Extended KTP Trip oct 2013

[Kesheshe]

Tina we could take hundreds of shoots of the doves and often do as each photo ends up different.

[Kesheshe]

The BBJ's persistent pays off.

[Kesheshe]

Day 11 - 13th October - Continued











We had coffee and then decided to move on to Kwang. Kwang is a lovely waterhole with wide open spaces and unfortunately just as we were arriving a beautiful big male lion was half way across the river bed which meant we had just missed him drinking.

We did not hang around Kwang long and proceeded to Bedinkt. It took us a while to get there as we ran into a roadblock. No it was not cars like Gauteng highway it was a female lion walking in the road with no consideration for traffic going in either direction.



This went on for more than a few kilometres before she got bored of this game and went off into the bush. We followed her for a while but then she completely disappeared.

By now the sun had really made its appearance but there was still a very chilly appearance. On arrival at Bedinkt the usual suspects were to be found as in lion, jackals, springbok, gemsbok but surprisingly for once no wildebeest. For those who know this waterhole well we went to the bottom parking area and amused ourselves with the squirrels for over 30 minutes.







Since we had a long driving day yesterday we elected to turn around and head back to Nossob. The drive back was uneventful and each waterhole was fairly quiet allowing us to return to our chalet by 10.30am via the shop to purchase some wood for brunch and dinner.

[Lisbeth]

More feathers than meat on a dove

I just love to watch the squirrels

[Tina]

hardly enough food for a jackal and a big effort to catch them

[Mel]

Shame for the missed photo opportunity, but at least you were able to watch the jackal
chasing and catching the dove. Not something you get to see all the time.

Love the cute squirrel babies. Simply adorable.

[Kesheshe]

Day 11 - 13th October - Continued

SO made lovely chopped boiled eggs which we had with toast and left over hamburgers for lunch. We then proceeded to recharge some equipment and download some photographs before retiring for a rest at 1pm.

SO had tried new cortisone cream on her bee stings the night before and the swelling and rash had drastically reduced – can seriously recommend this product.

Awoke at 3.30pm after a very nice COOL sleep to pack the cameras and coffee etc. back in the car for our afternoon drive which we had planned to go South in the hope of good photographic light.

We left camp at 4pm expecting to be at Marie’s se draai (11km’s) by 4.20pm we eventually got there at 6pm. It was the slowest 10km’s I have ever done and the reason for this was following a lone male cheetah for at least 6km’s of this distance.

We eventually lost cheetah as it moved across to the other side of the river bed this was about 1.2km’s short of the waterhole.











We proceeded to marie se draai and sat and looked at vacant space as there was not an animal 500m of the waterhole either way. At around about 6.20pm when we were considering leaving we were rewarded for our patience when the cheetah came strolling down the middle of the riverbed in perfect light.

[Lisbeth]

Beautiful animal

[Tina]

stunning pictures

[Mel]

I still have no idea who he is.