Flavour of the Month - August 2014 H1-4: Satara-Olifants Tar Road

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11:05
3 of the 5 Cheetahs stationary
H1-4, just N of S147
Near Olifants
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05:45
5 teenage Cheetahs, 2 males and 3 females
"We had some visitors this morning, l left them stationary 30m off the tar"
H1-4, just 400m S of Ngotso N Waterhole
Near Olifants
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19h19 hours ago

06:30
10 Lions on a kill
Carcass hid in the bush
H1-4, 50m S of S147
Near Olifants
Vis 3/5, until the lioness emerged to chase the cheetahs. It was full speed from the lioness - she would have taken one if she had gotten close enough
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Female leopard crossed the road, moving E towards S147 / Ngotso stream
H1-4, 1km N of S147
Near Olifants
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From a 2014 Duke trip:

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Duke wrote: Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:14 pm Between Olifants and Satara close to Nyamarhi there were a few cars parked off. We asked what was going on as we could not see anything :no: -O-

A leopard had killed an impala and was eating in the shade of a tree, very difficult to see, and her cub was hiding behind some bushes.

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It was getting a little too busy for the the young leopard so she moved away behing some rocks while mother ate to her fill

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Duke wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:13 pm Image

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Duke wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:21 pm We moved on as you can only take so many photos of lions :O^ . Near Nyamrhi we found the leopard and cub again. Although I stopped a distance from them they were not hanging around but we got two photos of the Mom

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Duke wrote: Sun Jan 25, 2015 5:29 pm Two males who we had not seen till then appear from what turned out to be another carcass

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The rest of the pride make way as they take over

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Duke wrote: Sun Jan 25, 2015 5:31 pm The rest of the pride cross the road and disappear

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The highlight of this road is the Olifants High-level bridge, arguably the biggest in the park?

One can get out and views are spectacular!

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A python seen there by mattie010 in 2014:

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Shedding skin! :shock: :shock: :shock:


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