Africa Wild

Fantastic chemeleon shot, Ratel,

and at least they got escorted to the gate

Nice chameleon sighting!

I like the chameleon Are all grown up South African chameleons more or less the same size? I know that there is a dwarf chameleon, but as with many other animal names, that might not mean anything

Maybe I should have a look at the AW reptile book Got answers to my question in our own Reptile Book

Fantastic chameleon sighting

Glad everyone enjoyed the Chameleon. They really are special lizards and an absolute treat for those of us from "the rest of the world"!

Lisbeth wrote:I like the chameleon Are all grown up South African chameleons more or less the same size? I know that there is a dwarf chameleon, but as with many other animal names, that might not mean anything

Maybe I should have a look at the AW reptile book Got answers to my question in our own Reptile Book

Yep, there are many species of varying sizes.

Sunday 27th August - Lower Sabie

I had originally intended to do the S28 several times during our stay at Lower Sabie, so with only 2 days remaining a trip down this famous road was long overdue. There had been frequent Cheetah sightings on the lower portion of the road in recent times so we were keen to try our luck in finding these spotted speedsters. As we were also keen to see more of the landscape of southern Kruger I proposed an ambitious plan: We would drive the S28 to Crocodile Bridge for breakfast, then the S25 across to Berg en Dal for lunch, then return to Lower Sabie via the H3, H1-1, and H4-1.

We again arrived at the gate as cars began to exit, turning left onto the H4-2 then left again on the H10 in the dim morning light to see if the Lions and cubs from the previous evening were still on or near the road. They were not, so after a brief search we returned to the H4-2 and were soon on the S28. All seemed quiet this morning, so even though our speed was very slow we made good time heading south. We stopped in at the Ntandanyathi hide but all was quiet there too as the birds had seemingly also missed the memo that we were coming. Soon after rejoining the S28 we met our first oncoming car, who had not seen Cheetah but bore good news about Lions. Apparently there was a pride a little way off the road just south of our position, and then near the bottom of the S28 there were more Lions on a Buffalo kill!

Well that got our pulses racing, so with big grins we thanked the man and continued on at a slightly faster rate. We soon arrived at the first Lions sighting. They were indeed a ways off on the western side of the road about 9km north of the H4-2. We counted 5 Lionesses, though there were almost certainly more hidden by the vegetation. At first we could only see one cub, but then one of the Lionesses stood up to reveal a second cub. The sighting was quite distant and we couldn't see any reason why the Lions would get up and move closer, so after a 5 minute stop we pressed on south. We didn't rush, but kept up our search for Cheetah, until just a couple of kilometres from the H4-2 when we hit a massive roadblock. I wish I had taken pictures as it was chaos!! On the left side we located the Lions. They were spread out over a fairly large area, and we were eventually able to confirm 3 adult males, 2 females and 4 small cubs. I was familiar with the Lionesses and cubs as they had been getting sighted quite regularly in the area, but was surprised to also find the pride males with them! One of the males was on the carcass when we arrived, but soon went to join his brother for a bit of 'nap time'

Two nice lion sightings! Always great to see the males with the pride.

If there is something to eat, the males will be there for sure
Cute kittens

nice to see cubs with dad

Ratel!

We have a thread somewhere with pics of congestion, if you are homesick!