Memories of Marloth and Tamboti Trip Jan 2018

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The tail pic is great! ^Q^ ^Q^ Can't wait to hear more! 0()


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Great sightings you had, Roger,

love the lion and Kudu shots and for sure the bathing elephants at Nsemani \O \O \O Always worth to spend time there O/\


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Klipspringer wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 8:49 pm ^Q^ ^Q^ Is this tail a baby genet in the nest?
;-) ;-) Thats what we suspected
Alf wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 8:19 am Nice elephant action ^Q^

Can’t wait for the night drive 0()
\O one night drive coming up
Lisbeth wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 9:23 am The tail looks like the one of a Lemur, but living only in Madagascar..... O** Too thin for a genet, but not many alternatives :-?

I love the ellies in the water O/\ O/\

The pic of the roller looks great \O
0()
:yes: getting better at the pics
Richprins wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 9:37 am ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Lovely pics again, Rog!

I LOVE the tail! What a treat! :-0

And the pics of animals at water1 X#X


0()
O:V the water is always a draw-card when the temps are in the 40's
Flutterby wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:53 am The tail pic is great! ^Q^ ^Q^ Can't wait to hear more! 0()
lol thanx
Pumbaa wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:32 pm Great sightings you had, Roger,
love the lion and Kudu shots and for sure the bathing elephants at Nsemani \O \O \O Always worth to spend time there O/\
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Before the drive we had a feeling we were being watched from across the dry riverbed
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The clouds in the back were building and by the time we got into the canter later that evening there was quite a lightning storm in the distance that we hoped would not ruin the drive ....

We drove out the camp to the tar turned left down the main road .The rugrats and I had positioned ourselves in control of the spotlights close to the back and we had barely gone 300m down the road when rugrat shouted stop stop ....and there was some spots in the grass

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The leopard was on a mission and did not intend to provide a show for the tourists
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He moved further and further into the bushes .
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The group behind us was some kind of professional photographer group and were extremely excitable trying to shoot their pics without using flash and getting upset if we put the spot too close as it would ruin their shots -which was a bit of nuisance but we all managed to get decent pics .

We carried on down the road we were hoping to get far enough down the road to see if the two male lions were active .

About 2 Km further down the road it was my turn ... stop stop spot
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this one was far more interested in marking everything possibly - I suspect that he sensed the other Leopard not far away .
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Eventually moved off into the night
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and we continued ..down the road

A hyena was just too far away for us to get a clear shot
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We were getting excited we were getting close to the area where the lions were when we heard a strange clattering then about a minute later one of the tourists called out stop stop ... what had they seen we looked and looked then they admitted the clatter was them dropping their phone out the vehicle 0*\ 0*\

The guide dutifully turned around and went back and surprisingly not only found it but it was still working .So we never got to see the lions .When we got back the tourist jogged to their tent and came back with a big tip for the driver . The storm did eventually not reach us but went around us .


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Wow what a start to the drive. Two leopards :shock:

Some people get all the luck O**


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Wow, fantastic luck on the night drive! ^Q^ ^Q^ The second leopard looks huge! :shock:


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How lucky, Rog!

And very good low-light pics! ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Auslanders! :O^ 0*\


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Great shots of the leopards, especially considered that it was dark ^Q^ ^Q^

RP, don't shoot at the auslanders! you do not even know if they were 0'


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What incredible Leopard sightings, Roger :-0 \O


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Alf wrote: Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:15 pm Wow what a start to the drive. Two leopards :shock:

Some people get all the luck O**
:twisted: was a great drive
Flutterby wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 8:17 am Wow, fantastic luck on the night drive! ^Q^ ^Q^ The second leopard looks huge! :shock:
:yes: was definitely a dominant male
Richprins wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:02 am How lucky, Rog!

And very good low-light pics! ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Auslanders! :O^ 0*\
:ty:
Lisbeth wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:40 am Great shots of the leopards, especially considered that it was dark ^Q^ ^Q^

RP, don't shoot at the auslanders! you do not even know if they were 0'
;-) by the accent would guess they were Canadian
Pumbaa wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:09 pm What incredible Leopard sightings, Roger :-0 \O
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