Day trips to Marakele

[harrys]

Warties

Kudu, very interesting was the moths around the eye

Swallow

Will post some more......

[Lisbeth]

Strange those insects around the eye of the kudu Flies are common on the antelopes, but these don't look like flies

Nice zebra pics

[harrys]

Swallow with breakfast

Some Proteas

Young Kudu bull

Next we went to the top of the very steep hill

[harrys]

Some scenic pics

Klipspringer

[harrys]

Last but not least this little fellow

Another and maybe last Marakele trip done

I am not prepared to break my car in a park where Sanparks don't bother to fix the roads even after several emails requesting that the roads be repaired

[Lisbeth]

Lovely Protea

Klipspringer

It is not a pleasure if you are all tense driving on a washboard It is one of the loss-making parks, but that is not an excuse and without maintenance it gets even worse.

At least I enjoyed the trip sitting comfortably on a chair

[ExFmem]

Some really lovely shots there. The scenery is magnificent, as well as the protea close-up. Klipspringers always bring a smile , tip-toeing around on big boulders as they do.

The moths, of course, were attracted to the moisture around the eyes, just like you often see lots of bflies around puddles, esp. in the KTP and arid areas. I have never seen them on an animals eyes like that, so great capture!

That's one of the tricks in macro photography - pour water on the ground, and the insects will come a runnin'.

[harrys]

Some really lovely shots there. The scenery is magnificent, as well as the protea close-up. Klipspringers always bring a smile , tip-toeing around on big boulders as they do.

The moths, of course, were attracted to the moisture around the eyes, just like you often see lots of bflies around puddles, esp. in the KTP and arid areas. I have never seen them on an animals eyes like that, so great capture!

That's one of the tricks in macro photography - pour water on the ground, and the insects will come a runnin'.

Thank you for the info on the moths, really interresting

[Flutterby]

Lovely sightings and pics. So sad that the park is not being maintained!

[Richprins]

Nice sightings, Harry!

The moths are really interesting!

And always the lovely views!

Ja, road maintenance seems to be too much trouble...