Making good on his escape, this large male baboon was being chased from the hut it was raiding at Thendele Camp, in the Royal Natal National Park
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The Beach
I’ve wonderful childhood memories of Swartvlei Strand (Beach), in the Wilderness section of the Garden Route National Park, near the town of Sedgefield in South Africa’s Western Cape Province. The unique rock formation some distance from the beach has always been fascinating to me, resembling a male lion lying down, looking out over the Indian Ocean.
We’re participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com‘s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s challenge is “The Beach“
Kruger National Park, April 2013
We recently had another (long awaited) breakaway to the paradise that is the Kruger National Park, spending one night in historic Pretoriuskop Rest Camp followed by four nights in Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp. Both these camps are located in the very popular south of the Park and we’ll bring you more detail on each in future installments of de Wets Wild.
Thanks to two consecutive years of exceptionally high rainfall the Park is lush and green with surface water abounding in all the watercourses and seasonal pans. Of course this made searching for game a little harder but we still had numerous excellent sightings of the spectacular wild animals and birds for which the Kruger National Park is known the world over. The weather also played along beautifully and for six days we could forget that winter is hiding just around the corner here in South Africa.
Click on any of the images below to view them all in a carousel gallery, and have a look at the links provided at the end for some additional photos taken during our most recent trip to heaven.
Malelane sunrise
Rhino roadblock – pity we don’t understand what he’s saying!
Waterbuck at Shitlhave Dam near Pretoriuskop
Hyenas on the move
Kudu couw
Not a hungry hungry hippo!
The King marking his territory
Princess in hiding
Spotted hyena on the lookout for breakfast
Old man buffalo
Stripes and more stripes
Hippos at Ntandanyathi Hide
Impala sizing up one another
Tree agama
Not happy to be disturbed during lunch
Elephant herd on the move
A flock of storks catching fish trapped in a small pool
Young giraffe bulls sparring
Rocky outcrops lending character to the landscape around Pretoriuskop
Pretoriuskop Rest Camp
Stream crossing near Pretoriuskop
Rocky outcrops lending character to the landscape around Pretoriuskop
Rocky outcrops lending character to the landscape around Pretoriuskop
Marula sunrise near Crocodile Bridge
Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp
Pattern
The pattern on the posterior of the Common Waterbuck gives the impression that the animal had an unfortunate encounter with a freshly-painted toilet seat. As their name suggests these large, gregarious antelope are never found far from a permanent water source.
“Pattern” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge
Scent
When it rains in Africa an incomparably sweet aroma lingers in the air. It’s a smell that rejuvenates the soul and stirs a deep connection with the continent and the country we call home.
This photograph was taken just north of Mopani Rest Camp, in the Kruger National Park
We’re participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com‘s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s challenge is “Scent“
Movement
On most occasions you’d encounter African Wild Dogs, they’ll be running somewhere, covering enormous distances in quick time. This photograph was taken near the Afsaal picnic spot, in the Kruger National Park.
Wild Dog on the move
We’re participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazineLetsBeWild.com‘s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s challenge is “Movement“.
Kruger Park 30/04/2013
We’ve enjoyed our final sunset of this Kruger Park visit, and wasn’t it gorgeous?
Tomorrow we’ll be heading back home to Pretoria, but only after we undertake a final game drive. Will Kruger have one more parting gift in store for us?
Birds of a feather
We’re participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com‘s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s challenge is “Birds of a feather” and we’re submitting a collection of photographs of some of the more than one hundred bird species we’ve identified over the last five days that we’ve been spending here in the Kruger National Park.
Blue Waxbill
Pied wagtail
Hooded (left) and Lappet-faced (right) Vultures
Tawny Eagle
Wire-tailed Swallow
Lilac-breasted Roller
Pearl-spotted owlet
White-crowned Lapwing
Yellow-billed Hornbill
Hamerkop
Helmeted Guineafowl
Ground Hornbill
Black Flycatcher
Fish Eagle
Kori Bustard
White-fronted Bee-eater
Bateleur
Kruger Park 29/04/2013
What a view!
Today we enjoyed our lunch at the picnic spot high above the Mlondozi Dam, from where we could watch pods of hippos and herds of elephants mingle while enjoying a cool drink ourselves.
Kruger Park 28/04/2013
Thick mist blanketing the Crocodile Bridge section of the Kruger National Park this morning
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