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Lucky with rhino sightings , the last few trips we have battled to find many

Nice SBS sighting. We have plenty crested barbets in our garden, but the Cow still photographs them in KNP.

Don’t you dress up to cook PJL

S112/S21 – Sjoe a long trek across

Wet wipe ghost

The H4-1 produced more cats Wow, I know that log and have pics of lions on it, good pics still at that distance. Do you use a 1.4 or 2x teleconverter

Richprins wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:03 am

AGAIN very lucky, Peej, and it is a great setting for the lions in the riverbed there!

Thanks RP... some good luck indeed

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 10:30 am Luck goes along with you! Those lions had found a very pleasant place to stay Great sunset

Thanks Lis, that sunset was our best of the trip

Dindingwe wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 10:33 am So many Rhinos in only one day. It is a pleasure to see them

Nice sighting of the Lions playing on the dead tree

Yep it was great to see so many of them that day Dindingwe as some days we really battled

Bushcraft wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:36 pm Lucky with rhino sightings , the last few trips we have battled to find many

Nice SBS sighting. We have plenty crested barbets in our garden, but the Cow still photographs them in KNP.

Don’t you dress up to cook PJL

S112/S21 – Sjoe a long trek across

Wet wipe ghost

The H4-1 produced more cats Wow, I know that log and have pics of lions on it, good pics still at that distance. Do you use a 1.4 or 2x teleconverter

Haha... we get black-collared barbets here but I still take pics of them in Kruger
I've got a 1.4x converter so it ends up being about 560mm on a full frame. Those pic are then cropped a bit as that log is quite a distance away

You certainly had lots of luck with the lions!

Stunning sunset!!

WoW PJL,

brilliant sightings (Leopard with kill) and hyena waiting and for sure shots

Magnificent birds, breathtaking Rhino shots and simply love the lions on the log - Stunning

What a day again! Big 5 repeated, and on top a lot of other interesting stuff too!
I love that fluffy saddle-bill youngster.

Great capture of the fish eagle too

And I admire you patience waiting to use a skottel. We'd be always afraid of missing out, when spending too much time at a picnic spot
That's basically why we ALWAYS eat in the car while travelling or parking at a waterhole (or at the camp waterhole).

Flutterby wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 5:08 pm You certainly had lots of luck with the lions!

Stunning sunset!!

Thanks Flutts, it was good to see the lions with cubs but they were quite a long way away

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:48 pm WoW PJL,

brilliant sightings (Leopard with kill) and hyena waiting and for sure shots

Magnificent birds, breathtaking Rhino shots and simply love the lions on the log - Stunning

Thanks Pumbaa, we had quite a lot of good bird sightings this time round, but still not quite up to your standards

Mel wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 2:22 pm What a day again! Big 5 repeated, and on top a lot of other interesting stuff too!
I love that fluffy saddle-bill youngster.

Great capture of the fish eagle too

And I admire you patience waiting to use a skottel. We'd be always afraid of missing out, when spending too much time at a picnic spot
That's basically why we ALWAYS eat in the car while travelling or parking at a waterhole (or at the camp waterhole).

Hey Mel, yep we couldn't believe it was another Big 5 day - our second ever
Believe me I would prefer to be sitting at a waterhole or some sighting rather than skotteling, but the kids don't cope if we don't let them out the car now and then

Mon 24th June

Today was moving day - from the one house to another on the other side of Marloth Park. We were packed up in good time and whilst waiting for check-out the resident tortoise appeared and accidentally fell into the waterhole



Fortunately it got out without issue
We also had an ostrich come past to say goodbye



Before leaving I took a couple of pics of one of the slightly strange sights that seemed to be everywhere in Marloth Park while we were there - processionary caterpillars
Overnight when it was cold they would all huddle together...



But once it was warm enough they would start moving in long lines - literally one after the other. They seem to follow the leader's silk thread, but they were everywhere... over the paths, up the walls etc etc



Our first house had been a great place to stay. The next spot was also very nice





One of the best features of the house was that it had a 13m high deck which looks out over the Crocodile River and into Kruger



There are quite a few steps to climb to get up there





With moving between houses we weren't going to into Kruger itself this day, but we pulled in to Ngwenya Lodge for lunch which was a nice spot overlooking the Croc river



There were some buffalo cruising around and we also had a spotted bush snake in the tree next to us which caused some excitement







We spent the afternoon relaxing back at the new house, getting a nice fire going for cooking supper and enjoying the fantastic view from the deck... we even had some elephant come down to drink across from us
The next day we'd be back in Kruger and I couldn't wait.

Also looks like a nice house to stay at

Alf wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:25 am Also looks like a nice house to stay at

I preferred the size and layout of the first house, but the position of the second was way better - much faster to Crocodile Bridge and we were opposite the river so could easily pop down and watch the animals coming and going