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by cheetah
Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:49 am
Forum: Mammals
Topic: Nyala
Replies: 132
Views: 8007

Re: Nyala - Mammal of the Month September 2014

Ah what beautiful animals they are :-) If you cannot make it to Pafuri, another good place to see them is the Kannidood road East of Shingwedzi! :D This magnificent male stood in one of the open patches on that road in September last year! http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n527/cheetah21111/Kruger ...
by cheetah
Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:28 am
Forum: Pilanesberg Game Reserve
Topic: Dams of the Pilansberg
Replies: 72
Views: 8852

Re: Dams of the Pilansberg

Thanks guys \O \O While I was sitting at Ratlhogo hide in June last year, I could distinctly hear lions :shock: As we came from the hide to the tar we saw this: http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n527/cheetah21111/IMG_2814_zps44b4f540.jpg I could see she wanted to cross, so estimated her ...
by cheetah
Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:02 am
Forum: Pilanesberg Game Reserve
Topic: Dams of the Pilansberg
Replies: 72
Views: 8852

Re: Dams of the Pilansberg

Thanks julle \O Mankwe As full as ever at the most dry time of year! http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n527/cheetah21111/Pilansberg%20with%20Kirst%20-%20Sep2013/IMG_6715-mankwelair2_zps39a56b49.jpg You do not need to go anywhere other than Mankwe lair to tick off an impressive count of birds and ...
by cheetah
Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:27 pm
Forum: Pilanesberg Game Reserve
Topic: Dams of the Pilansberg
Replies: 72
Views: 8852

Re: Dams of the Pilansberg

Thanks for these posts cheetah!! \O Ratlhogo Hide is the only place that I have ever seen a Brown Hyaena. X#X That is good news!! :-) We used to see them often! We had a sighting of them this last trip, near Lengau dam in the South. Here is our only sighting of one last year - taken on Tsepe drive ...
by cheetah
Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:11 pm
Forum: Pilanesberg Game Reserve
Topic: Dams of the Pilansberg
Replies: 72
Views: 8852

Re: Dams of the Pilansberg

Ratlhogo Hide COntinued Gandalf the Grey still lives there http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n527/cheetah21111/Pilansberg%20with%20Kirst%20-%20Sep2013/IMG_6695_zps5b67c868.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n527/cheetah21111/Pilansberg%20with%20Kirst%20-%20Sep2013/IMG_6696_zpsdbbcb99a.jpg I ...
by cheetah
Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:10 pm
Forum: Pilanesberg Game Reserve
Topic: Dams of the Pilansberg
Replies: 72
Views: 8852

Re: Dams of the Pilansberg

Eish! This must get updated now! Ratlhogo Dam http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n527/cheetah21111/Pilansberg%20with%20Kirst%20-%20Sep2013/IMG_6691-ratlogo_zps2bc645b3.jpg This is a relatively small and quiet spot, about 3kms from the North-most camp Bakgatla. In the late afternoon you will often ...
by cheetah
Tue May 21, 2013 11:21 am
Forum: Travel Tales of Kruger National Park
Topic: A Flutter with a Few Firsts
Replies: 160
Views: 6157

Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

I thoroughly enjoyed this short and sweet TT ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ Some of us are of the theory the lions are seen on the Orpen roads less of recent times, because of strong hyena clans in the area. It is just a theory of coarse ... but strong clans can affect lions areas of movement! Every day in November ...
by cheetah
Fri May 10, 2013 3:55 pm
Forum: Travel Tales of Kruger National Park
Topic: A Flutter with a Few Firsts
Replies: 160
Views: 6157

Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

Phabeni is such a popular gate :O^ Not my favorite road either!! But I so love that smallyfant pic :-) :-) :-) That Tsokwane cheetah!!!! So jealous!!! The Mazithi pride still looking good O/\ O/\ O/\ Your Tamboti braai looks delish!! I see the braai pin was missing ... empty beer works just as well ...
by cheetah
Fri May 10, 2013 10:42 am
Forum: Travel Tales of Kruger National Park
Topic: A Flutter with a Few Firsts
Replies: 160
Views: 6157

Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

Yoh yoh yoh!!
I've been catching up behind the scenes!! Almost through the whole thing O**
by cheetah
Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:36 am
Forum: Camps of Kruger
Topic: Maroela Rest Camp
Replies: 28
Views: 5055

Re: Maroela Rest Camp

worth a note about Maroela ... the regular invasions of the honey badgers have come to an end. I was speaking to folks in December who visit Maroela every month or so, and they say the honey badgers have stopped scrounging in the camp. The new badger proof bins seemed to have made the difference ...

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