Krugertripping this Summer...
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The leopard sighting would already have made my day and I would have returned to sleep for another couple of hours
The afternoon sounds real nice though 
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Very successful! That leopard sighting is a dream come true and the rest is stuff that really makes a day a happy one!
Really love the banded mongoose and the fish eagle (or is it an osprey
) as well.
(I don't get up in Kruger, only do Kgalagadi by now.
And definitely not at 3.30. I think the earliest was 4 am, but
recently we took to lying in until the sun rises.
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Really love the banded mongoose and the fish eagle (or is it an osprey
(I don't get up in Kruger, only do Kgalagadi by now.
recently we took to lying in until the sun rises.
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Great Leopard sighting, wonderful pictures
Nice to see the Lions and WendyA in the picture too....
Nice to see the Lions and WendyA in the picture too....
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Outstanding leopard sighting
Very unusual that this cat stays for so long on the road when there are a few cars around. In my experience they vanish into the bush after 35 minutes..
And of course your lions are very impressive as well. It seems that all these cats wanted to make it into yout TR so they decided to pose for you
And of course your lions are very impressive as well. It seems that all these cats wanted to make it into yout TR so they decided to pose for you
Show respect for wild creatures. DON'T report your actual sightings on the internet!!!
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Fantastic leopard sighting!!
We had a similar sighting on the same road with a mom leopard and two youngsters...they also walked right past our car...could have touched them!
I love that baby mongoose!
And a lovely lion sighting...how many were there?
I love that baby mongoose!
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Fabulous leopard sighting
Those francolins in the background look like suicide chickens
And the rest of your day was stunning as well! Great sightings, and how nice not to have too many people around at the special ones

And the rest of your day was stunning as well! Great sightings, and how nice not to have too many people around at the special ones
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Wow great Leopard sighting AND Lions and offcourse all the other beautifull animals are just as great

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Nan, this was truly a great day with cats and birdies and some nice small creatures as well, some roads where quiet but at the end a very enjoyable daynan wrote:nice diversity![]()
magnificent Leopardand Francolins a bit
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disgusting rest of the Hippowith a Fish Eagle ready to eat too
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cute banded Mongooses and colorful Blue Agama
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We weren't that lucky with the leppies but the golden cats were much more obligingBushcraft wrote:Fantastic sightings still to come
You are tormenting me with that leopard sightingBrilliant
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You didn’t reverse
Did the hippo carcass stink![]()
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Heyand then an awesome lion sighting
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Great day
EIsh BC it was vrot, I got a bit green, and not in a good way
Thanks Amoli, still some more to come...Amoli wrote:Super Leppie pics Heksie - wow! what a sighting![]()
Oh no Lisbeth, I prefer to not sleep when it is still cool enough to search for cats, and it paid offLisbeth wrote:The leopard sighting would already have made my day and I would have returned to sleep for another couple of hours![]()
The afternoon sounds real nice though
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WOW - I see your carcass - technique worked on this trip as well
I can imagine that stench!!!

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Thanks MelMel wrote:Very successful! That leopard sighting is a dream come true and the rest is stuff that really makes a day a happy one!
Really love the banded mongoose and the fish eagle (or is it an osprey) as well.
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(I don't get up in Kruger, only do Kgalagadi by now.And definitely not at 3.30. I think the earliest was 4 am, but
recently we took to lying in until the sun rises.)
I totally agree, after the leopard sighting I was in seventh heaven but then day got better by the bonus added sightings
I checked my book, but can be wrong, I do believe it is a juvenile fish eagle
Mel, when last did yo visit KNP? I still have to do my first KTP trip, hopefully by 2015...
THanks Vinkie, I had 3 great sightings of the spotted cat and it was one of them, the sightings were very well balanced with some great days and some not so awesome days but I enjoyed ever single day in the Park and wished it didn't end... I just saw how big the lion was in relation to her carvinkie wrote:Great Leopard sighting, wonderful pictures
Nice to see the Lions and WendyA in the picture too....
Well 35 minutes is a good time, I normally get at the most 5 minutes as there are too many cars and I have to move or the vanish into thin airflying cheetah wrote:Outstanding leopard sighting![]()
Very unusual that this cat stays for so long on the road when there are a few cars around. In my experience they vanish into the bush after 35 minutes..
And of course your lions are very impressive as well. It seems that all these cats wanted to make it into yout TR so they decided to pose for you
The golden cats are always friendly towards me and they seem to allow me having a close encounter with them, also they stop for pics so they are number one on my list
Thanks Flutts, ooh two youngsters... I still need to see one cubFlutterby wrote:Fantastic leopard sighting!!![]()
We had a similar sighting on the same road with a mom leopard and two youngsters...they also walked right past our car...could have touched them!
I love that baby mongoose!![]()
And a lovely lion sighting...how many were there?
THere were 3 male lions and 4 females, we only had the 2 males lounging in the shade and as we moved to give the other cars a good view another male appeared and a bit of a fight happened but I heard it and missed taking pics of it as I was positioned wrong
It was so funny checking the leppie snarling at the bush chickens and then they made him stand up and move awayPJL wrote:Fabulous leopard sighting![]()
Those francolins in the background look like suicide chickens
And the rest of your day was stunning as well! Great sightings, and how nice not to have too many people around at the special ones
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It is strange because we would expect heavy roadblocks as we were in the south but nothing of that happened, I had just one bad roadblock day the whole trip...
Thanks Harrysharrys wrote:Wow great Leopard sighting AND Lions and offcourse all the other beautifull animals are just as great![]()
Cats are always great to see but the grey headed kingfisher was the bonus card for the day
my carcass techniqueTwigga wrote:![]()
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That is a goooooood cat sighting!!
She is beautifull!!!!!!
WOW - I see your carcass - technique worked on this trip as well(You can confess about that hippo now Heksie, we won't judge
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I can imagine that stench!!!
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I'm still waiting for Lesego to come with an official report, hopefully I will get it soon
2016
18-23 March Sabie Park
8 -11 July Tsendze
12-15 July Satara
30 Sept-4 Oct Lower Sabie
27 Dec-7 Jan Satara
18-23 March Sabie Park
8 -11 July Tsendze
12-15 July Satara
30 Sept-4 Oct Lower Sabie
27 Dec-7 Jan Satara