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Thank you Zypresse, Trrp-trrrrrrrr, hilda, anne-marie, Pumbaa, anne catherine, Philip1, Aristocat, wanderw, Lionspoon, Sharifa, melph68 and Duke Ellieton

@ Hilda
Now after the trip we are glad that we saw quite a few Elands alive…
Unfortunately we saw so many carcasses during the trip

@ anne-marie
I guess it was still too cold for the Agamas in September

@ Pumbaa
You know we love the small inhabitants of the Kalahari

@ anne catherine
We have heard that there was an estimated number of around 13000 Elands in the South African part of the Park at that time…

@ Aristocat


@ wanderw
Always so lovely to spot Meerkats

@LS
You will see

@ anne-marie
Well at first you need Arks as a neighbour….

@ Sharifa
She was a beauty

@ melph68
Kalahari Lions are the best

@ Duke

31.10.

Well, as I said, no early morning drive for us today.
We HAD to go to reception as early as possible….
Annetjie was at the reception, she listened to what we had to say, checked the availability and within maybe 30 seconds we had our additional night at Grootkolk!!!!!

Now we were ready to leave for our drive…

It was a quiet day, but we did not mind at all, the day before had been breathtaking and we still had a smile on our face after our successful start of the day.

First sighting was a Pale Chanting Goshawk having breakfast on a Weavers nest.

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A Slender Mongoose, fast too fast for a decent pic,lol..

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Later one of our favourite little Raptors, a Pygmy Falcon

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In the afternoon a Secretary hunting for food.

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And Meerkats again

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Later on the way back to TR we spotted 4 Jackals roaming the Nossob riverbed.

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Back at Twee Rivieren we spend the evening with friends who invited us over for dinner, a perfect ending of our stay at TR.
Tomorrow we are off to Grootkolk, meeting up with Arks once again and meeting wanderw and markw for the first time since we "knew" each other for years here on the forum….

What luck you finally had in getting an additional night at Grootkolk, Katy

Another bunch of great critter pictures - Love the colour of the slender mongoose's fur - It is so very special

a quiet day
Suricates, Pygmy Falcom, also one of my favorite, Mongoose

and where did you found this so happy little dog

Just caught up again. Stunning eland and lion sightings .

Also love all the birdie photo's and the slender mongoose, meerkats and jakcal .

It is always special to meet up with fellow 'mites that you normally only "see" on the forum .

Thanks for sharing KTP with us .

Another drive with beautiful sightings Katydownunder! Beautiful bird pictures, Slender Mongoose and Meerkats again! Awesome!

So pleased that you and Francolin got that extra night at G. It was lovely to finally meet you both and we could not have wished for better neighbours! Besides, that 3rd afternoon was spectacular!
Lovely little creatures and meerkat AGAIN!

Thanx Pumbaa, anne-marie, barryels, hilda and wanderw

@ Pumbaa
Yes we couldn’t believe our luck

@ anne-marie


@ barryels
Tank you!

@ Hilda
We just love the Meerkats

@ wanderw
Indeed it was lovely to finally meet you. And like you we think we couldn’t have asked for better neighbours at Grootkolk….
Oh yes the 3rd afternoon… *sigh*

01.11.

Today it was time to move to Grootkolk.
We couldn’t wait and were soon on the road again.
First sighting again Elands.


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A little later 3 youngsters.


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Last year we really struggled to see any Hartebeests, this year we saw many of them again especially around Twee Rivieren.
To see calves is always extra special…


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One of the many Eland carcasses we saw on this years trip near Rooiputs.


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But thank God we saw many impressive Eland bulls, like this one near KijKij too….


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Before we reached Nossob we spotted a very grumpy looking Bate-Eared Fox


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A little shopping stop at Nossob ( and an ice cold drink) and we were soon on our way further north, we still had a couple of km to drive ahead.

We decided that Polentswa was a perfect stop along the way, in fact it is one of our favourite waterholes, there is always something to discover there.
This time once again beautiful Raptors.


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The Kalahari flasher


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Then we arrived at Grootkolk, Andries greeted us and soon we were moving into our new home.
#1 for the first time ever, neighbour next door wanderw and markw.
First thing was to fill all the bird baths around including our own.


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Sometimes you are not fast enough


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View of #2


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Setting sun at Grootkolk


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We had a lovely dinner and always had an eye on the waterhole.
Suddenly we saw that we had a visitor, a Brown Hyena!!
Sorry, very bad photo, but the best I was able to take…


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What an end of another wonderful day in KTP….

poor Elands, they pay a lot
you saw much more than I saw

superb to see the little one running with mum Francolin
indeed the BEF seems to be very grumpy

the birds at Grootkolk is the attraction nr one
I often was in # 1 and I like it

wow episode about Grootkolk can be only

WoW Katy

Such bird bath rush hour can only can place at Grootkolk

Awesome sightings and picture of the brownie and also love your flasher

Katydownunder, thank you for this awesome journey.

The TR, sightings, pics and Video........GREAT

For some strange reason I have only just arrived on board, but wow, what amazing sightings, especially your Leopard moments - incredible!

Very about the Hartie babe! Loved your 'flasher'(seemed this year was the year of the lions AND the flashers ) and great pic of the brownie(considering it was night and it was moving all the time).

Beautiful Eland Katydownunder, followed by three awesome youngsters!

That is definitely not a happy Bat-eared Fox!

I love all the Bateleurs, and the "flasher" is awesome!

How wonderful to attract all those birds with water! Then ending a fabulous day with a sunset like that! That's life!

I simply love those Brown Hyenas in KTP! Can't wait to see them myself!