be a good place to try next. As we approached Rooidam we were treated to a stunning view of a malachite sunbird
