Lake Eland

[Bushcraft]

As soon as the mist cleared the junior rats charged off with their fishing rods while a few locals watched them from a distance.







The cow, Hawkeyes and the old lady remained at the unit to cook breakfast and enjoyed a few more of the dam locals from the deck.













We had to be out of our unit at 10am and time flew, so we were soon on our way home through the gorge, but we will definitely return and next time spend at least 2 nights.





Thanks for checking this short trip out

[Flutterby]

Lovely scenery and great fishing - perfect combo!!

[Lisbeth]

Beautiful scenery and birds. I love the kingfisher and also the puffie is not bad

What has Hawkeys become? A senior rat?

Looks like quite a nice accommodation

What a nice little story and you all seem to have enjoyed it

[Toko]

The Puff Adder is an elegant swimmer

Hawkeyes took some very good photos

The log villa looks super inside


for the little tale and report, Bushcraft

[Bushcraft]

Lovely scenery and great fishing - perfect combo!!

Yip, perfect combo, especially since I found out that the larger dam which we didn't have time to visit (and were advised not to due to the previous evenings rain) has barbel and carp also

[Bushcraft]

Beautiful scenery and birds. I love the kingfisher and also the puffie is not bad

What has Hawkeys become? A senior rat?

Looks like quite a nice accommodation

What a nice little story and you all seem to have enjoyed it

Thanks Lisbeth I had another malachite land next to me while fishing and managed a shot with my cell phone as it was so close. I was surprised at the bird life

Hawkeyes........... large rat, junior adult, senior rat.....not sure yet

The accommodation is really good value for money

[Bushcraft]

The Puff Adder is an elegant swimmer

Hawkeyes took some very good photos

The log villa looks super inside


for the little tale and report, Bushcraft

The puffie swam almost the entire length of the dam and we followed, but chose to exit under a unit which is when the stir started as the unit occupants only spotted it because of us and then went into panic mode and evacuated their unit until a ranger came to catch the puffie. The ranger put it in a box and said that he would release it away from the units.

The accommodation is very good for the price

[leachy]

eish........



that must be the highest ratio of bird photos that you have ever taken/posted on any travel tale

and they are all great shots too...



looks like a great outing was had by all...and the "old lady" joined you

one question....



why have they locked the "synthetic san man" in a cage ?????

[nan]

I didn't know Puff Adder can swim, they are so fat
very nice appartment
nice to fish and watch the game at the same time
was it competition with... the Kingfisher

[Bushcraft]

eish........



that must be the highest ratio of bird photos that you have ever taken/posted on any travel tale

and they are all great shots too...



looks like a great outing was had by all...and the "old lady" joined you

one question....



why have they locked the "synthetic san man" in a cage ?????

Yip, plenty birds there leachy I think the "old lady" enjoyed herself

The locked up synthetic san man It's SA leachy and KZN, which is probably worse. If it wasn't locked up it wouldn't be there anymore