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Flavour of the month - August/September 2020: H11 - Main Road between Paul Kruger Gate and Skukuza

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:06 am
by Flutterby
This road is just under 9kms long and is probably one of the busiest roads in the park. However, there have been many great sightings along this road.

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Re: Flavour of the month - August/September 2020: H11 - Main Road between Paul Kruger Gate and Skukuza

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:05 am
by Lisbeth
It is also full of speeding trucks and delivery vehicles 0*\

Re: Flavour of the month - August/September 2020: H11 - Main Road between Paul Kruger Gate and Skukuza

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:11 am
by Richprins
:ty: :ty: Flutts!

A popular road. :yes:

It is a simple access road from Kruger Gate (yellow circle) to the city, but is never far from the Sabie River in an extremely high-density game area! :yes:

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Re: Flavour of the month - August/September 2020: H11 - Main Road between Paul Kruger Gate and Skukuza

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:30 am
by Flutterby
A late afternoon sighting in April 2013. We were heading back to Skukuza and found these wild dogs just before gate-closing time.

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Re: Flavour of the month - August/September 2020: H11 - Main Road between Paul Kruger Gate and Skukuza

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:16 am
by Lisbeth
I don't remember exactly where they were, but around there ;-)
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Re: Flavour of the month - August/September 2020: H11 - Main Road between Paul Kruger Gate and Skukuza

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:12 am
by Richprins
Found out that the road was tarred by SANParks in the mid 1970s (It is mostly the eastern tip of the old S1 Doispane gravel road), after the completion of the high-water bridge at Kruger Gate! \O

The rest of Doispane was tarred much later, 1990s, after the completion of Phabeni gate.

Re: Flavour of the month - August/September 2020: H11 - Main Road between Paul Kruger Gate and Skukuza

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 8:45 am
by Flutterby
Nice pics, Lis. \O

Re: Flavour of the month - August/September 2020: H11 - Main Road between Paul Kruger Gate and Skukuza

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:41 am
by Richprins
Kruger Sightings
@LatestKruger
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18h
4:00 pm
1 African Civet stationary
H11, 350m before H4-1 turnoff, in a tree
Near Skukuza
5/5
Tinged by Corne Louw

Re: Flavour of the month - August/September 2020: H11 - Main Road between Paul Kruger Gate and Skukuza

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 12:59 pm
by Klipspringer
Civet in a tree 0-

Re: Flavour of the month - August/September 2020: H11 - Main Road between Paul Kruger Gate and Skukuza

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 7:54 am
by Flutterby
Doesn't say if it was dead or alive. :-? -O-