Africa Wild

The next morning we left at just after gate opening two other cars left ahead of us and we went to the dirt side road while they went on the tar .We headed to the Shitlhave Dam but there was nothing so we carried on .Not far from the dam we found the other two vehicles that left ahead of us they had found these doggies .




We believe this one was the one that was report the month previous with a very bad snare injury around its neck .You could clearly see the scarring around the neck .






It also tended to stay away from the youngsters who were playing .

We carried on and drove the S11 .On the boulders by the Plaque we found the lookout




After the loop we turned to head back to camp to pack and have breakfast before heading to crock bridge for the night . Not far along the H1 I spotted spots through the bushes low down these were grey spots for a change .




We had a quiet drive back to camp the Dogs had vanished into the bushes already by the time we got back to where they had been .We had breakfast and packed the car .

Amazing wild dog sighting, Roger,

and then that owl - Magnificent

The baboon does not look very safe on that cliff

Wild dogs

Lovely spotty with wings

So Rog, never seen lion on a PK loop!

Clever waterbuck shot, and nice birdies!

Doggies near Shitlhave too.

And a great owl sighting!

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:15 pm Amazing wild dog sighting, Roger,

and then that owl - Magnificent

Quite happy with the Owl sighting not a usual one .

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:26 am The baboon does not look very safe on that cliff

Wild dogs

Lovely spotty with wings

it was sitting on the edge of a tiny crack but not too worried. There were some very young youngsters playing in a tree but we did not get any pics but was great fun to watch as they played tag and these others were on lookout duty while they played .

Richprins wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:41 pm So Rog, never seen lion on a PK loop!

Clever waterbuck shot, and nice birdies!

Doggies near Shitlhave too.

And a great owl sighting!

We have seen a few Lions over the years on roads around camp but not yet seen any Sable so maybe one trip we should travel together

After leaving camp I managed to find an Iconic Kruger summer song bird


We went down the H2 to Afsaal and did not see anything the entire road

After a brief stop at the very quiet afsaal (during open week) We went past Biyamiti and only found this little fellow


It was a little bit grey and overcast .


SO found a Korhaan


On the S21 we found a Klipsringer on the ground


And a breeding herd with a Tiny baby crossed ahead of us


We stopped in at Lower Sabie and then went to the Bridge where we found the usual suspects






It was starting to rain a bit harder so we decided to stay on the Tar to Croc Bridge ,some more Ellies crossed in the rain


At Gezantombi dam some Hippos were just leaving the water



Carrying on to camp we found some very wet Jackals we believe to be Side Stripped


We arrived at camp just after 2 and checked in to our unit .

Nice jackals

A woodie is always a nice sight, especially if it is singing

Grassing hippos

and a sweet klipspringer

The rain is not the best for sightings

Some really wonderful shots you took! Too many to list them all, but the ducks, giraffes in the evening light, wild dogs, teeny Ellie, and Kingfisher are all lovely sightings.

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:43 am Nice jackals

A woodie is always a nice sight, especially if it is singing

Grassing hippos

and a sweet klipspringer

The rain is not the best for sightings

love the Woodies .Sometimes we have good luck in the rain but it does depend on the seasons .

ExFmem wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:34 pm Some really wonderful shots you took! Too many to list them all, but the ducks, giraffes in the evening light, wild dogs, teeny Ellie, and Kingfisher are all lovely sightings.

ExFem

Settling in to camp relatives from Pretoriuskop welcoming party were there to meet us


A family of Banded Mongeese were also there when we arrived






We went out for an afternoon drive .
Our first sighting was some rude birds telling us what to do .


This fellow was not happy about the weather.


And had an interesting partner on the tree.




The Burchell's coucal wasn't too happy either


This big Ellie did not seem to mind it


This Hyena was a bit camera shy and ran off the road as we caught up to it


One of the main reasons for staying at Croc bridge is that we had not stayed there for years since we sold the caravan and SO was hoping to see the Super mom Cheetah . We were running out of time and light with about 10 minutes to gate closing and came across a traffic Jam . What is it .Oh there in the distance is a Cheetah .We managed to get a few Pics with the ISO pumped to max so they not the greatest pic but it is some record of the sighting .




We stayed as long as possible the GPS was showing arrive at the camp gate with no time to spare so we left and made it with under a minute to spare ..