Flavour of the Month - September 2014 - S1 Doispane Road (Phabeni - Skukuza) & Nyamundwa Dam

[Duke]

The S1 or Doispane Road starts at Phabeni gate and meets up with the H1-1 after 29 km. Doispane is a historical site 17 km north of Pretoriuskop and is one of the places where ranger Harry Wolhuter used to camp. The word Doispane is derived from the way a Tshongo person prounounced Dustbin.

The road offers all of the big 5 and also wild dogs. Phabeni Gate is one of the newer gates. We have left home at midnight on a few occasions to enter at Phabeni and have been rewarded by some wonderful sightings.

Looking forward to your tales and photos from this road

[Mel]

Not much of a story to tell, but a map section:

[Richprins]

Phabeni Gate area and Albasini Ruins:

Nyamundwa Dam:

[Richprins]

Good one, Duke!

Saw the big 5 on that road on one afternoon, plus Dr Mabunda!

[Richprins]

Just inside Phabeni gate two years ago! Finally got the right road here!

[Richprins]

[Duke]

Some film photos from the late eighties/mid nineties, before Phabeni gate was opened.









The children at Albasini Ruins

[Richprins]

Nyamundwa Dam:

[Dzombo]

I did this road this past December.

Driving along, we came across a particularly agressive bull elephant plodding down the road, and charging cars that came too close.
Eventually I turned around and headed back to camp.

This wasn't far from where the elephant turned over the car a few days later.
I wonder if this was the same one?

[Duke]

From our trip in March 2014, when we entered at Phabeni and saw these birds

Pied Kingfishers


Shikra


Southern Carmine Bee-eater


European Bee-eater