Africa Wild

cute litte Red Hartebeest
Slender, so difficult to capture... in the box
what a Tiny Tortoise and a Snipe

nan wrote:cute litte Red Hartebeest
Slender, so difficult to capture... in the box
what a Tiny Tortoise and a Snipe

Strange to see a mongoose so relaxed

Sweet hartebeest baby with mom

Lisbeth wrote:Strange to see a mongoose so relaxed

Agreed! Especially a slender mongoose... they usually just run off

Thanks for the dates, Gavin

Will patiently await your other posts Will have to wait before putting them on the sighting thread anyway until you've done them here.
But thanks for offering

Thanks once again to everyone who has commented on my stop/go trip report, I really do appreciate each and every one.



A mean little kitty

After having been in the Kgalagadi for about two weeks at this stage, we considered ourselves to be pretty clued up as to whether or not there was a storm brewing.

And tonight, looking at the horizon to the south east, we were sure we were in for some more fun and games, so we decided to hot foot it back to camp before the storm arrived.




We did however, pause for a moment to admire this jackal on the side of the road



Just as we were about to turn into the Rooiputs campsite we saw a car stopped at the access road.

The reason.

This stunning African wild cat, looking as if butter would not melt in its mouth



Or not!!!






Looking at the patterns in it’s coat it appeared as if it’s face was mirrored on it’s legs and chest. Quite weird

It wasn’t long before the cat turned and disappeared into the thicket behind it



Once back in camp we realised that we were wrong about the storm as it appeared to have missed us, and all it had done was to provide us with a really special sunset





A very happy bunny



And his SO enjoyed a special evening back in Rooiputs that evening



Along with a few of the local critters

Lovely kitty

yes, nice Cat and... people

nan wrote:yes, nice Cat and... people

And you too

Brotherly love

Friday 6 January dawned and we set off early northwards towards Kij Kij .

It was going to be a really special day.

Early morning sightings included a porcupine and an African Wild Cat whilst the light was still too poor to get any decent photos.

About a kilometre before the intersection, we met up with this male lion walking purposefully towards the waterhole.
We followed him as he strode up the riverbed



Once we got closer we noticed that there was another lion waiting and contact calling just before the Lower Dune road.



Wanting to see what they would do when they met, I decided to go ahead and wait, positioning the bakkie in a good spot.
We were not disappointed with the outcome.







Talk about brotherly love.





After the prolonged greeting, the pair decided to drink from a puddle of water right next to our car
Our positioning could not have been better



They were so close to us that we could hear them breathing as they drank





After partially slating their thirst, they marched off hand in hand past the Kij Kij waterhole to the natural waterhole/dam just north of Kij Kij



Picture perfect poses as they drank at the natural water hole







We continued to follow them as they carried on north up the riverbed

Those two really love each other