Africa Wild

Great double snake show

Thank you for showing the real size of the small one, it makes the whole story much better I wish everybody would do it.

You are an expert in finding curiosities

Good gravy, Heksie!

Few rangers never mind tourists would have seen that!

What is also remarkable is the low backlighting shining through the cobra's "cape", for want of a better word!

Utterly unique!

This is one of the sightings I'd swap any cat against! I've only ever heard / seen one other person
reporting on something like that before. It was in KTP and it was a puffadder and a yellow
mongoose fighting with each other. Already then I thought it was a once in a lifetime thing and
was utterly jealous. I am still today.

Richprins wrote:Good gravy, Heksie!

Few rangers never mind tourists would have seen that!

What is also remarkable is the low backlighting shining through the cobra's "cape", for want of a better word!

Utterly unique!

The better word is "hood".

BluTuna wrote:

Richprins wrote:Good gravy, Heksie!

Few rangers never mind tourists would have seen that!

What is also remarkable is the low backlighting shining through the cobra's "cape", for want of a better word!

Utterly unique!

The better word is "hood".

Thanks for the terminology, BT!

Ok!:

What is also remarkable is the hood backlighting shining through the cobra's "cape", for want of a better word!

Richprins wrote:

BluTuna wrote:

Richprins wrote:Good gravy, Heksie!

Few rangers never mind tourists would have seen that!

What is also remarkable is the low backlighting shining through the cobra's "cape", for want of a better word!

Utterly unique!

The better word is "hood".

Thanks for the terminology, BT!

Ok!:

What is also remarkable is the hood backlighting shining through the cobra's "cape", for want of a better word!

that's funny.....

Richprins wrote:
What is also remarkable is the hood backlighting shining through the cobra's "cape", for want of a better word!

Day 26… going down South
This morning we had to wake up a tad earlier as we had to pack up, this also meant that we had one week left of our Kruger trip and Lower Sabie was to be the last camp to visit. We packed everything in our cars and went for a quick shower before we left Satara. It was a quiet drive to Lower Sabie with strangely not a lot of cars on the road.
As always I just had to stop to take some kiekies of the sunrise.





And some gentle giants





Then a little surprise on our road were these hyena cubs, we spent a long time with them as there were no cars around and they were very chilled in the road.







Then at Kumana dam I got to see a male and female comb billed duck



Also some bobbies entertained us on the tar



Then just before Tshokwane I got a close up of a Marabou stork



We had a quick bathroom break at Tshokwane and then it was off to the H10 for the last stretch, it was starting to get hot so we were glad that we were almost at Lower Sabie. Just past Nkumbe I saw a huge herd of ellies



And the sighting of the day for me was this green snake (which I think is a grass snake?)





Then we arrived at Lower Sabie, we got a great camp, about 50% in the shade most of the day, that was what we were looking for, and it was across the bathrooms that was a bonus.
We spent the afternoon in camp, I had short nap and mum and sis took the time to catch up on their reading. Then when it started to get a bit cooler we decided to take an afternoon drive, it was short but relaxing. We didn’t see a lot but it was ever enjoyable.







We got to camp and drove into Leachy, who introduced us to RobertT. It was great meeting new mites and old ones, the best is actually to sit and share stories over a fire with some cold beers. But tonight it didn’t happen as we bushladies were tired and had an early braai.

To be continued…

Very nice, Heksie!

Enjoying our holiday? Leachy will be away until the end of the holiday...