They are also present in the KTP... I only saw one once and know that there aren't many other people either who saw one...
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Like they do...
They are also present in the KTP... I only saw one once and know that there aren't many other people either who saw one...
They are also present in the KTP... I only saw one once and know that there aren't many other people either who saw one...
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wow fantastic picture and sighting.... Rock Monitor 
I posted one on FB.... and people ask me if it's a photoshop
love too the Ellies, wow
thank you for keeping us informed
I posted one on FB.... and people ask me if it's a photoshop
love too the Ellies, wow
thank you for keeping us informed
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It was turning into a very hot day so after a lazy lunch we continued on our drive up towards Carols Rest. There were a few zebra drinking in a line at the waterhole
I think many of the animals had retreated into thicker bush to escape the heat, but when we got back to the lions Zwaai at least had his head up catching some sun
It didn't last for long, and he soon flopped down. Not even an elephant wandering nearby disturbed them
Seeing as they were so sleepy we decided to head south and out the park - in retrospect it was a bad choice as apparently a short while later the lions killed a buffalo
I guess you can't win them all
Our last few sightings of the day included a glossy starling, baby piggy and an impressive kudu bull
I think many of the animals had retreated into thicker bush to escape the heat, but when we got back to the lions Zwaai at least had his head up catching some sun
It didn't last for long, and he soon flopped down. Not even an elephant wandering nearby disturbed them
Seeing as they were so sleepy we decided to head south and out the park - in retrospect it was a bad choice as apparently a short while later the lions killed a buffalo
I guess you can't win them all
Our last few sightings of the day included a glossy starling, baby piggy and an impressive kudu bull
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Awesome ellie shots, PJL,
and love also the drinking zebras and the lions - Quite a more than successful trip you had
and love also the drinking zebras and the lions - Quite a more than successful trip you had
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love the stripes, the piglet... and... and...
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Nice shots again, Peej! 
Are monitors scarce there? Common here...
Are monitors scarce there? Common here...
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Yes they are scarce here - these are a different species to the nile monitors that are seen much more regularly in places like Kruger
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Ok, but we see the rock ones a lot too? Not as much, now that you mention it, as martial eagles specialise in them! 
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In that case it's probably a combination of the dense bush and maybe not so many of them around in Addo...