We spent the past weekend with good friends in and around the Loskop Dam Nature Reserve, taking in the peaceful atmosphere, spectacular scenery and diverse wildlife. Here’s a gallery showing some of what we saw and experienced – if you’d like to know more about Loskop Dam and the general area, have a read here.
On the trail to the waterfall at Waterfall Safari Lodge
On the trail to the waterfall at Waterfall Safari Lodge
On the trail to the waterfall at Waterfall Safari Lodge
On the trail to the waterfall at Waterfall Safari Lodge
On the trail to the waterfall at Waterfall Safari Lodge
On the trail to the waterfall at Waterfall Safari Lodge
Waterfall at Waterfall Safari Lodge
Waterfall at Waterfall Safari Lodge
On the trail to the waterfall at Waterfall Safari Lodge
On the trail to the waterfall at Waterfall Safari Lodge
View from Waterfall Safari Lodge
Garden Commodore (wet season colouration)
Natal Acraea
Guinea-fowl Butterfly
Foxy Emperor
Spotted Joker
Mixed bag of butterflies at a mud puddle
Poisonous Koppie Foam Grasshopper
Common Stick Grasshopper camouflage
Elegant Grasshopper nymphs
Golden Orb Web Spider – the female is considerably larger than the male
Red Toad at the Waterfall Safari Lodge
Arrow-marked Babbler
Male Red-backed Shrike
Woodland Kingfisher
Bushbuck ram
Bushbuck ewe
Warthog
Warthog
Kudu
Kudu
Waterbuck ewe
Waterbuck bull
Impala ram
Impala lamb
Impala lamb
Giraffe
Vervet monkey
Loskop scenery
Loskop scenery
Loskop scenery
Lily Dam Hide in Loskop Dam Nature Reserve
Lily Dam Hide in Loskop Dam Nature Reserve
DeWetsWild 
great photo’s! absolutely love wildlife shots!
Thank you so much! Welcome here!
Ai nou het jy weer lekker terug gevat na 1970 toe ons met skool daar langs die dam gekamp het vir n week. Ek het ook naweke toe ek “gevry” het daarlangs gery Secunda toe en terug vanaf Potgietersrus. Sondag aand laat met vensters wyd oop gery as ek so daar langs dam gery het om die heerlike lug in te neem!
Ek glo as jy vandag weer daar ry gaan jy nogsteeds so voel, Ineke. Dis n pragtige landsdeel!
Die paar fotos v d dam lyk nog dieselfde. Ek is net bly daar is nog steeds water in die dam.
Looks like the rains arrived! Beautiful!
PS – Thanks for the butterflies!! 😉
Indeed, the central, eastern and northern parts of the country have received good rains, AJ. But the western and southern regions are still in the drought’s firm grip…
Sjoe – pragtige plek! Skerp fotos.
Dankie Spokie! Die Loskop omgewing is gewis n pragtige wereld.
I love the first photo featured at the top. It looks like you caught him landing from a leap?
… and of course, the wonderful Kingfishers always make me smile with their very large beaks compared to their body 🙂
That’s right Joanne – shutter clicked just at the moment the bushbuck ewe landed on the road. I love the sound of the Woodland Kingfisher especially – they only visit us in summer.
It was one of those great shots that you’re lucky to land perfect timing (pun intended 😉 )
Thanks Joanne!
What an impressive variety of wildlife!
Absolutely, and the photos give only a glimpse of the diversity to be found in the Loskop area!
Such a great capture of the bushbuck ewe!
Thanks very much, Lois!
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for visiting Loskop with us!
Looks like a grand weekend. Thanks for letting me tag along.
janet
Always nice to have you on the road with us, Janet!
Always fun for me, too.