Africa Wild

Springbok twins

Love the batty in the hole

The baby Hartebeest looks rather doff

Lions in the bush like KNP

What snake was that The head doesn’t look like a puffie

Going here by what we were told by staff, Bushcraft.
The snake was identified as a young puffie by guys at Mata-mata and by the camp keeper at KTC.
The twin springbok, we were told by Jannie at Twee Rivieren, is uncommon but not unheard of.

Strange looking puffie though

I have never heard of Springbok twins

Cool wild cat portrait

The pic of the road does not do justice to the real corrugations, I think, looks quite harmless

Wow great sightings and those photos are really good

Love the AWC and the sunset!!

And back again...

Next morning saw us driving to Nossob via second dune road. It was wet...really wet.





Hyenas on a mission:



The dune roads are my favorite roads in Kgalagadi. Anything is possible and the red sands with rainclouds do make dramatic pictures.









Duco making a skottelbrekkie at Dikbaardskolk. No lions around unfortunately. I want to get to a picnic spot and find lions in the toilets too, man!



I soon found out that rain in in the red sands does NOT mean a clean car...AT ALL... Our Terios was silver, didn't look like it after second dune road.



We were lucky to find a co-operative Barking gecko just next to the car:

A barking gecko next to the car - how cool is that!

I think the best part of the dune roads are the beautiful red dunes - depending on the season,
sometimes just very red and sometimes artfully decorated with wheat-coloured grass and others
plants. Always makes for a great photo with blue sky and white clouds as well.

I must say though that my feeling is the dune roads are to be driven with care. On our way back to KTC from Nossob later in the day I got the fright of the trip - I "fell asleep" behind the steering wheel. It was the weirdest sensation. I thought I was awake and aware of my surroundings, when Duco "woke" me up. He'd fallen asleep and I got "hypnotized" - for lack of a better word. The monotony of the landscape and midday heat make a dangerous combination.

arriving a bit late here

what a wonderful report. I love your landscape pictures

Great picture of the gecko they are always hiding from me