Africa Wild

So after waiting for three months for a client to allow me to return to site in Gauteng to complete an installation finally they approved the cost of the trip .I also needed to meet with the Client in Mkhuhlu to get a contract signed so a plan was formulated .SO was willing to wait around in Gauteng while I was working at the site for a few days then we would go to the Client in Mkhuhlu for the meeting and onto Kruger for three nights . .

The trip went as planned and just after mid day on the 26h March we entered at Phabeni gate on our way for the overnight stay at Pretoriuskop .On the way to check in at camp in the heat of the day we found :

















We check into camp and chilled for a short while after all of the traveling for the day .

Three days in Kruger I'd like to live closer to be able to do that.

You got some really nice sightings for just the drive in The ellie was pretty close

Oops, I had forgotten about this one

Strange looking tortoise; it looks burnt Sweet zebbies

Interesting, Rog!

Looks quite warm!

It must be a little terrapin, Lis?

First I thought so, but isn't the shell of the terrapin more smooth?

Mel wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:10 am Three days in Kruger I'd like to live closer to be able to do that.

You got some really nice sightings for just the drive in The ellie was pretty close

It was just fortunate that I have a client at Mkhuhlu that I needed to meet with which is 5km from Phbeni gate else it would be a bit out the way

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:20 am Oops, I had forgotten about this one

Strange looking tortoise; it looks burnt Sweet zebbies

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:20 am Oops, I had forgotten about this one

Strange looking tortoise; it looks burnt Sweet zebbies

it was a Terapin a very small one in the middle of the S65 dirt road with the only water about 2km down the road where we saw the Hippo .We think possibly it had been taken by a bird or predator and dropped ,now it was trying to find its way back to water .

Might be seasonal but we found allot of the Zebra groups in these huddles during the trip . Where they rest on each others backs .

After unpacking ,refueling and stocking up at the shop at Pretorius we went out for a quick drive before gate closing heading off to Shithave Dam as we had alot of luck there last trip .

Our first predator was trying to make a quick getaway across the road with its spotty camouflaged skin


We duly stopped and waited unit it had reached a safe position and then carried on to the dam.

Arriving at the dam we found it very full from the recent rains .Taking over half the car viewing area which I guess had expanded due to the lower water levels .
A stork was busy directing traffic or maybe just drying out its wings It was quite fun to watch .





The only other mammals at the dam we saw were these very careful waterbuck


The sun was getting low and time was ticking to gate closing so we took a few landscape shots where you can see the level and left for camp.


The only other sighting we saw on the way back was a Waxbill cleaning up some bug splatter on the road .

Grand, Rog, and unique stork pics!

Never thought of chameleon as a predator!

The last one is a European roller.

My post has disappeared

A "quick getaway" related to a chameleon does not quite fit

Nice pics of the black storks

The waxbill is a European Roller, as RP has stated above

Richprins wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 5:58 pm Grand, Rog, and unique stork pics!

Never thought of chameleon as a predator!

The last one is a European roller.

Always getting that one confused

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:21 pm My post has disappeared

A "quick getaway" related to a chameleon does not quite fit

Nice pics of the black storks

The waxbill is a European Roller, as RP has stated above

yes they take forever to move then they sometimes just go back and forwards