Africa Wild

Alf wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:30 pm Oh wow made gate closing time within seconds and saw doggies

grateful that we made the gate .

harrys wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:53 pm Awesome doggies

made the whole day .

Klipspringer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:18 pm Wild dog party and I like the birds

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Pumbaa wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 10:08 am WoW Roger,

lots of ellies and buffaloes and even wild dogs

Again these beautiful flowers and pity to see Lake Panic that way

Yes was surprisingly dry but there was allot of green around I think we must have been there on the cusp of the change between winter and summer .

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 10:28 am Nice visitors

Much better doggies than lions

The front buffalo has quite a large pair of horns

At least you had something nice to do while waiting for the road to clear

Definitely a mega buff in charge ...

Richprins wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 5:49 pm Excellent all round, Rog!

Is that an impala they caught..looks like it?


I like the ellie with the secreting temple gland too!

Interesting you avoid the traffic jam...

We could not quite make out if it was a young Impala or a reedbuck

Always avoid traffic jams when we can better for the blood pressure to not get involved with 1Dt10t5

The following morning we were up earlier and arrived at the gate as the guard opened up .There was no car in front and we dropped off the keys and headed out to out new favorite dam .

Oh look the Vultures are still here must be still cleaning up from the dogs ...


Oh look its a hyena what is it carrying



Hmm not a buck leg .The vultures were cleaning up a spot and these two checked each other out .


Something had taken down a Buff during the night and the hyena had got a leg for breakfast .


We left to drive to the next dam for the morning as the plan was to do some dam hopping then go to the meeting in Hazeyview .

Not too far from the dam we found the Doggies again ... what a great start to the day




They were running along the road following scents and we followed for a few Km before being joined by another vehicle .


every now and then they would leave the road to check for a scent marking


By this time the morning drive had caught up and the vehicle that joined actually came up next to us and asked if we mind if they pass as they had a long trip ahead .What courteous people ... the morning drive also went past then turned arround as they had run out of time and we were left alone with the pack again

My favorite pic from the encounter ..


Eventually they ran off the road and headed deep into the bush what a great sighting



We cut across the S11 and took a pic of the plaque


There was not much to see and we carried on towards transport dam .Meeting a young hornbill


After a few more km's oh no a traffic jam what could it be Lions , Leopard .. no more doggies


Ok not getting too involved did a drive by shooting and carried on .

These dogs are busy. Like their huge ears

Lots of doggies

What a great morning drive

Klipspringer wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:58 am These dogs are busy. Like their huge ears

was great to have active doggies

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:44 am Lots of doggies

Alf wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:27 pm What a great morning drive

Was an very good morning

The rest of the morning was quieter .We made our way towards Phabeni and saw some big ellies playing push me push you ...



Some stunning scenery


We found this little one sneaking across the road and it was not happy to be spotted




A bit further on we found another small resident.



And then as we turned onto the tar towards the gate we found another little one in the middle of the road so we escorted it across the road as it was not crossing in a good spot or quickly ..


We exited at the gate and went to the meeting then drove around from Hazeyview to Orpen later on in the day ...

I feel sorry for those little guys crossing the road

You see everything twice

The chameleons are not exactly fast runners I love to watch them