Flutts and the Brat go it alone

[Flutterby]

SANParks has too much bureaucracy at the gates, especially for day-visitors

Nice rocks

Funny pic of the two herons

and the hippos are great

I love the Lake Panic hide, but only if there is nobody else there

I understand the paperwork you need to do to enter, but at least make it standard across the board! Lake Panic was full but at least there was something to see!

Flutts!

I thought you were on a trip somewhere!

Interesting the abundant woodhoopoes, they are not that common!

That juvenile heron is very camouflaged!

Ja, wood-hoopoes everywhere!

I like the Wood-hoopoe clan on the tree

Good start to the bush trip

Thanks for popping in Klipspringer.

Nice pics of the Hippos -I dont remember ever actually seeing any out the water at lake panic when we have been there

I think this was our first time to see hippos out the water at Lake Panic.

Great start, Flutterby,

Lake Panic was good to you with the variety of birds you had there but I really love these hippos shots Very well captured

Yes, lots of birdies to look at!

A very wise decision to cover the distance within the park instead on the outside
And some nice sightings right away. Like the water birds and the hippos

It just made sense to enter at Phabeni and some nice sightings to start the trip. A

Aw...SO special you two getting to spend quality alone time together in the park. He (and you) will forever cherish these interactions and connections with both Nature and each other. So special - warms my heart

Aw, thanks ExFmem. The Brat and I have shared some very special times together. Luckily we get on very well, with hardly ever a cross word between us!

[Flutterby]

9 June, Joburg - Satara

We left Lake Panic and decided to go to Satara via the H1-2.

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Young Red-billed Oxpecker

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A unicorn.

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The markings on these two giraffe were quite different - the paler one had smooth edges to its spots, while the darker one had jagged edges. Very interesting.

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A close-up of the darker one.

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Mushroom Rock.

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Brown Snake-eagle

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Kumana and Mazithi dams were both quiet. About 2kms before the Sweni Road we saw some buffalo up ahead. As we got closer we saw that they were chasing lions!! There were 4 lions watching the buffs and every now and then a couple of the buffs would approach the lions and scare them off. The lions eventually moved a respectable distance away and the buffs went back to eating.

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So, lions on our first drive in the park!!

[Richprins]

Flutts!

Quite a long drive, actually!

I like the unicorn, and the wavy winter grass!

[Alf]

Love the mushroom rock. Is that where the king of the baboons sit everyday

[Richprins]

[Lisbeth]

Nice sighting

It really looks like a mushroom

The giraffes really look different from each other, but I think that there is only one sub-species in Kruger

[Dzombo]

We had already filled in the entrance form so went straight to the boom, as we've done before, but were told we had to go to the office first....why can't they have a standard procedure? Anyway, check in was quick and we were soon in the park, with the Brat behind the wheel.

Flutts, as you know, I don't comment much on the trip reports.
But I am following.

This procedure has been in place for as long as I remember.
Fill in the form, go into the office where they print off the entrance permit, and then present that at the boom where you are allowed in.

[Flutterby]

Flutts!

Quite a long drive, actually!

I like the unicorn, and the wavy winter grass!

Ja, it was a long drive, but we still got to Satara in time to check in and take an afternoon drive. The grass was sooo long!!

Love the mushroom rock. Is that where the king of the baboons sit everyday

Nice sighting

It really looks like a mushroom

The giraffes really look different from each other, but I think that there is only one sub-species in Kruger

I also thought there was only one sub-species, but they had such different markings.

Flutts, as you know, I don't comment much on the trip reports.
But I am following.

This procedure has been in place for as long as I remember.
Fill in the form, go into the office where they print off the entrance permit, and then present that at the boom where you are allowed in.

Thanks for following Dzombo. We've often gone straight to the boom and they printed the entrance permit there. This is normally when the gate is quiet, which it was when we arrived, so I don't know why it changes.

[Dzombo]

The giraffes really look different from each other, but I think that there is only one sub-species in Kruger

I also thought there was only one sub-species, but they had such different markings.

This procedure has been in place for as long as I remember.
Fill in the form, go into the office where they print off the entrance permit, and then present that at the boom where you are allowed in.

Thanks for following Dzombo. We've often gone straight to the boom and they printed the entrance permit there. This is normally when the gate is quiet, which it was when we arrived, so I don't know why it changes.

There is only 1 subspecies of Giraffe in Kruger.
They get darker as they get older. So the very dark ones are very old animals.

Oh, Ok. I have always parked up and gone inside to do the paper work there.

[Flutterby]

There is only 1 subspecies of Giraffe in Kruger.
They get darker as they get older. So the very dark ones are very old animals.

And the difference in the spots?