One of our favourite activities when out visiting South Africa’s wild places is to search the grounds of the places where we are staying with a flashlight at night, looking for nocturnal wildlife. Skukuza, being the biggest of the camps in the Kruger National Park, is usually especially productive, as most of the wildlife inhabiting the camp is exceptionally used to having humans gawking at them!
It may look like some sort of giant cross between a dragonfly and a moth, but this large insect is actually an adult Blotched Long-horned Antlion!
Grey Duiker
Cape Porcupine
Thick-tailed Bushbaby
The pond in front of Skukuza’s reception is a wonderful place to photograph a variety of amphibians – on our latest visit the reeds and rocks there were alive with the calls of male Painted Reed Frogs and Sharp-nosed Grass Frogs trying their best to impress their female counterparts.
Skukuza Pond
Common River Frog in Skukuza
Painted Reed Frog
Painted Reed Frog
Painted Reed Frog
Painted Reed Frog
DeWetsWild 
Kwaak, kwaak… kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa….. kkkk!! 😉
Vermenigvuldig met 100 om idee te kry hoe dit snags by Skukuza se poeletjie klink!
Awesome. So many things to see at night, especially in the camp sights.
Absolutely Cal. A whole new world comes to life after the sun goes down.
I did not realize that porcupines were nocturnal. Oooh, imagine bumping into that in the middle of the night!
I don’t know whether all of them are, but the porcupines here in South Africa are strictly nocturnal. I agree, Lois; I wouldn’t want to tangle with a porcupine in the dark!
Oh, what wonderful wildlife you are seeing, thanks for sharing…
It is our pleasure entirely, Vicky!
Mooi foto’s
Baie dankie, Tina!
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The frog looks like some exotic gem stone.