Kgalagadi/Mabuasehube with Pooky and gang.
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:05 pm
I have been off the bus for awhile but back on now with a belated TT 
Better late than never as the saying goes....
We left Cape Town on 2nd Sept with a stop over at Citrusdal.
The 3rd saw us making our way to Kgalagadi Lodge just outside the Park.
We camped in thick sand but the private ablutions for each site were very good.
It was my birthday so dinner was at the Lodge and I was spoilt with a chocolate cake big enough
for everyone in the dining room to have a piece
A very blurred sunrise - but we were on our way
We were a party of 10 in 4 vehicles (the Fortuner gang - the 4th car was waiting for us in the Park).
Time to reduce tyre pressure.
Booking in was quick and easy. We met our friends along the way and headed for Nossob where fuel was topped up
and water tanks filled up, then on to Polentswa. We set up camp and enjoyed the evening solitude (if that is possible with 10
of us ) Of the 10 we were the only ones who had ever camped without fences 
These were the first little guys we saw. Playing or scrapping, whatever it was serious business.
Of course the sociable weavers were a big attraction for 2 of the group who were from Switzerland now living
here, but they had never seen these birds before.
This white (leucistic?) starling was at Tweerivieren. He was with normal starlings and they didn't sit still for long.
Braaiing was done and we were sitting around chatting when a lion roared. It sounded as if it was about 50M away.
Well everyone scattered to their tents. Dishes were thrown into the back of the trailers and locked away. Eventually
we calmed down and cautiously sat for a while - but wasn't long before bed called. The lions serenaded us throughout the night.
This was the beautiful sunset that ended the day.
Better late than never as the saying goes....
We left Cape Town on 2nd Sept with a stop over at Citrusdal.
The 3rd saw us making our way to Kgalagadi Lodge just outside the Park.
We camped in thick sand but the private ablutions for each site were very good.
It was my birthday so dinner was at the Lodge and I was spoilt with a chocolate cake big enough
for everyone in the dining room to have a piece
A very blurred sunrise - but we were on our way
We were a party of 10 in 4 vehicles (the Fortuner gang - the 4th car was waiting for us in the Park).
Time to reduce tyre pressure.
Booking in was quick and easy. We met our friends along the way and headed for Nossob where fuel was topped up
and water tanks filled up, then on to Polentswa. We set up camp and enjoyed the evening solitude (if that is possible with 10
of us
) Of the 10 we were the only ones who had ever camped without fences 
These were the first little guys we saw. Playing or scrapping, whatever it was serious business.
Of course the sociable weavers were a big attraction for 2 of the group who were from Switzerland now living
here, but they had never seen these birds before.
This white (leucistic?) starling was at Tweerivieren. He was with normal starlings and they didn't sit still for long.
Braaiing was done and we were sitting around chatting when a lion roared. It sounded as if it was about 50M away.
Well everyone scattered to their tents. Dishes were thrown into the back of the trailers and locked away. Eventually
we calmed down and cautiously sat for a while - but wasn't long before bed called. The lions serenaded us throughout the night.
This was the beautiful sunset that ended the day.
