SANParks Blog

Please dont call me “just a quick one again”, but you wont believe when I tell you that the inverter packed up today! After spending all that money yesterday…Engel called the manufacturers in Jhb and was told that the 150W is too small to charge a laptop…I need at least a 300W…so hopefully SIL Susan [...]

Once again thank you for all the comments…I apologize as I believe the pics were a bit big and some struggled to view the blog.  In todays episode I will make them small and lets see how it goes! So the alarm clock was set for 5am to give us time to at least have [...]

After a very unrestfull night and driving for almost 9 hours we have arrived at Letaba!!! From the gate to here, we did not see much apart from a few impala and 2 or 3 elephants. We checked in and found a spot close to the fence but behind the kitchen and a little walk [...]

Popped out quickly yesterday for a visit to the WCNP, specifically Geelbek’s bird hide. The quickly part being due to a pushing tide. Heading off to the park, I worried the wind would be blowing too hard, but on arrival in Langebaan, it wasn’t unpleasant at all. On route to Geelbek we stopped to place a [...]

I have noticed that the Steppe Buzzards and Yellow-billed Kites have for the most part departed our shores, well at least here on the West Coast anyway I did spot a Mountain Buzzard the weekend before last, almost got rear ended as I slammed on breaks when I spotted the gorgeous bird sitting on a [...]

There is a Steppe Buzzard in my neighbourhood, very exciting as this is the first one I have seen this close to home. Of course it perched just far away enough that I need binocs …and a huge lens if I wanted a decent photo! It reminded me of that massive lens we saw in [...]

The grocery cupboard is empty this morning and I decide to go shopping, but at a store over the Berg River, then I can squeeze some birding in too! I also pop in at my parents and casually mention that someone on the SANParks forums had seen an Allen’s Gallinule at Lake Panic (Kruger National [...]

Yup, back in the real world and writing because I feel guilty; I should be telling all about the incredible bird sightings in KNP, but the moment the brain heard I was going home it zapped me with a good dose of flu! So once my nose returns to it’s normal shade and my eyes stop [...]

Tomorrow I am off to birder’s paradise aka Kruger National Park….I have packed my new Robert’s ( a pressie from Gwen ) and all the photography toys…and checked the weather report….some rain by Tuesday, which is cool (literally too) and which always brings the birds out; cooler weather than usual for about a week. So [...]

I saw a Yellow-breasted Pipit on this lat trip to KNP…how I saw it was kinda quaint; driving along on a tar stretch down south ( yup, I can’t remeber exactly where because I am directionally challenged). The little bird stepped into the road and ever so sedately walked across the road. I was thoroughly [...]