Going to the Northern Cape slowly - the complete story.

[Bushcraft]

Springbok twins

Love the batty in the hole

The baby Hartebeest looks rather doff

Lions in the bush like KNP

What snake was that The head doesn’t look like a puffie

[Guinea Pig]

Going here by what we were told by staff, Bushcraft.
The snake was identified as a young puffie by guys at Mata-mata and by the camp keeper at KTC.
The twin springbok, we were told by Jannie at Twee Rivieren, is uncommon but not unheard of.

[Bushcraft]

Strange looking puffie though

I have never heard of Springbok twins

[Toko]

Cool wild cat portrait

The pic of the road does not do justice to the real corrugations, I think, looks quite harmless

[harrys]

Wow great sightings and those photos are really good

[Flutterby]

Love the AWC and the sunset!!

[Guinea Pig]

And back again...

Next morning saw us driving to Nossob via second dune road. It was wet...really wet.





Hyenas on a mission:



The dune roads are my favorite roads in Kgalagadi. Anything is possible and the red sands with rainclouds do make dramatic pictures.









Duco making a skottelbrekkie at Dikbaardskolk. No lions around unfortunately. I want to get to a picnic spot and find lions in the toilets too, man!



I soon found out that rain in in the red sands does NOT mean a clean car...AT ALL... Our Terios was silver, didn't look like it after second dune road.



We were lucky to find a co-operative Barking gecko just next to the car:

[Mel]

A barking gecko next to the car - how cool is that!

I think the best part of the dune roads are the beautiful red dunes - depending on the season,
sometimes just very red and sometimes artfully decorated with wheat-coloured grass and others
plants. Always makes for a great photo with blue sky and white clouds as well.

[Guinea Pig]

I must say though that my feeling is the dune roads are to be driven with care. On our way back to KTC from Nossob later in the day I got the fright of the trip - I "fell asleep" behind the steering wheel. It was the weirdest sensation. I thought I was awake and aware of my surroundings, when Duco "woke" me up. He'd fallen asleep and I got "hypnotized" - for lack of a better word. The monotony of the landscape and midday heat make a dangerous combination.

[Tina]

arriving a bit late here

what a wonderful report. I love your landscape pictures

Great picture of the gecko they are always hiding from me