Your Favourite Waterhole/Waterpoint

[Richprins]

You must be more scientific!

[Dzombo]

Sunset Dam - December 2013

[Lisbeth]

Nice pic that shows the variety that you can see at Sunset Dam, if you are lucky

[Richprins]

[Richprins]

I'm making a list here of waterpoints where I have sat for most of the day:

Klopperfontein - H1-8
Rabelais Dam - S106 Defunct
Welverdiend - S126 Defunct?
Voortrekker - H2-2
Matjulu - S110
Hlambamaduba - S26 Defunct
Nwatimhiri - S21 Defunct
Renosterpan - H3
S-130 nameless
Vutomi Dam - S33 Defunct
Olifantsdrinkgat - H1-2 Defunct?
Grootvlei Dam - S-50
Maritubi - S-99
Rockvale - S-36
Bangu - S-90 Defunct?
Shiloweni Dam - H1-2 Defunct
Mhlanganzwane dam - S-28 Defunct
Mpondo Dam S-102
Gardenia Hide - S-119
James - S-114
Mestel Dam - S-1
Coetzer - S-99 Defunct

[Lisbeth]

Do you mind adding the location, please

[Richprins]

Ok, just making a list so long - not necessarily my favourites!

[Lisbeth]

[Richprins]

This is another of my favourites, an unnamed pan about 1km down the S130 from the Lower Sabie end:

A- Shade (2/5)
B- Closeness to the water (5/5)
C- Rare mammal species (3/5) (Cheetah, Black & White Rhino)
D- Proximity to a camp/gate (ease of access) (4/5) (H4-2, Lower Sabie, Crocodile Bridge)
E- Remoteness (off the main roads) (4/5)

= 18/25



I have seen cheetah and the herbivorous big 5 here, and the dense Delagoa Thorn bush around it makes for very sudden appearances by animals! It is quiet tourist-wise, especially for a waterhole in the south. As with Klopperfontein, one suffers a bit from FOMO, as there is sometimes another pan or two a bit further down the road...

Lots of mudbathing activity!

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[Flutterby]

We don't do that road too often.