New Territory

[Lisbeth]

[PJL]

The baboons look much nicer than the Kruger ones.

[PJL]

So yes - the cake! This was something S found - just a case of warming it through before serving. I've never come across braai cake before either but it tasted great

[Pumbaa]

Brilliant lion close ups, PJL,

you indeed got some very special shots - Love also the mom and ellie calf drinking shot and the baboon action shots

In fact you had more than stunning sightings

[PJL]

Thanks Lis, Flutts, RP & Pumbaa for the comments

We managed to slot a short drive in on our last morning staying at Nyathi. There was no sign of the lions from the day before, but heading up the Gorah loop we came across some eland and a Denhams Bustard





Sightings were a bit quiet other than the typical game like this hartebeest



Heading down to Nzipondo loop we found a pale chanting goshawk looking rather fluffed up against the morning chill



I was also rather surprised to see elephants on the Kleinvlakte side which is another area of Addo. Speaking to some HRs a little later in the day we found out that a herd had recently been moved to that area, so they were probably checking whether they could get back to the main park or not



We checked out the elephant carcass by Woodlands dam and there were a couple of jackal tucking in to part of it



It was obviously thirsty work as one of them came over for a long drink at the dam





It was unfortunately time to head back to Nyathi to pack up our stuff, but on the track up to the camp we came across a serene scene at one of the river crossings



Further up we found one of the elephants who had been wrestling out on the floodplain the night before. He was intent on hiding away in the bush, but I think it may have been John Kruger - one of the elephants brought in from Kruger a while back to help with the genetic diversity. We had seen him previously in the main game area, but apparently he had taken a liking to breaking water pipes at the staff area near Arizona, so the conservation manager had scared him away with a few rubber bullets. That backfired a bit, as John would then chase him whenever he saw his vehicle!!... hence the move over to the Nyathi side



We had a couple of sightings in camp before leaving - a bushbuck ram which then disappeared before I could get my camera, and also this brown-hooded kingfisher



Once the packing was complete it was time to say goodbye to this awesome secluded camp. It's a place that I would love to get back to sometime!

TBC

[nan]

Woodland.... Kingfisher

love the Eland and the grumpy PCG

[Lisbeth]

Always nice to see and try something new and even better if you like it, which seems to be the case

Thank you for telling us about it

P.S. The kingfisher is a brown-hooded one

[Mel]

The animals seem to have a knack for breaking into the main game area at Addo
(I was just imaging their conversation about how to proceed best to be successful )

Nice close encounters with eland and the Denham's

[Flutterby]

Some really lovely sightings! Thanks for sharing with us.

[PJL]

Thanks nan & Lis on the kingfisher... was a tiring day yesterday so my head wasn't working