Friday, July 15, 2011

Today everything wanted to hide behind grass and bush.

 

Today we had booked a full day drive from Berg en Dal. It was cancelled yesterday afternoon and we decided on an easy day.Feathered friends provided some entertainment at a waterhole.

Black Stork

IMG_0903IMG_0916

Egyptian Geese

IMG_0926

Hamerkop

IMG_0931IMG_0943IMG_0951IMG_0963

White Rhino…strategically placed behind grass

IMG_0972

We were in search of the dogs again and someone told us there was a Leopard just down the road. The traffic was again chaotic and blatant disregard for Park rules was evident.

IMG_0979IMG_0989

The Leopard was quite a distance from the road and the dense bush didn’t help when trying to get a clear photograph.

IMG_1009IMG_1039IMG_1047

Birds in camp.

IMG_1053

IMG_1061IMG_1068

To compensate for our cancelled day drive we were offered a complimentary sunset drive.Just us the driver and the bush.

IMG_1079IMG_1090IMG_1095IMG_1097IMG_1103IMG_1113IMG_1122

LP

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Saddle Billed Storks and a Cheetah.

 

Today started sunny so we were optimistic. We were rather impressed with our first sighting

 

IMG_0687IMG_0697IMG_0699IMG_0705IMG_0711IMG_0716IMG_0719IMG_0723IMG_0745IMG_0766IMG_0791IMG_0799IMG_0812

Rhino rear end.

IMG_0816

All I can say is it took until day 11 of our trip to find this spotted one

IMG_0822IMG_0827

Can you still see me?

IMG_0840

Another example of disrespect of rules…

IMG_0844IMG_0845IMG_0849IMG_0853IMG_0859IMG_0862IMG_0871

Open wide.

IMG_0877IMG_0880IMG_0881

All that is left now…wild dog/caracal/porcupine/Duke

 

LP