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Re: Your Favourite Waterhole/Waterpoint

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 9:28 am
by Richprins
You must be more scientific! O**

Re: Your Favourite Waterhole/Waterpoint

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 11:26 pm
by Dzombo
Sunset Dam - December 2013
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Re: Your Favourite Waterhole/Waterpoint

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:02 am
by Lisbeth
Nice pic that shows the variety that you can see at Sunset Dam, if you are lucky \O

Re: Your Favourite Waterhole/Waterpoint

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:16 am
by Richprins
\O

Re: Your Favourite Waterhole/Waterpoint

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:33 am
by 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

Re: Your Favourite Waterhole/Waterpoint

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:44 am
by Lisbeth
Do you mind adding the location, please :-)

Re: Your Favourite Waterhole/Waterpoint

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:46 am
by Richprins
Ok, just making a list so long - not necessarily my favourites! ;-)

Re: Your Favourite Waterhole/Waterpoint

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:49 am
by Lisbeth
\O

Re: Your Favourite Waterhole/Waterpoint

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 11:07 am
by Richprins
This is another of my favourites, an unnamed pan about 1km down the S130 from the Lower Sabie end:



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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! :shock: 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... lol

Lots of mudbathing activity!

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Re: Your Favourite Waterhole/Waterpoint

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 2:29 pm
by Flutterby
We don't do that road too often. :no: