Back from the Kalahari

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We’ve just arrived home after a little more than a week spent exploring two of South Africa’s most remote national parks – the Augrabies Falls National Park and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Here’s a little selection of the thousands of pictures we came back home with for you to enjoy while we work at answering all the comments you left for us on the scheduled posts that published during our absence. Of course there’ll be many more pictures from these two magnificent destinations in the weeks to come!

Augrabies Falls
Augrabies Falls
Dassie (Rock Hyrax)
Baby Dassie
Orange River White-eye
Augrabies Flat Lizard male
Sunrise over Augrabies Falls
Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra
Starry skies over Augrabies
Sunrise over the Augrabies landscape shows a lone Quiver Tree
This Sociable Weaver nest near Twee Rivieren in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park may well be one of the biggest constructions by birds on the planet!
Crimson-breasted Shrike
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Jackal visiting our braai in Twee Rivieren (camera trap photo)
African Wild Cat
Burchell’s Sandgrouse (male)
Blue wildebeest
Kalahari lioness
Giraffes
Gemsbok
Bat-eared Fox
African Harrier Hawk
Sunset at Mata Mata
Southern White-faced Owl seen in Mata Mata
Lions at sunrise
Lioness peaking over a ridge
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Steenbok
Northern Black Korhaan
Red Hartebeest
Lion close-up
Ground Squirrels
Pearl-spotted Owlet seen in Nossob
Lioness at Nossob’s fence
Bibron’s Thick-toed Gecko
Lanner Falcon with prey
Springbok showing off
Sociable Weaver
Windpump working hard
Puff Adder
Brown Hyena and Black-backed Jackals on a carcass
Lion watched by wildebeest
Springbok herd
Meerkat Family (Suricates)
Lion on a dune in the Kgalagadi

46 thoughts on “Back from the Kalahari”

    1. DeWetsWild's avatarde Wets Wild Post author

      We’re going to dedicate a special post to the Augrabies Flat Lizard soon, Kathy – they’re fascinating inhabitants of the Park and occur almost nowhere else!

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  10. Leya's avatarLeya

    Gorgeous shots! This was a real treat, and I understand you came back with thousands and thousands of photos. Looking forward to more!

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    1. DeWetsWild's avatarde Wets Wild Post author

      It’s been years since our last visit to these two special places, Anne, and yet when we arrived there was just such a welcoming familiarity about them. Such special destinations.

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    1. DeWetsWild's avatarde Wets Wild Post author

      Die lug bo Augrabies was absoluut een sterre-massa, Dina! Terwyl ons in die Kalahari was was die maan so vol vir meeste van die nag dat ons daar eintlik op die sterre uitgemis het. Die maan was so vol en helder daar dat mens nie eers n lig nodig gehad het om die leeus langs Nossob se heining te sien stap nie!

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      2. DeWetsWild's avatarde Wets Wild Post author

        Nee, op Nossob het ons in die ou familie-eenheid, no8, gebly – dis die een wat jy voor jou sien as jy van Twee Rivieren af inry by Nossob se hek.

      3. perdebytjie's avatarperdebytjie

        Ons bly ook altyd daar rond…kan nou nie die nommers onthou nie, was al in ‘n hele paar van daardie eenhede.Dis darem heel gerieflik.Die nuwes het eers in Desember oopgemaak. Ek het bietjie gaan loer toe hulle nog gewerk het daaraan…baie mooi gelyk.

      4. DeWetsWild's avatarde Wets Wild Post author

        Die nuwe eenhede se ligging kan nie oortref word nie, en as bonus het hul inwoners baie gerieflik die nagtelike leeu-konsert gade geslaan!

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