Africa Wild

leachy wrote:

Alf wrote: Then when we realized Mr. field ranger pulled into the cottage next to us. (all by himself a 6 bed family cottage)

is this a problem if it is available ????

So my question once again......... did he pay for it

maybe he got it for free? maybe he paid? who knows???? is it that important as there were units available? if we don't know the circumstances behind him occupying the unit then................

The first thing I did was to check the availability sheets to see how many of these units were open that night

clever investigative stuff mr alf



3 of these cottages with a view were available and no 4beds with a view so I assume they gave this 6 bed unit to the field ranger to use for the night

So do they clean this unit the next day after he left or do they think it was unoccupied

are there keys for the unit? if so, i am certain that housekeeping would be aware of the fact that the unit was allocated to someone
do you think that this chap just wondered around the camp until he found a vacant unit that was unlocked and just pulled in for the night ?

Maybe I don't want to know the answer of that question

I wasn't impressed to see this

but it was our last night in the park.

BluTuna wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2014 2:35 pm

At Mopane, I spied this splendid grasshopper in the garden bed near the pond.



Then, after a pretty good breakfast on the balcony overlooking the dam, we went on the Great Trek........

BluTuna wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2014 7:00 pm Day 1 continued.

The Great Trek.




Let's go on the Eco Trail! What a great idea! We emerged (seemingly) days later at the far end of the camp, hot and sweaty having almost gotten lost a couple of times where the trail seemed to vanish. The path also got pretty rough from time to time and we struggled along in our sandals which aren't designed for hill climbing.

On the plus side, I did get some Dragonfly pictures.







This one's a Banded Groundling.



And I think this one is a Red Basker.



Aside from the myriad Dragonflies, I also managed a couple of Hoppers.



And a Brown Pansy Butterfly.

BluTuna wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2014 12:11 pm

The afternoon drive started with a visit to Mopane Camp where I found some more interesting stuff in the flower bed.

Some more Dragonflies.





A Beetle.



Then, a bit of a surprise as this suddenly appeared about half a metre away! A Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake.


A panorama of one of the best views in the Park.



And a very nice sunset.