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Richprins wrote:Hey, Pumbaa...I bet you 5 Euro (about R1000) that that leopard has been kicked in the head or something...you can see it is buggered in the eyes!

Nice lions again, and badger!

Ja, lions pathologically try to kill ANY other predator, even mongoose...it is instinct it seems?

Dwarfies are difficult to photograph, so those are my favourites, and nice to sit still for a while, indeed!

Gladly the dwarfies are normally too curious and when you swtich the engine off they do appear again to check out what is going on

Alf wrote:Really stunning pictures

Thanks Alf, and always a pleasure to share them

Flutterby wrote:Wow, what amazing sightings! A very successful drive!

That day was one of those, Flutterby, the two previous days where a bit quiet but that day turned out to be a very successful one

We even met more large herd of buffaloes out of which lots of them were taking a bath





and having a great time in the water or feeding.







Then the loop was already over and we could turn into the S50 to pay visits at all the Nshawu’s. Right at No. 1 a resident hippo could be seen who took over a mud puddle still left at the remains of that waterhole



and along the way more buffaloes, zebras and a lone vulture crossed our path.



The next waterhole was still operational and here the wildebeests had to stand in line to wait for their turn to quench their thirst





as the water could not be pumped that quickly as much as mouths wanted to drink. The wildebeest youngster were cute

and also the zebras were thirsty.



Normally these waterholes are abandoned when we do visit them isn February with a couple of larger elephant bulls around but today all the animals in that area came to have a drink there.





At least for us it was interesting to see how it must be in winter when all the water in the veld got less and less but for sure prefer to see the park in February lush and green again.

As usual we always drive the detour to Mooiplaas waterhole where today an openbilled stork was searching for something to eat in the small pond along the road.





Also the short road from the waterhole to the tar road was favoured by lots of animals as we spotted tsessebes, buffaloes and zebras.



Some of the buffaloes were very muddy



and it was a large herd



and then for sure it is always stunning when the rarer antelopes do come across – That area normally do not let us down when it comes to tsessebe sightings



although these staring eyes can be a bit scary.



to be continued....

That buffalo looks really old

We love those roads around Mopani

Love the young wildebeest and nice pics of the Openbill.

Interesting the water being on at Nshawus, Pumbaa...wonder if they remembered to Shut it off again? Some waterholes were blown up in that area by the army!

Ja, thoses tsessebe have sheep's eyes!

Alf wrote:That buffalo looks really old

We love those roads around Mopani

The often I drive them the more I love them and the more rarer stuff is coming across

Flutterby wrote:Love the young wildebeest and nice pics of the Openbill.

Gladly that there were so many open billed in the park at that time