Africa Wild

The way up to Kranskoop produced some beautifully lit kudus:

A confused baboon who was already sitting in the shade although it was still bleeding cold:

On the plateau the critters – at least those visible – we in a much better mood as well. The springboks spend their time testing their strength:

And a Cape Mountain zebra decided we had had to endure enough trials over our stay and willingly looked at me and my camera:

But alas, we weren’t meant to leave the park in a sunny mood. Further down on the link towards Ubejane and out of the gate we could see that the sun wasn’t meant to last. The valley was still covered in thick mist which made taking photos a hoot.



I did make out a white-necked (tick!) raven though. There was also a jackal buzzard and a gabar goshawk trying to warm up on some tree tops.
All the antelopes were out and about as well, but once again far off and this time even more camouflaged by the weather conditions… We left the park with a hartebeest being our last sighting. Off to the Karoo it was!

if i may i would like to just add some photos of the picnic sites in the park

each picnic site has a gate that one has to open

by pushing a button on the control plate



this seems to be the general policy at both sites.



the shady sites..







the rock pool at the one site.





and the swimming pool at the other site.

It was not very crowded, when you were there

very intersting pool, the natural one
would like to be there

Lovely!!! Can't wait to get back there myself

Interesting! Wonder what kind of tree that big one is?