Africa Wild

Ja, Corinne again

And some very fluffy and cute dikkop chicks

We arrived back at Twee Rivieren to find that the petrol pumps were not working again. This wasn’t too much of a problem as I still had some left in our jerry cans, so we did all the admin things we needed to do in “civilization” and carried on to Rooiputs

Just before Samevloeiing this Lappet Faced vulture was looking a bit lost in the middle of the open riverbed. We hadn’t seen too many of them, so it was quite nice to see it relatively close by




At Samevloeiing, the only occupants of the waterhole were a couple of ? ducks?



This lioness with quite a distinctive spot of mange on its nose was having an afternoon snooze just near the Leeudril waterhole.





We thought we would see some action when she suddenly got up.



But all she did was to reposition herself and take a big yawn.




When lions yawn it often means that they are waking up and are about to move off. So after the yawn we waited a while.
Only thing she then got up and decided to head off to Botswana.



Our sightings were just continuing.

Three kilometres before camp this cheetah was lying flat on top of a small dune about 100m off the road.
Another flat cat, which seemed to be set for the day



Having been in the car almost the whole day, we decided to leave the cheetah and take a break in camp, with the plan to return later
We spent a pleasant couple of hours pottering around the campsite before returning to the cheetah

Only to find that it had gone.

Returning to camp we spotted this ever so cute meercat on the way home.



And back in camp, another stunning African sunset played out before our eyes. Sunset clouds





As we had our evening braai, we noticed that we were the only residents in the whole of Rooiputs that night.

Quite a privilege

Your duck is a Cape teal

Beautiful lion... and upright even!

I have a hunch on that cheetah. You don't happen to have other angles of him, too?

Mel wrote:Your duck is a Cape teal

Beautiful lion... and upright even!

I have a hunch on that cheetah. You don't happen to have other angles of him, too?

Hi Mel

These are the only other photos we have of that sighting: ( not sure if they will help)

They do, Gavin! Thanks

It's Fancy... He used to have two mates. One was Benny who was killed last year in November. Was a big story on Facebook
and I think I also posted it on SanParks Forum.

The second one was Choo. I believe he also is no longer as I haven't seen him in photos with Fancy for ages now. Sad really.
Seeing that you saw him January, it gives you an idea how quickly he lost both of this friends (brothers?). Last sighting of
Choo that I have on record was just before Christmas.

Last sighting I know of Fancy was at the beginning of March. So at least he seems to be able to cope alone, too.

Thanks Mel, glad we could help
A whole lot more to follow once Debs sorts out her photos

I saw Fancy and the others last year

I got a Teal too
it's incredible what we can found in the desert

Hi everyone

We are off to the Kruger for 3 weeks so I am not too sure as to how often I will be able to post on my trip report till we get back. :lol:

I will try, but no promises Depends on internet and time

Anyway as they say, all good things come to those who wait

(and there are a lot of good things that the Kagalagadi delivered still to come in this trip report)

Great Cheetah and Lion sightings once again!

Those Spotted Thick-Knee chicks blend in so well

Ok Gavin, enjoy Kruger... take your time