Enjoying The Kruger Without Staying In The Park

[Lisbeth]

More likely

[Richprins]

I suspect it is likely someone would have removed my head chop-chop soon after I had arrived, to be honest!

[Lisbeth]

That's even more likely

[Pumbaa]

Love your landscape shots, Lis,

the rivers, flowers and stone hills are beautiful - love the yawning hippo

Interesting shots of Masorini - Never been there so far but looks extreme interesting Thanks for bringing this near

[RogerFraser]

love the scenic shots and description and pics of the masorini site.We stopped there once but could not stay for the full tour as we had to get back to camp.

[Lisbeth]

Guys & Girls

Being so close I made a visit to Sable Dam and this time there was a Fish-eagle, slightly immature

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A blacksmith plover. They are always there

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A European Roller. They were all over in a great number

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I went into the hide and found a Sand Martin, which did not seem too healthy. It just stayed there

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Still the same Fish-eagle, but from inside the hide, which was a bit closer (not that the pic is any better )

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A fat Eastern Striped Skink

An African Pied Wagtail

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[Lisbeth]

Moving the car to the left close to the water, there was a nice show of rather big terrapins in and out of the water

The hide

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Heading away a giraffe came in my way, but none of us minded

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The tree at the corner of the access road to the hide. Could it be a Marula tree

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[Lisbeth]

As I did not want to go home just then I took the S132 and the S131. There was never much to see on these roads, but being there I had to get the best out of it

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Double-banded Sandgrouses

A Wahlber'g Eagle, I think

At

Along the road

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[Lisbeth]

Next stop was

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An Elephant debouched

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and then a big crowd of impies doing what impies do

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A Natal Francolin nature and what it did not look like

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The windmill and reservoir without elephants

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The big Sycamore Fig on the other side of the road. I love that tree and it is always full of birds that you cannot see

[Lisbeth]

Instead of returning on the H14 I continued on the S131

A Red-crested Korhaan mountain trekking

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Two sweet steenbokkies that did not run away immediately

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A Dusky Lark behaving like a spinning top from one spot to another

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another something just before arriving at the Phalaborwa gate

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One more day or most of it had passed

until the next Kruger drive.