Africa Wild

Poring over maps is what got us out of trouble when the Garmin sent us the wrong way.

See the artistic impressions earlier.

I laid in my tent that night wondering what the noise was out in the channel. I later dreamed that the crocs had indeed caught and killed a buffalo. They were out there, tearing chunks out of their prey, using the "death roll" to rip pieces of hide and meat to gulp down greedily. In my dreams, I saw myself in the water with them, taking photos of the macabre scene.

"These malaria pills sure give one hallucinations." I thought. "I really should not drink so much beer either."

Still, at least I got the picture stuck in my mind of what was going on out there in the wilderness.

macabre indeed.... but what a sight and a pic

Crocs don't catch buffalo, Deli...unless drought-afflicted?

A very vivid dream indeed

The buff must have got stuck

Those bridges don't look too sturdy!

Lots of lovely new birdies!

Thanks Nan, RP, Lis & Flutt's.

To be honest, the croc & buffalo pic was much later in the trip. I just couldn't resist. Full story of that one to come later.

Nan - it was grisly.

RP - Have you not seen the battle of Kruger video? I can quite imagine those crocs being as fast as a cheetah over sun dried, hard baked earth.

Lis - That's what we thought as well. It could also have been a youngster or sick? We will never know as we only heard what was going on.

Flutt's - Those bridges were suprisingly strong. The one of the pool at the side is where people used to take a dip. It was a regular thing until someone was taken by a croc.

Red Lechwe were a first for me on this trip. We came upon two sparring males on our morning drive from Xakanaxa.



It was also nice to see three species together, we'd later get to see a herd of Sable, a herd of Roan and a herd of Zebra together as well. Roan also being a first for me.



Eyeing eachother up.



Sparring.



Clash fighting.



Front pressing.



Two other rams were not so aggressive.



Grooming.





Nearby, a trio of Wattled Cranes were in the marsh..........

Nice to see a new species of antelope They are very much like the impala, but look bigger?

Hell, this is confusing...later we saw this but I forgot now we saw that yesterday but here's a pic of something I imagine I saw the next day...

Just go day by day?

Are those lechwe closer to impala or waterbuck, family-wise?

Fantastic shots of the red lechwe