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Re: Northwards along the Lebombo Mountains to Pafuri.

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 6:52 pm
by Mel
Funny how the KNP slender mongoose differs from its KTP cousins who are more reddish-brownish. :shock:

Lovely landscape photos with the elephants :-)

And that boon kid is way too cute. 0/0

Re: Northwards along the Lebombo Mountains to Pafuri.

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 6:56 pm
by Richprins
Very good again, 100p!

Wonder what that road sign with the two arrows means? :shock:

And what is this new weir? -O-

Ja, nice that freezer setup in Balule! Lovely camp indeed! And good to know the youngsters help with the tent pitching! ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Re: Northwards along the Lebombo Mountains to Pafuri.

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 6:05 am
by Alf
Campsite at balule looks amazing ^Q^

Yeah it took them a while to repair that bridge ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Re: Northwards along the Lebombo Mountains to Pafuri.

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:12 am
by Flutterby
100ponder wrote:Yes Flutterby, you are most likely familiar with the name "slender mongoose". I directly translated the Afrikaans name "swartkwas muishond". It's close relative is of cause the "witkwas muishond".
Aha! \O

Re: Northwards along the Lebombo Mountains to Pafuri.

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:33 pm
by Lisbeth
Nice pic of the spoonbills and I love the ellies crossing the river ^Q^ ^Q^

Arriving in Shingwedzi - our base-camp for the North.

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 7:57 pm
by 100ponder
A little later our trek followed the route that swung away from the Olifants and as we approached the area where there is a rocky ridge on the eastern side of the road an oncoming car stopped us to advise that they have just seen an elephant on top of the ridge.

A few hundred meters further and there he was !

A young bull foraging amongst the rocks right on top of the rocky ridge :-

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After spending a while observing this elephant doing some mountaineering, we proceeded further up north and then there were two magnificent elephant bulls - one with quite a promise for the future :-

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Our trek proceeded north and beyond Mopani we spotted this magnificent Mega Buffalo that was really fat complimenting his very wide horns :-

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Just note how wide his horns are protruding on both sides of his body when seen from behind.
( Can we please keep remarks to how wide his horns on his head are ? )

Later we reached the Shingwedzi turn-off and at the Shingwedzi / S134 "T"-junction this very promising tusker and some askaries were foraging :-

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And then a little closer to the Shingwedzi gate the prize !

Mandzemba ! ! :-

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We have truly arrived in TUSKER LAND ! ! !

Re: Northwards along the Lebombo Mountains to Pafuri.

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 8:03 pm
by Toko
Elephants are just amazing O/\ And they are fairly good at mountain climbing and doing well in rocky terrain.

Impressive bulls there ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Re: Northwards along the Lebombo Mountains to Pafuri.

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 8:21 pm
by Lisbeth
You met some very nice bulls, especially Mandzemba of course O/\ O/\

Re: Northwards along the Lebombo Mountains to Pafuri.

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:38 pm
by Mel
Very impressive and good-looking guys you met there! O:V

Re: Northwards along the Lebombo Mountains to Pafuri.

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 8:48 am
by Richprins
Excellent buffalo there, with loose, low-hanging horns! =O:

I agree it is a bull! \O

Nice welcome to tuskerland. :-0

I like the mountaineering elephant!