The following day I decided to drive the Nossob route since I would be moving to Mata Mata soon and staying on that side for a couple days.
Very quiet drive, so I decided to head to Melkvlei picnic area and do some macro work.
Just before I got there, a gentleman stopped me and told me there was a big male lion in the tall grasses just off the picnic table area at Melkvlei, but wasn't visible unless he raised his head.
Whew! I thanked him for the info., saying I had planned to do some macro photography there, so appreciated the heads up.
Him: "You can still do your photography, just keep an eye out for the lion."
Right. I'm on the ground focusing on an ant, my field of view is about 1/2 inch, and I'm gonna see a male lion that can only occasionally be seen with binoculars. NOT!
Evening drive I went to see if the cheetahs were still hanging around the Auob side. Yep, there were some cheetahs at Houmed, (not sure who, but 3 of them) who were obviously intimidated by a very pregnant lioness slowing making her way to the waterhole, so no pics of them.
Last day at TweeR I decided to go the Auob route to look for the cheetahs yet again, to no avail.
Hornbill w/ gooey breakfast
On the way back I did have the good fortune of finding a meerkat clan with some very tiny youngsters and even managed a photo of one nursing, something I hadn't seen before in all our trips. So sweet.
Next - moving on to Mata Mata....
