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So, we're now on our way up towards Grootkolk again. Approaching Cubitjie I was hoping for a raptor party seeing it was raptor'o'clock in the Kalahari but we found the waterhole void of any animals. Just a few kays further on, however, this bloke had moved into the shade of some flimsy bush
Since he was so close, I couldn't resist the paws
On our way back we had wanted to have our breakfast (ja, we're always that late...) at some waterhole. Kwang would be the best option for the shade but alas, no water. So we carried on to Bedinkt. When we were almost finished we noticed car after car coming from Nossob racing past us in northern direction. We were sure someone had passed the news about some good sighting, judging by the speed with which the cars were travelling (definitely not 50 ). Unimpressed, we finished our meal before getting on our way again. 2.6 km later we found the reason for the urgency.
Since we were the last to arrive, we had to settle in for the wait to get into prime position. But eventually, we were all alone with her.
At least for some time.
We had bumped into Safran again She had been very relaxed and only the passing springboks on the other side in the riverbed got her excited every now and then. But after 45 min of baking in the sunshine we had to declare defeat and moved on.

I'm sure we missed her on our way down. But we did check the view when approaching that tree from the south. Safran would have looked like an ordinary branch

At Polentswa there was finally a small gathering of 4 bateleur in total
And even the owl was more cooperative than in the morning.

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:53 pm Bring on the caracals

Mel wrote: ↑Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:52 pm ... Some sightings gave great photo opportunities, others we just enjoyed silently because it was either night time or …

Our night time sightings at Grootkolk were honey badger, caracal, …

Kieliekrankie was on its best behaviour. We've seen more specials there over our two day stay than we have on all other nights there combined. Amongst others - which I have photos of, so won't tell here quite yet - was yet another caracal …

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Wonderful leopard sighting, Mel

love the shots of the lion paws and raptors are always great

What a huge lion, Mello!

The paws indeed!

And the leopard is not too shabby either!

Tell me again, is Polentswa on the SA side?

Another handsome lion and then a lovely leopard! Not to mention the owl!

Handsome lion

Last year in November the park was stuffed with lions

Lovely Safran sighting and I like the bateleurs too

RP, here is a PDF of the park https://www.sanparks.org/docs/parks_kga ... di_map.pdf

Very nice sightings (and photos !!! ) so far Mel. Great to have a couple of leopard sightings thrown in as well

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:22 pm Wonderful leopard sighting, Mel

love the shots of the lion paws and raptors are always great

Thanks, Pumbaa

Richprins wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:20 am What a huge lion, Mello!

The paws indeed!

And the leopard is not too shabby either!

Tell me again, is Polentswa on the SA side?

Polentswa is both Waterhole accessible from the SA side, but the camp side and the luxury lodge are beyond the border in Bots.
And as far as I know there is another waterhole for the luxury lodgers