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Just love the scenery in this park
Frost, Fires & Family Time
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Umgeni is treacherous
Great views from the camp hike and a lovely portrait of you guys
Was it an eland watching you?
Great views from the camp hike and a lovely portrait of you guys
Was it an eland watching you?
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nice to meet all the family
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@ PJ,. thank you so much for exposing the natural
beauty of another park, often together with some
other, overlooked!!!!
RSA, in possession of some real natural jewels,..
beauty of another park, often together with some
other, overlooked!!!!
RSA, in possession of some real natural jewels,..
Heh,.. H.e
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Thanks Lis The scenery is stunning in all directions (apart from the building sites )Lisbeth wrote:Lovely scenery and a lovely family
I was surprised to see them Alf... as I'm sure you know, they have tracking collars so the guides will often stick the lion markers on the sightings board if the GPS read-outs shows that they are miles away up in the north of the park as was the case earlier in our visit. We were stoked they came back so quicklyAlf wrote:More lions
Just love the scenery in this park
I think that's why it is now my favourite route in the parkMel wrote:Umgeni is treacherous
nan. Thanks!nan wrote:nice to meet all the family
Yip... very much a hidden jewel this one H.e.H. erectus wrote:@ PJ,. thank you so much for exposing the natural
beauty of another park, often together with some
other, overlooked!!!!
RSA, in possession of some real natural jewels,..
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Stunning scenery pics PJL. The one with the lions in is excellent.
More Aardwolf sightings than you can shake a stick at. Brilliant.
Also like the melanistic gabar.
Great family portrait.
More Aardwolf sightings than you can shake a stick at. Brilliant.
Also like the melanistic gabar.
Great family portrait.
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Thanks DewiDewi wrote:Stunning scenery pics PJL. The one with the lions in is excellent.
More Aardwolf sightings than you can shake a stick at. Brilliant.
Also like the melanistic gabar.
Great family portrait.
We scored big time on aardwolf sightings for sure
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Let's continue with the evening drive along Umgeni... for once some eland didn't run away at first sight
As Mel said, Umgeni does get a bit more "interesting" as you start to climb. These pics don't really do justice in showing how steep it gets or the size of some of the rocks and holes around in places
But we had a lot of fun bouncing around on our way up these sections
Oh and of course there was another aardwolf. This one behaved like a "normal" aardwolf - it quickly got up and ran off so just a proof pic
Some more adventurous sections...
After the difficult sections were over we found a jackal keeping a very close eye on something
Whilst on the other side of the road the zebras complimented the landscape
Once we arrived at Rooiplaat we drove round to where we had left the lions and were surprised to find no other cars around
There also didn't seem to be much sign of lions either until one finally raised a sleepy head for a brief moment
The other male was flat out, and whilst we were wondering what to do H suddenly spotted some movement far off over the other side of the loop... it was the cheetah youngsters again. I've got no idea how she managed to spot them as they were about a kilometre away
The light was fading and the lions didn't seem to be showing any signs of moving so we decided to go round to try and find the cheetah. They were quite a long way off the road when we finally spotted them, but it was great to see them again even if mom still wasn't around
Whilst enjoying the cheetah, the sun had set behind us and the sky was lit up in stunning colours
It was time to start heading back to camp. We figured we might just have time to call in at the lions one last time so I wasn't paying too much attention to any other animals on the way round when suddenly S shouted STOP!!
TBC
As Mel said, Umgeni does get a bit more "interesting" as you start to climb. These pics don't really do justice in showing how steep it gets or the size of some of the rocks and holes around in places
But we had a lot of fun bouncing around on our way up these sections
Oh and of course there was another aardwolf. This one behaved like a "normal" aardwolf - it quickly got up and ran off so just a proof pic
Some more adventurous sections...
After the difficult sections were over we found a jackal keeping a very close eye on something
Whilst on the other side of the road the zebras complimented the landscape
Once we arrived at Rooiplaat we drove round to where we had left the lions and were surprised to find no other cars around
There also didn't seem to be much sign of lions either until one finally raised a sleepy head for a brief moment
The other male was flat out, and whilst we were wondering what to do H suddenly spotted some movement far off over the other side of the loop... it was the cheetah youngsters again. I've got no idea how she managed to spot them as they were about a kilometre away
The light was fading and the lions didn't seem to be showing any signs of moving so we decided to go round to try and find the cheetah. They were quite a long way off the road when we finally spotted them, but it was great to see them again even if mom still wasn't around
Whilst enjoying the cheetah, the sun had set behind us and the sky was lit up in stunning colours
It was time to start heading back to camp. We figured we might just have time to call in at the lions one last time so I wasn't paying too much attention to any other animals on the way round when suddenly S shouted STOP!!
TBC
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Of course IncredibleOh and of course there was another aardwolf.
Terrible road
Amazing sunset
What did S see?
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