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Friday 21 December Afternoon

Route for the afternoon: S82 - H4-2 - S137 - S28 - H4-2

Being back at camp so early, we decided on an afternoon drive.
It was a fairly quiet drive until we saw this fantastic creature hiding behind the bushes.



Then only did we see the reason why………….



While watching these 2 creatures I sent a message to heaven asking Him to keep her and her young safe.
We were about 1km before Duke's waterhole, contemplating whether we would have time to go there when an oncoming car stopped us. The guy told us that there was nothing at the waterhole but if we carry on to the S28 and drive about 3kms towards the S107 where we will find....





After sitting with then for quite some time we decided to go to Nthahdanyathi Hide.
Saw some biggies in the water….



As we were coming out of the hide we saw an ellie coming straight for it!!! It was still some distance away so we couldn’t decide to rather get into the bakkie or wait it out inside the hide. Just as we went out the gate having decided on the bakkie and keeping a very close eye on the ellie a hippo decided to snort…….we basically jumped from the gate straight into the bakkie without touching the ground….



We drove off as the ellie came past…After all that excitement we needed a quiet drive back to camp. Half way there we met up with a yellow ribbon who called himself “eenoog”. Not sure if there is someone like that here but they gave a wonderful sighting! About 500m after the bridge on the H10 there are 4 ******** being lazy.







Just before we got to the cheetahs we saw this guy next to the road, but I very politely asked him to wait until we return from the sighting we he did.



By now it was time to return to camp before the gate closes and we had to take this last pic of the beautiful sunset.

Great sightings all around .
Beautiful little golden kitties and then cheetah as well .
Beautiful sunset .
Thanks for sharing .

Lots of stunning sightings Magriet! Rhino mom with cute baby, Lion mom with fluffy babies, Cheetahs, big Ellie, and a beautiful sunset!

WOW what a stunning insert im so glad I never went to the loo I wouldve seriously missed out

Magriet,

Another drive with super special sightings all round. ...Those cheetahs are gorgeous.

Mom Rhino really so protective of her little one.

Stunning sunset.

For sure I do love the cheetahs, especially the one with all four legs in the air

What wonderful sightings lots of little ones too.

Cheetah is always first prize for me and to see so many

sigh

Magriet, thank you for your lovely adventure and all the Magic Photos. Some really special

Awesome Sunset

I don't think there will be any more comments now before the next installment so I hope you guys and girls won't mind if I post the next one on the same page.

Saturday 22 December 2012

We started off a bit late as we were moving to Skukuza today.
Our route took us on the following roads: H4-1, S21, S114, S23, S13, H3 South, Afsaal, H3 North

First stop just outside of Lower Sabie we some lazy bones..





We saw this family of 5 sleeping under the trees…..could not help but take so many









The infamous cleaners of the veldt



Cutey, can’t believe how flexible those trunks are!!









The babies were very small still



The most beautiful view



Our trusted bakkie with the latest addition red horn!

What a stunning pic of the sleeping rhino margriet and love the baby ellie pic

Awesome Rhino pictures Magriet! Love the little one between them!

A beautiful view indeed! Those baby Warthogs are too cute for words!

What is your little boy's name?

Thank you SL and Hilda....

His name is Pieter

Lovely photos of Rhino and Sunset dam

What a fantastic trip. Really enjoying now that I am on board.

Great sightings and pictures. Loving it all. Please keep them coming.