Photos from Kruger National Park, wildlife photos etc....
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The coast is stunning, there is one concession which was a 500km drive to get to, they then meet at the end of this road (about 100km to go) and take you another 50km over the dunes to the lodge. The sand is full of black as it contains iron.
http://shipwrecklodge.com.na
You get one of these:
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which is full of wild animals and it's hundreds of miles from anywhere in a restricted area.
http://shipwrecklodge.com.na
You get one of these:
On this river:
which is full of wild animals and it's hundreds of miles from anywhere in a restricted area.
Finally got reasonable wifi connection. Plenty of good sightings in Kruger earlier. Spent 45mins watching a leopard from about 10 feet. We were about 5k north of Letaba and it was late afternoon so we only got to the rest camp with a few minutes to spare.
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They are nice. I checked back and the one we saw last year also had an injured eye - but the left, not right, so obviously a different animal.
We saw this leopard several times - it had an impala in a tree near to our camp. It has an injured eye.
Leopard lying_1 by Ian123_running, on Flickr
barbet_camp by Ian123_running, on Flickr
Ian
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_DSC2143Thanks, the Genet was there for a couple of minutes after running across the road in front of the vehicle. Fortunately we had a spotlight available. There was a pack of 9 wild dogs on the road about half an hour earlier but by the time we got close enough for pictures they had headed off into the bush so I only got a very long distance shot from behind of the last one disappearing but at least you can tell it's a wild dog. I have about 3000 pictures to sort through and edit when I get back.
Hazelberry
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Beautiful, beautiful animals. Many people think they're cats, but while they're in the same ballpark (Feliformia) and share some behaviours, they're in the same family as civets. They were introduced to Spain from Africa by the Moors, who used them for shipboard rat control.
Genets can be kept as carefully contained exotic pets in a few places they aren't native to. They're somewhat smaller than a domestic cat. There's a hilarious video on YT of a cat, two young pet genets, and a scratching post with catnip rubbed into it; also one of a genet riding a rhinoceros.
Great picture!
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Ground Hornbill
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Ground hornbills by Colin Bailey, on Flickr
Young Hyena, Letaba by Colin Bailey, on Flickr
canonman
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Genets are lovely. We have been very lucky with wild dogs on our last couple of visits. There's a large pack just North of Phalaborwa that we have seen a few times.
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A group of female elephants and their calves enjoying a mud bath on the Olifants River
Glorious mud by Colin Bailey, on Flickr
Glorious mud by Colin Bailey, on Flickr