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Satara Summer 2021 – 19 December

Not to brag, but it seems our days here at Satara in the Kruger National Park are just getting better and better and better… We did a circular route today – Satara to N’wanedzi, onwards to Tshokwane, and then back to Satara via Nhlanguleni and Muzandzeni. The encounters we had were magic.

Buffalo bull (photo by Joubert)

Cheetahs hunting near Nwanetsi

Elephant owning the road (photo by Joubert)

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Big male lion

Wet Baboon piggy-back (photo by Joubert)

Young male kudu (photo by Joubert)

Green-winged Pytilia (photo by Joubert)

Standoff between Vervet Monkeys and Water Dikkoppe (Water Thick-knees) at Mazithi Dam

Leopardess relaxing in a Marula tree (photo by Joubert)

Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake (photo by Joubert)

Yellow-billed Hornbill (photo by Joubert)

Satara’s famous white lion (photo by Joubert)

Satara Summer 2021 – 18 December

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We’re still having a wonderful time in the Kruger National Park, and we’re going to have so many stories to tell you when we get back home!

Black-backed Jackal having a staring contest with a lion

Mighty lion

Dwarf Mongoose

Bateleur feast

Green-backed Heron

African Cuckoo

Waterbuck herd

Satara Summer 2021 – 17 December

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Today’s weather was a complete opposite to what we experienced on previous days of this visit to the Kruger National Park. It was drizzly and windy, with temperatures dropping by more than half from the low to mid-40ºC’s of the previous days to a maximum of 21ºC today. Still, we had some amazing sightings, especially in the early morning. These predator photographs were all taken by Joubert today.

Big male lion (photo by Joubert)

Big male lion, smiling for the camera (photo by Joubert)

Spotted Hyena (photo by Joubert)

Baby Black-backed Jackal (photo by Joubert)

Big Nile Crocodile (photo by Joubert)

Satara Summer 2021 – 15 December

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Tonight just a quick collection of photographs taken today in the Kruger National Park.

Baboon gymnast

Hungry Hyena cub

Dwarf Bittern

Hangry Hippo!

Woolly-necked Stork

Enormous tusker

Baby elephant cuteness

Thank you also for all the comments received on posts in the previous days – I will still get around to answering them all!

Satara Summer 2021 – 14 December

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It’s the summer holidays in South Africa and we find ourselves back at Satara, in the Kruger National Park. We encountered these Painted Wolves, or African Wild Dogs, on the road heading into the Park from Orpen Gate today. These are all Joubert’s photographs.