I’ve just returned from a quick three-night solo visit to the Kruger National Park, and have some really memorable sightings to share with you. As the three of us will be heading back to Kruger again later in the month for a longer visit, I’ll be keeping you in suspense till we return – here though a little teaser-gallery just to wet your appetite for things to come!
Beautiful Blue Water Lily
Scenery near Pretoriuskop, complete with a giraffe
African Monarch butterflies and an incoming wasp
Swarm of honey bees
Layman butterfly
Two-pip Policeman (butterfly)
Tigerfish in the Sabie River
Juvenile Redbreast Tilapia
Bushveld Rain Frog
Platanna
Common River Frog in Skukuza
Speke’s Hinged Tortoise
Ashy Flycatcher
Blacksmith Lapwings
Black-winged Stilt
Goliath Heron with its catch
Grey Heron
Laughing Dove
Natal Spurfowl hen
Purple-crested Turaco
Swainson’s Spurfowl hen with her brood
Fulvous Whistling Duck “ducks” as two Water Thick-knees come in to land at Transport Dam
Buffalo bull
Dwarf Mongooses settling an argument in the camping area at Pretoriuskop
Elephant enjoying a mud bath
Impala ram on the bank of the Sabie
Mating Kudus
Lioness on the bridge at Lower Sabie
Nyala bull on the Salitje Road
Plains Zebra
Spotted Hyena youngster bullying a sibling
Spotted Hyenas in profile
African Wild Dogs
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I just wow, wow, wowed all over these photos – the herons, then the turaco, the elephant, …. so many!!
Glad you’re so excited by these first photos, Joanne – there’s many, many more to come once we’re back home!
WoW Dries!!
Stunning photos… shows just what one can do accomplish solo!! 😉
Thanks very much, AJ.
But when you are as tight a little family as we are you quickly miss your companions after entering Kruger. As nice as it is there. its not the same without Marilize and Joubert in the car with me.
Great photos Dries. I look forward to seeing more of your Kruger sightings.
I’m really looking forward to sharing them, Carol, as I had a blast – but first I am sure Shingwedzi has lots more in store for us!
Enjoy 😊
Thank you, Carol!
Amazing photos!😊
Thanks John – it’s all thanks to Kruger Park being such an amazing place!
Pragtige fotos Dries.
Baie dankie, Annelise!
Kon julle toe plek kry?
If these are the teasers I can’t wait to see the rest!
I can hardly wait so share it with you, Kathy!
… die grys heron is manjifiek!
Baie dankie Petru – ek was verbaas dat hy so gemaklik was om my reg onder hom te laat staan!
Die ene hier vlieg weg die oomblik as hy/sy beweging gewaar!
Die dat ek so verbaas was met hierdie een – hy is duidelik gewoond aan lense in sy gesig!
Ek glo dit. Moet deel: ‘n white-tailed mongoose in die tuin gesien hier twee aande terug. Eers nie geweet watse dier dit was nie. Dank vader vir die internet. Was laat, ek hoor die geritsel in die blare en sou dit gelos het behalwe my kat was die keer baie ontsteld, toe staan ek op om te kyk. Dis baie spesiaal!
Jy is voorwaar baie gelukkig om een te sien, Petru! En om nog n foto van een te kry is meer onwaarskynlik as om die lotto te wen!
‘n Foto van die internet af gekry Dries. Daar’s g’n manier dat my klein kameratjie, ieder die digital of the foon kamera die dier sou kon afneem nie. Ek het die flits op dit geskyn gehad maar dit sou nie gehelp het nie. Wat my verbaas het, dit het bly eet aan die stukkie avo wat die ape gelos het, en so ewe kortdaad oor die grasperk gestap, asof hy nie omgegee het om dopgehou te word nie.
Dis baie ongewoon dat hy so rustig is – hy is natuurlik al lankal in die geheim daar rondom julle gewees sonder dat julle hom opgemerk het. Ek het verlede naweek een in Pretoriuskop kamp in die Wildtuin gesien terwyl ek vir my aand stappies gegaan het, maar hy het elke keer laat spaander sodra hy agterkom hy’s gewaar.
Ek dink dis oor hy so ongestoord kon rondbeweeg. Net die vier huise wat bewoon is hier en saans is mense meesal binne, veral nou in die winter. Ek het gereeld die geritsel gehoor en partykeer gewonder maar dit afgemaak aan ‘n rondloperkat.
Ek waardeer hoe jy die klein en fyn net soveel in ag neem as die groot en amper sê ek broos. (Te lank wat ek ryme oefen!) Smiles.
Iemand so talentvol as jy mag maar orals dig waar jy kom, Petru!
Lag.
As always, a fabulous gallery of photos.
And you are as kind and generous as always, thanks P J B!
🙂
Suksesvolle 3 dae
Geheel-en-al, Tina!
This gallery is fabulous enough, and when you say it is just a teaser it is mind-boggling!
How come I have never seen a fraction of what you see on my visits? (grumble, growl)
Just very, very lucky, Leslie – wish that luck would extend to the Lotto though so I could spend even more time in our wild places!
What spectacular views – all of them! I can imagine it was an amazing trip, and will be even more so when you share these views together with your family 🙂
That’s so very true, Takami – beautiful places like this needs to be enjoyed with loved ones!
Goeiste de Wet, hier is wonderlike fotos!
Duisend dankies, Una!
Dis so pragtig daar!
Absoluut, Aletta – wat n wonderlike plek!
A teaser indeed – you make me want to get into our bakkie and go man go! WHAT a wonderful variety of pictures you have here – a lovely change from only the the big and hairy. So many butterflies, and those fish!
I have a special post lined up just for the butterflies, Anne – the Lowveld Bittertea-bushes were in flower at Skukuza and Pretoriuskop and I managed to get photos of no less than 28 species of butterflies flitting around them!
I look forward to seeing them!
Oh wow.
Kruger really is a “Wow!” kind of place, Tracy!
🙂
The lioness looks so beautiful.
Oh she definitely knows she’s the queen! More of how she brought traffic to a standstill soon!
Oh, looking forward to that!!
fantastic shots
Thank you kindly!
As always, you have plenty of fabulous shots. I especially like the very top shot and the one of the heron with the fish. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
janet
Thanks for visiting Kruger Park with me, Janet!
Lovely photos
Thank you very much, Roy, and welcome here!