Enjoying The Kruger Without Staying In The Park

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Great sightings for your first visit! ^Q^ ^Q^


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Only because of the lions ;-)


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And mongooses and ellies! :yes:


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The mongooses were only two brown spots lol There are more ellies to come :yes:


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After the lions, I continued towards the H-9 and stopped at the Masorini Archeological & Picnic Site

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Unfortunately, there was nobody around to show me the site, so I did what I had to do and left with the noise of the Buffalo Weavers in my ears

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Soon there was a small group of Elephants trying out the grass
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Maybe arriving from this perfect but by now deserted SPA

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Another first - on this trip lol

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and a Crested Francolin in a great hurry

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At this point, I was sure that there would be something amazing waiting around the corner.... and for sure, there it was!...........A lonely ellie :O^

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Some friends joining up

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and there was also a tinyphant visible when they left


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Lots of lovely ellies! \O \O


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Something that I got to love in this area was all the small and less small koppies, at least they distracted me from the Mopane O** lol

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Last pic of the day: a European Bee-eater saying: See you soon 0/*

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Lovely pics of Masoroni ..Love that area ..The Francolin is a Crested Francolin


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Of course 0*\ :ty: Peter \O


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