Overwhelmed with Kgalagadi

[nan]

the first one... maybe sub adult PCG

you have photographied the most pictural tree of the KTP (what a sentence only me... understand that )

the Mice is a Four-striped grass Mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio)

[Lisbeth]

There are more than one of those trees in KTP, Nan

[nan]

There are more than one of those trees in KTP, Nan

but this one is unique

[Mel]

A wonderfully typical day in the Kalahari Nice jackals pix!
And of course, one must have photo of the most famous and photographed tree of the whole park

I'm pretty sure the first one is a pale chanting goshawk too, sub-adult version.

[Flutterby]

Lovely pics of the jackal! And I actually really like the one of the dusty road and tree full of nests!

[pedro maia]

I knew I had seen that tree before .

[pedro maia]

That night at Nossob we had the first braai of the trip (me and my wife we like to watch Ultimate Braai Master), this time it was made by my wife and son, they did a very good job:

After dinner, which included a nice South African Pinotage, we went to see if Nossob´s waterhole lived up to the expectations, and it did, as we arrived there where to lions, one female, which left little after our arrival, and this big black maned male, which stayed with us for a while, drinking and scent marking the bushes (sorry for the quality of the pictures), we couldn´t ask for much more.

And when the male left, it was time for the jackals

We were very tired because of the long journey from home to the Park and then to Nossob but still I decided to put the alarm to 5:30 am, my daughter came with me and when we arrived to the hide, still empty at that time, we were rewarded with the sighting of this big bellied lioness, probably pregnant, I don´t know if they can get such a huge belly just eating

5:30 am, me and my daughter watching (and listening) this beautiful lady 15/20m from us, what more can you ask for?

The waterhole lady in video:

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[Flutterby]

Wow, awesome sightings at the waterhole!!

[Lisbeth]

Nossob waterhole is thee place to see lions. The lioness was very thirsty and she does look rather pregnant If she had been eating a big kill, she would most likely not have been alone

[pedro maia]

If I could go back in time I would have booked 2 or 3 nights at Nossob instead of only one, but that is a good reason to have a huge will to go there again somewhere in the future.

And not only because of the sightings at the waterhole, the early morning drive we took north of the camp next morning produced probaly the best sighting of the whole trip.