Africa Wild

Very interesting, nana!

The place looks like a garden indeed!

Doesn't the fridge charge from the car engine, or did I miss that part?

Michele Nel wrote:Nice Nan..very nice. :)
I don't think I have seen hartebeest on dune rd..so pleased hartebeest don't take part in challenge ...
Really awesome Lappet-faced Vulture

wait, wait... could be in the future

Mel wrote:Great raptor action there

Did they replace some of the boards of the walkway to the hide at least? In the past years we found it in various states, somethimes quite perilous to walk there with broken boards and all.

yes, it was super to Watch all these raptors
they did nothing at the old hide... even the door can't close anymore ... could be a Jackal, like Michele found once
but the way was "normal"

Looking very green there nan .

and still the trucks keep coming .

Lisbeth wrote:Always something that does not work at Nossob

I presume that the new hide has been made for the new bungalows. Nossob, apart from the above is getting to big for KTP. The roads will be crowded

Gorgeous raptor sequence

yes... the raptors's sequence was great... at last for me
the new hide will be (or is already now) for everybody, about same size like the old one and maybe 20 m. before the old one
I can't remember how many new bungalows and camping's places (if I remember correctly) it will be = 1 car per new one... still not so much than other places in SA
I don't approve these new buildings

Toko wrote:Nossob looks busy with Lions and human workers


My fav is of course the Albuca seineri flower

ya, very busy... sometime mixed all of them
thanks for the ID

Flutterby wrote:Love the raptor pics!

The lions look like they are in someone's garden!

and of course the Gymnogene
these Lions stayed a part of the night at the hide, I can't post another pics, it was already too late, not enough light
but I can heard them after the light switch off... under the duvet

Bushveld Jock wrote:So many wonderful sightings of lions, cheetahs, leopards and raptors you had during your stay. Haven't seen a gymnogene in KTP yet.

Its sad to see that the old hide is no longer there and wonder how the view from the new one will be. No more lions walking next to the walkway or under the hide and the natural pools are now further away. The hide did need some maintenance work, but was not necessary to move.

right lot of chance with all these very interesting sightings... lot and lot cats
the view, I have some doubt too... I don't know what they did with the trees that were at the left side... and now in front of the new one, and like you said the waterhole a bit far away

Richprins wrote:Very interesting, nana!

The place looks like a garden indeed!

Doesn't the fridge charge from the car engine, or did I miss that part?

a garden yes it is
the fridge charge was almost normal... just no enough "power" after I use all... so need to put it at 100%... before going to Grootkolk, where there is nothing

everybody

RogerFraser wrote:Looking very green there nan .

and still the trucks keep coming .

ya trucks everywhere... and big ones, and noisy
green... like a green




Bushveld Jock I saw 5-6 Gymnogenes during this travel... for my best pleasure

Love the lions at the hide, nan

and the lots of raptors you saw

thank you Pumbaa, I was spoiled... with the sightings... to compensate the rotten times

I arrive at Grootkolk Franco attributes to me the same unit (Nr 3).
Three Yellow Mongooses come to drink in the bowl of water placed on the ground as well as a pair of Long-tailled Paradise Whydah and a Black-faced Waxbill.
And this is where the Puff Adder comes in (see/ read early tale).

En route a very curious sighting… lot and lot of flying Termites (?) landed in the road and it was like a war, Ants attacking and devouring the Termites

Termite

attack

African Red-eyed Bulbul/Bulbul brunoir

Black-faced Waxbill/Astric à moustaches

MA Puffie



like a parade