Africa Wild

the little one want to do like bigger

Good stuff all round!


This road is by far the best to see Sharpe's Grysbok in the Park, IMO!

They are tricky little buggers to photograph sometimes, though!

Saw 7 in one morning a decade ago, mostly along the Southern stretch!

I think we might all have an elephant tale to tell from the Mahonie loop...

We came round a corner and saw this Cow and her baby coming from about 'ten-to' and they were on the run. If I had to stop, they would have gone bang-smash into me. I kept my speed and kept going. The baby got a fright and jumped round and that set the Cow off to trumpet at me. I had a good skrik... phew.

Here is a junior - at a safe distance..





and some Toko's -







and a guinea-fowl with permed hair...

While mommy is having a meal behind the bushes :




Babies are having a look around :




Checking out the passing traffic




And then decide to rather go back to mommy

Some more Mahonie loop sightings :

A beautiful Saddle Bill stork



lazy ellie.




A magnificent Kudu bull :





And the trees Well , what can you say

And White throated bee-eaters just love to have their pics taken

There is always a Sharpe's on the Mahonie Loop , especially late afternoon :




As these beauties too :

a gem this loop

Speckled Mousebird/Coliou rayé



Red-faced Mousebird/Coliou quiriva

Brown-headed Parrot/Perroquet à tête brune





the first Parrots I ever saw in SA

We knew something was happening because the squirrels went beserk. So we sat and waited . . . .



The only one of its kind that we saw during our drive along Mahonie Loop



A lone buffalo



Hundreds of tiny frogs



And a big surprise