Africa Wild

Sorry about the overload of leopard pictures I am about to post, but I can’t really resist











Up onto ridge



Down again



Looking handsome




This is MY territory




OK so we are almost over leopard pics by now, and start getting creative



Looking at you




Goodbye







Wow Wow Wow


We were over the moon. Botshelo had welcomed us into the park on our first day and the came to say goodbye on our last day. How awesome was that.
After that sighting, the gemsbok tried to compete by posing on the calcrete banks for us, but sorry guys.
You are stunning but you know what????






After that we headed back to camp to enjoy our last sunset of the trip












And then Charlie fox came to visit



And tomorrow we go back home.

I can never get enough of leopards

What a beautiful fur

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 6:19 pm I can never get enough of leopards

What a beautiful fur

Gav ..Lovely to see 'Frikkie' the Cape Fox at site 3 ..He visited briefly every night in April

Peter Betts wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 9:34 pm Lucky you Gav ..totally green ..but I will never get Jane there in Dec

You must get your DSG wife ( I think ) to go

GavinW wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 7:19 pm

Peter Betts wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 9:34 pm Lucky you Gav ..totally green ..but I will never get Jane there in Dec

You must get your DSG wife ( I think ) to go

..LOL She grew up in a COLD climate ..Eunice School in Bloem

16 June, and the animals take a public holiday as we leave the park

Our plan for our last morning in the park was to sneak in a morning drive till about 9am, go back to Rooiputs and to take down the camp, and then to head off out the park.

We were overnighting in Keimos on the way back to Cape Town, so we only had about a three and a half hour drive, once out the park.

We left camp just before 8 am and set off north, to Kij Kij and back
Well, all the animals were definitely sleeping in on this Youth Day public holiday

We saw zip.


Well you can’t really say we saw nothing.

We did have this special sighting of a secretary bird on it’s nest. Yes it was slowly waking up, and after a bit flew off never to be seen again.












This juvenile bateleur eagle looked a bit irritated at having being woken up




And this black backed jackal couple were more interested in themselves than anything else.








We got back to camp at about 10am, and were at the Twee Rivieren gate, checked out and ready to return to the real world just before one o clock

Our last sighting was of this police vehicle being flat bedded out of the park, proving once again that the Kgalagadi is not an easy place to be in





So till our next trip in December/ January, that’s it for now

(78 Sleeps)

Thanks ever so much to everyone for all your amazing comments and support whilst I have been writing this travel tale
Your input does tend to stroke ones ego a bit


And then also to my SO, Debs your pictures are awesome,



but then you do have a really good game driver to place you in the best positions for getting the best photos

I am sure that Debbie appreciates your driving skills....and if not she will let you know

The secretary birds are very special birds and very photogenic

Thanks a lot for you entertaining TT and Debbie's great photos

Oups...cop car in trouble!

Thanks very much, Gavin and Debbie. Exquisite stuff indeed!

GavinW wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 8:40 am Otherwise all we really saw were the usual suspects and this lanner falcon

That raptor was not a lanner falcon, but some sort of kestrel.