a slow start,cats in abundance and a terrific farewell gift*

[Tina]

Then they decided that the parking lot was nicer and crossed right in front of our car.



Unfortunately it was late now and we had to return to camp.

[Tina]

as a perfect end to a great day we had a wonderful sunset.



While we were enjoying our nightcap, we heard a lion roaring very close by. Although he seemed to be right on the other side of the fence, we could not spot it. We watched many people move into the hide and decided to follow them.The hide was crowded but no lion to be seen. After 20 minutes most gave up as did we. On our return to the chalet we heard the lion again but we were still not able to see it.

The next morning we found the tracks actually right ont the other side of the fence and after our return back home we saw a picture posted from the webcam ...we should have stayed a little bit longer

That night it was very hot in the chahet 28 –32 degrees and we did not sleep well again.

[Tina]

11.10.2013

we had our first sighting before leaving camp. There was a strange noise inside the cooler box. We checked it out and found these little fellows

[Tina]

Our morning drive took us to Marie se draai. again. We saw a lone jackal at the waterhole, a tawnie and pronking springboks

[Tina]

We left the camp at 8:45 am and moved towards Kieliekrankie. This cutie pie crossed the road and tried to hide from us

[Tina]

On the way to Kaspersdraai there was only a red hartebeest. At the waterhole we saw gemsbok and a jackal

[Tina]

We found more gemsbok at Cheleka. I wonder what happened to their horns

[Tina]

11.10.2013 - continued

We made a stop at the Dikbaardskolk picnic site and were joined by the sociable weavers



while the yellow mongoose stayed rather shy in the background



right next to the picnic site there was a juvenile black-chested snake eagle in a tree



joined by a lanner falcon.

[Tina]

Further on we met a sleepy hyena



and we admired some baby springboks close to Melkvlei

[Tina]

On the dune road we saw a couple of koris



a steenbok and some northern black korhaans