Flavour of the Month March 2014: Gardenia Hide and S-119

Post by **Richprins** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:29 pm

Hello!

fc is nowhere to be found regarding nominating this month, so I will do it!

This hide and road are sometimes not regularly visited, but regularly provide great sightings! $\O$

Post by **Toko** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:29 pm

Map: Gardenia Hide & S119

Post by **Richprins** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:37 pm

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:50 pm

Richprins wrote:
This hide and road are sometimes not regularly visited, but regularly provide great sightings! $\O$

Sure does, and the S119 has a beautiful Jackalberry tree

Saw my first wild dogs on this road circa 1984

Post by **Toko** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:07 pm

This is what there was to be seen on my last visit in August

Post by **Richprins** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:09 pm

Sjoe, you are old, Duke!

$\O$

Thanks, Toko!

Saw my 5th leopard there, I think...circa 1989...

Actually a funny story! There are quite a few viewpoints south of the hide...and us students stopped in the middle of nowhere, and had our morning coffee and rusks, after having left camp at gate opening while camping!

How times have changed!

There is quite a prominent Marula tree on the other bank...it was still quite leafy in winter...

And lo and behold a leopard jumped out of it, causing consternation in the gelandewagen! $\O$

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 6:16 pm

Our first wild dog sighting in Kruger - scanned photo

Post by **Richprins** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 6:36 pm

A wounded one!

Not a snare? Snares normally lower down the neck?

$\O$

(You know the best way of scanning, imo, is to take a digital camera pic of the photo using the macro function? Almost faultless! $\O$ )

Post by **Amoli** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:19 pm

This is my only pic of the S119 leading on to the s25. Being new in Kruger I didn't know I could travel to the hide and back - it was only the S25 that was closed.

I will certainly do that road at the end of April.

Post by **Richprins** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:04 pm

From the hide:

Africa Wild