AW Pilanesberg Meet 23-29 September 2013

[Amoli]

Great pics everyone.
Just glad that pic of me with the sand grouse on my tongue is gone.

C h i c k e n........................

[steamtrainfan]

[Flutterby]

Oops...got left behind!

Thank goodness your malady didn't last too long! When we saw Amarula he was also sleeping! Lovely pics of all the birdies. And your giraffe pics are great!

Ready for the last day!

[steamtrainfan]

Thank you very much everybody for your positive feedback which really makes Joan and I feel very proud.

THURSDAY 3 OCTOBER 2013. Part 1/3


What roads to do on our last day always causes a bit of argy bargy but in the end they say "It is up to you." In the end we agreed to do Nkakane Link again in the hope of seeing those lion we spotted Monday.

First off was this sentry atop the big boulder on Thaba ya Ditshwene.


Having not seen the lions on Nkakane Link we turned off onto Tshepe Drive towards Kwa Maritane to see if we could see them near the flat rocks (marked as G12 on the map) on the right hand side of the road just past the bridge. Nothing to be seen so we did a U-turn and headed back to Tshepe Drive. Hammerkops had been very scarce on this trip so when we saw our first next to a pool by the bridge Joan took a photo.


As we approached the junction of Nkakane Link and Tshepe Drive I saw what I thought was a zebra crossing Tshepe Drive ahead of us. It turned out to be a lion, so due to my slow reaction, we had missed it crossing Tshepe Drive. Fortunately the veld was very sparse and clear so Joan could get some nice shots of him. It was a young male on his own and heading for the Thabayadiotso hill. We watched him until he disappeared into bushes near the top of the hill.







Another lion sighting in the can and we were happy. We wondered if he was part of the 3 lions we saw on Monday and he was heading back to where the rest were?



Another rhino pic.


Not much further away were these two asleep. Mommy and child I think.


Then daddy plonked himself next to them for his kip.


NEXT: Joan gets what I rate as her best ever photo after I had tried about twenty times to capture it.

[Lisbeth]

So you got another lion sighting with rhinos on top of it

Now let's see what Joan is up to

[Flutterby]

Lovely lion and rhino sighting!!

[Richprins]

Ja, that first pic is of one of the Northwest realtives of mine...showoffs and we don't talk to them anymore...notice the "mullet" hairstyle...


That is the same collared lion, I think, stf?

Great luck and pics!

[Bushcraft]

More great sightings

What did Joan get

Don't leave us hanging

[Sprocky]

Well done STF!!! Great sightings and pics, you really made the most of your days after we left.

[steamtrainfan]

So you got another lion sighting with rhinos on top of it

Now let's see what Joan is up to

Thanks very much Lisbeth. Joans pic coming up soon.

Lovely lion and rhino sighting!!

Thanks Flutterby.

Ja, that first pic is of one of the Northwest realtives of mine...showoffs and we don't talk to them anymore...notice the "mullet" hairstyle...

I thought that there some resemblance.

That is the same collared lion, I think, stf?

Great luck and pics!

It could Richprins.
Thanks for the comments.

More great sightings

What did Joan get

Don't leave us hanging

Thanks very much B.C.

Your leopard with a bokkie kill makes Joans best photo look quite tame.

Well done STF!!! Great sightings and pics, you really made the most of your days after we left.

Hi Sprocky. Thanks for the great comments. Stay tuned.