When small Streams turn into Rivers

[Pumbaa]

a couple of disappointments as we never experienced before

What was that, Pumbaa? (I don't remember )

A marabu tree and one with a golden bill

Fabulous doggie sighting

Well the many road closures and that we could not visit our booked camps and had to change our bookings - Nobody can predict a flood in advance but we were hit hard by same - At least everything went well in the end

[Pumbaa]

Wow ..awesome Wild Dog sighting and lovely photos. :)

Never seen that far North wild dogs before and the number of the pack was also fantastic

[Pumbaa]

A larger group had cuddled up together



whilst others were still standing right on the road looking from here to there





whilst still others decided it was time for a short nap.





Due to the great number of dogs in that pack we had the whole time something to be seen although must say that we also had moments were we put our cameras away and simply enjoyed the dogs.





The dogs or better to say this one was not at all interested in us



and whilst now only a few of them were running from one group to another most of them found a place to relax







and we had such a fantastic time as from time to time there were always a dog willing to lift its head or even to stand up for a short time to pose for us.

[Pumbaa]

On one side of the road the dogs enjoyed me time whilst on the other side of the road the larger group was lying



whilst still others were active





or at least needed a stretch.





The whole rest of the time we stood at that sighting overall one hour no other cars either from the front nor from the back arrived so we had the dogs at that wonderful sighting all to ourselves indeed such a wonderful gift to say good bye and to compensate us for the quiet last full day we had yesterday. They even allowed us some close ups





before it was time for us to say good bye to them which we in fact did with a heavy heart.





We carried on and at the bridge across the Nkulumbeni we even met again the two cars who were standing there on the road side and were not interested in the wild dogs. For sure now we asked them what they were looking at and they bumbled something about a seldom bee eater they were looking for and same had been seen yesterday exactly here. Normally when it comes to birds we are always the last ones to leave them behind but as no birds were present we drove on as on top the cars waited already more than an hour.

So we continued and after a while we noticed a couple of giraffes surrounded by thick vegetation and with grey clouds in the background which in fact did not look good at all.



Not far from the giraffes we noticed something white flying from here to there and after that white fluff came to a standstill we luckily noticed another magpie shrike completely white



funny was that already a couple of years ago we saw such a white magpie already at the Babalala picnic spot and we were happy that we could see another one today.



to be continued with the very last installment………………..

[Lisbeth]

a couple of disappointments as we never experienced before

What was that, Pumbaa? (I don't remember )

Well the many road closures and that we could not visit our booked camps and had to change our bookings - Nobody can predict a flood in advance but we were hit hard by same - At least everything went well in the end

Sure, all the camp changes I'd forgotten about those There were whole areas, that you could not visit

Exceptional doggie encounter and all by yourselves It's funny how some animals sleep almost on top of each other. It might be for safety reasons, but wild dogs and lions do not have many natural enemies

The white magpie shrike is certainly not an everyday sighting

[Richprins]

These are high-quality pics in this installment, Pumbaa, with lovely light!

What a lovely dog sighting, all to yourselves!

And indeed so far north!

[Michele Nel]

oh my goodness that wild dog sighting was special indeed....all to yourselves as well . Beautiful images.

[Pumbaa]

a couple of disappointments as we never experienced before

What was that, Pumbaa? (I don't remember )

Well the many road closures and that we could not visit our booked camps and had to change our bookings - Nobody can predict a flood in advance but we were hit hard by same - At least everything went well in the end

Sure, all the camp changes I'd forgotten about those There were whole areas, that you could not visit

Exceptional doggie encounter and all by yourselves It's funny how some animals sleep almost on top of each other. It might be for safety reasons, but wild dogs and lions do not have many natural enemies

The white magpie shrike is certainly not an everyday sighting

Totally right the areas around Croc bridge as well as Lower Sabie could not be visited by us at least it got better the more North we drove

[Pumbaa]

These are high-quality pics in this installment, Pumbaa, with lovely light!

What a lovely dog sighting, all to yourselves!

And indeed so far north!

Completely right - The North is totally underrated as we so far could not complain about the sightings we had that far North and most of the time it can be that the sighting is all to yourself

[Pumbaa]

oh my goodness that wild dog sighting was special indeed....all to yourselves as well . Beautiful images.

We were so happy about such a farewell gift