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Ugh… I'm not sure I ever ever heard of Aardlam having to be put down... I had always believed her death had been due to her age…
Even worse for such an icon!

But the new boys are handsome enough. Although they might want to spread the gene pool even further than just between
the Karoo, Addo and Mountain Zebra -O-


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Incredible lion shots, PJL,

love also the ellie and the jackal O/\


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We managed a day trip to Addo the other weekend which was nice, but rather on the quiet side in terms of sightings. There were plenty of kudu around ^Q^

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We also had a number of jackal sightings during the day which is good to see. They have seemed a bit scarce to us lately, but there were a good number of healthy looking individuals around O/\

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Above Wayne's Valley we had a nice sighting of a secretary bird O\/

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Along with kudu, the other animal that seemed to be round every corner were zebra. Many years ago they used to have very small numbers but now the herds have really grown. These two drinking buddies were up at Carols Rest X#X

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We missed out on a decent lion sighting by a few minutes along Ngulube, but instead we were treated to some close elephant encounters. This female who not surprisingly is called 'Left Tusk' is seen quite regularly in that area

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And a final shot for the day was this nice family herd making their way towards the Ngulube waterhole O:V

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Great family photo ^Q^ ^Q^ Also the zebra pic is very nice \O

The jackal certainly looks fine \O

Lions will be around the next time ;-)


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Some lovely pics! \O


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High-quality pics, Peej!

Especially the detailed jackal! [O]


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Lovely kudu shots, PJl,

also love all the ellies, the secretary bird and the jackals X#X X#X X#X


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WOW, quality photos throughout! But the zebras posed especially nicely and
so did the elephants with their ever so cute babies :-0

Jackal and secretary are fantastic too. And the kudus. And left tusk.
Hmz, that seems to make the all awesome \O \O


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Popped in to Addo again today for the first time in absolutely ages :o0ps:

It was a late start after kids sport, so more there to enjoy the scenery than expect any major sightings, but it delivered quite well considering!

Fairly soon along the southern access road there was a roadblock - I'm not great on identifying the elephant in the park, but I think the guy with the big tusks might be 'Paul' - one of the bulls relocated from Kruger a while back.

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On Vukani loop someone was very excited to see the sea O:V

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Whilst others weren't so impressed

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It was a drinking face-off at Ngulube waterhole X#X

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Buffalo were in short supply today, but we found one nice bull on his own

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On the hillside above the main camp waterhole a couple of lion (Niklaas & Witwarm) were flat out <zz> <zz>

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That is until an elephant caught wind of them O** O**

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We've seen sleeping lion disturbed this way a few times in Addo - the elephant pick up their scent and then chase them away just for fun lol lol

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You could almost hear the frustration from the lions at having been woken from their slumber

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But this ellie wasn't giving up the chase easily... discretion proving to be the better part of valour for the lions \O

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A drinking face off =O:


Next trip to the bush??

Let me think......................
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