We were very fortunate to have encountered two of the rarer antelope species to be found in the Kruger National Park today: a roan antelope bull mixing with a herd of tsessebe, near Babalala picnic spot in the north of the Park
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Great sighting. I am sure that it was a combination of patience, experience and luck. We still haven’t been lucky enough to see a roan or sable in the Kruger. I understand that they are further north and very, very rare.
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Thank you Vince!
Indeed, if you want to find the roan you’d have to head up to the north of the Park – our latest sighting was just 2km from Shingwedzi along the S50, at the end of April ’14. Sable however do occur further south, and there your best bet of finding them is along the S36 past Muzandzeni and Nhlanguleni picnic spots, and around Pretoriuskop. Hope you’ll find them next time you venture over the river into the Park, and then share your photos with us on your blog 😉
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Are these known as ‘sable’? We also saw about 15 sable which our South African driver, guides etc were excited to see due to their rarity.
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Roan are very close relatives of the sable Woolly Muses, and yes, sable too are seldomly seen, so you were indeed very lucky indeed!
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It explains why our driver was excited . I think we had a remarkable sightings. Thank you.
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Fortunate indeed!! 😉
Or, in the right place at the right time? 😀
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Fortunate to be in the right place at the right rime AJ 😉
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Wow, what a capture! Thank you for the amazing photo.
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Thanks for the very kind comment Amy!
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You are so lucky… “two birds with one stone so to say”…
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Definitely was a very lucky sighting, thanks Bulldog!
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Yes! This is all you can bargain for going up north. A tusker and roan within two days, well done and thanks for sharing.
Kind regards,
Maurice
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Thanks Maurice! Yes, we count ourselves very lucky with the sightings we’ve had thus far. Two more days left in the Park and hoping our luck doesn’t run out 😉
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I love you Blog. One of my fellow bloggers posted this yesterday and if affected me for the ENTIRE day..How can this be stopped from the USA? I feel helpless and it made me sick.
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Thank you very much Kathryn. Yes indeed, poaching is a sickening issue to put it mildly. There’s information on many organisations you could support with your time, skills and donations on the world rhino day website (clicking on the WRD poster on our blog should take you to their site). Thanks for caring!
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I will thank you !!!!
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