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Thanks guys, it's all about the right time @ the right place. This was our second caracal sighting of the holiday, as we had seen one earlier close to Mopanie. I was over the moon then, untill we came across this one... Amazingly enough, initially we found him in the morning, and just before we headed to camp that afternoon we found him again at the exact same spot. And that with 2 other cars around.

Only afterwards when I looked at the 40 pics taken of this special cat, did I see he gave us 'the yawn'. So privileged to have experienced it. According to the new Kruger map by Andi and Lorainne Tinker, Caracal are frequently seen near Orpen.

Two caracals in one trip
Maybe you could show us more of your 40 pics

I was wondering if anyone can help me, i have never been fortunate enough to see a caracal in the Kruger, i know they are very elusive, but does anyone have any ideas where the best area to find a caracal would be.

I have only ever once seen a caracal probably back in 1998 in a private reserve and it was for literally a split second.

Please feel free to talk about or post any pictures of Caracal sightings they have had in the park

Thanks

Gabi

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Can a moderator merge the threads ?

Thanx Ndloti.

Has anyone seen any caracal lately?
Are they regularly seen in certain areas?
Thanks!

yes... in Kgalagadi ... with a Bat Eared Fox in the jaw...

caracals have a wide distribution (except true desserts.). So in theory you can se them everywhere in Souhtern Africa. Even in the Lesotho Mountains does Caracals occur. But they are nocturnal and they try to avoid the Humans as much as possible. In some Areas they are hunted. Because they have Reputation tu hund Lifestock. I saw only once a caracal close to Skukuza during midday, but that was only for a short moment during noon. As far as I know the most caracals are living close to KTP but this is just a guess.

Best regards

On the way back from Postberg 2 weeks back, saw this guy during the late afternoon...no great pic but he was 1 of 2 on my way out. Saw another last weekend. My total Caracal sightings for West Coast National Park this year comes to 9 in sightings.
All in WCNP:

total for 2010: 15 caracals in 14 sightings
total for 2009: 19 caracals in 15 sighting

Some are same animals I am sure but many have been big distances apart and a couple of sightings have been females with babies and one or two sightings of just babies left temporarily unattended.




If you want to see Caracals go to WCNP....theyre all over the place, you just got to spot them!! It becomes easy when you know what you are looking for.

@ Malalea Caracals may have nocturnal habits in some areas but dont quote what a book says as in the same way you find leopards during all hours of the day, so will you find caracals. They show preference to being active from 2 hours before sunset from my observations and even in KNP seen during daylight hours. Seen them active in the middle of the day near Windhoek too.

Augrabies Falls campsite had 2 that used to be mostly nocturnal and I remember they came right up to one.

true, expeckt always the unexpeckt. Just a question how many Characals did you see during daytime? That is the question. But in overall i would say early morning and evening is the best time. But exceptions occur of course.

A great collection of sightings, O-Dog. And, yes, WCNP is the place; Addo too.

OWN!! ...when I get a GPS, I will make a more formal study that might actually be useful to someone sometime

Yip, I hear Addo is a great spot too...been there once and a long time ago, but no caraca;s for me there.



Hey Malealea so Ive been going there regularly since 2000 and in total we've counted over 100 sightings between the family...of those I would say about 80 have been seen during daylights hours with activity at all times but a peak just before sunset
August to November also seems to be the top viewing months.

ok convinced

Looks like MZNP is another hot spot. My brother and his family were there in the beginning of August and saw 5 in 3 days.

Spotted recently in Bontebok NP.