Africa Wild

Day 2 continued.

The afternoon drive started with a visit to Mopane Camp where I found some more interesting stuff in the flower bed.

Some more Dragonflies.





A Beetle.



Then, a bit of a surprise as this suddenly appeared about half a metre away! A Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake.


A panorama of one of the best views in the Park.


We repeated our drive from the day before wit better luck this time.

At Mooiplaas Waterhole Kaleka was off to the left as we approached.



He then joined Marhumbini (who'd moved quite a distance from Tsendze the previous day)



And Ngodzi (I think)



For a group photo!

The Three Amigos!




There were some other Eles around too.



The remainder of our drive netted the first of many, many Burchell's Coucals.


A Sabota Lark.


Some photogenic Zebs.



And a very nice sunset.

Some beautiful big tuskers BT

Beautiful dragonflies, especially the first ones

Three big tuskers together, that's real nice

Thanks Harry & Lis.

I guess I should send them to Aat for confirmation; I hope the excitement isn't too much for him

Delightful dragon flies and magnificent big tuckers.

love the three amigos, Dragonflies, Sand Snake
and the view from the balcony... right one of the nicer in the park

Don't tell me you weren't quivering at seeing those three together, Dragonflyboy?

Pioneer Dam is incredibly full for this time of year!

Remarkable indeed, I must say!

What a fantastic start, BluTuna

as always your insect photography is very special and always a pleasure and then love your pictures of the tuskers, the Zebras, the bushbaby and birdies

3 tuskers together

Fantastic sighting and pics

steamtrainfan wrote:Delightful dragon flies and magnificent big tuckers.

Thanks STF!

nan wrote:love the three amigos, Dragonflies, Sand Snake
and the view from the balcony... right one of the nicer in the park

I'm so glad they are serving meals on that balcony again, I think the view rivals the one from the Olifants restaurant!

I also like the snake!

Richprins wrote:Don't tell me you weren't quivering at seeing those three together, Dragonflyboy?

Pioneer Dam is incredibly full for this time of year!

Remarkable indeed, I must say!

It was quite a sighting and I couldn't believe it when they all stood in a row

Pumbaa wrote:What a fantastic start, BluTuna

as always your insect photography is very special and always a pleasure and then love your pictures of the tuskers, the Zebras, the bushbaby and birdies

Thanks Pumbaa!

Bushcraft wrote:3 tuskers together

Fantastic sighting and pics