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This is my partners first visit to the RSA and the KNP.

We arrived at Letaba late afternoon on the 12 March. The next day we drove up to Mopani along the H1-6. Returning from Mopani we spotted a solitary lioness walking near the Middelvlei water hole. She was then joined by two others who appeared from the bush. Suddenly another lioness appeared from the opposite direction chasing a warthog. Yet other lionesses joined them and ambushed the warthog, the kill took place approximately 20 foot from the side of the car.

Needless to say this was a very sudden and unexpected event, and although my partner were aware of the lions being close by, she did not realise that a kill was about to take place. With adrenalin flowing and cameras to hand, she took pictures of as much of the action as possible. It is impossible to put into words the feeling whilst all this took place, but needless to say it was an unforgettable event which at times felt rather too close for comfort.





Video footage below Hope it works.

Lions with kill:

Windows Media Player Lions Fighting

RealVideo Lions Fighting

This is a video clip taken by Propolis and Bird Song during our recent visit to KNP. It was quite difficult to take stills but the video was able to capture the leopard in low light at dusk. There were two leopards, mother and youngster, video only captures one, due to difficult conditions at the time. Enjoy everybody!

Leopards:

Windows Media Player Leopard

RealVideo Leopard

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This is my partners first visit to the RSA and the KNP.

We arrived at Letaba late afternoon on the 12 March. The next day we drove up to Mopani along the H1-6. Returning from Mopani we spotted a solitary lioness walking near the Middelvlei water hole. She was then joined by two others who appeared from the bush. Suddenly another lioness appeared from the opposite direction chasing a warthog. Yet other lionesses joined them and ambushed the warthog, the kill took place approximately 20 foot from the side of the car.

Needless to say this was a very sudden and unexpected event, and although my partner were aware of the lions being close by, she did not realise that a kill was about to take place. With adrenalin flowing and cameras to hand, she took pictures of as much of the action as possible. It is impossible to put into words the feeling whilst all this took place, but needless to say it was an unforgettable event which at times felt rather too close for comfort.

This was the first part of the kill. The previous footage was the latter part of the kill


Video footage below Hope it works.

Lions with kill:

Windows Media Player Lion Fight

RealVideo Lions Fight

This is a video clip taken by Propolis.

Enjoy everybody!


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Windows Media Player Grumpy Elephant

Dial Up
Windows Media Player Grumpy Elephant

RealVideo Grumpy Elephant

These images are compressed and resized.

Gives an idea. Originals will appear on our web site.

These are the drives we did around Letaba and the animals we saw.

Drive 1:
(This is where we saw the lion kill near Middelvlei water hole)

North on to the H1-6 and go past the first left turn for the S48
Then at the second turn on the left for the S48 turn left.
Then turn right onto the H1-6
Then turn left onto the S95
Then turn left onto the H1-6 and back to Letaba

Drive 2:
On to the H-9
Turn right onto the S96
Turn right onto the S131
Turn right onto the H-9
Turn left onto the S69
Turn right onto the H-9
Back to Letaba

Drive 3:
Onto the S46
Then turn right onto the S94
Back to Letaba

Sightings:
Lions and Lion kill
Elephants
Impala
Zebra
Bushbuck or Waterbuck ???
Duiker
Hippo's
Crocodiles
Baboons
Buffalo
Giraffe
Fish Eagles
Herons
Various other Birds

Enjoy

These are the drives we did around Satara and the animals we saw.

Drive 1:
Turn right out of the camp
Then turn right onto the H7
Then turn right onto the S12
Then turn right onto the S40
Then turn left onto the H7 and back to Satara

Drive 2:
Turn right out of the camp
Turn left onto the S100
Turn right onto the S41
Turn left onto the H6
Turn right onto the H1-3
Back to Satara

Drive 3:
Turn right out of the camp onto the H1-4
Turn left onto the S127
At the T junction turn left towards the S40
Then left onto the H7
Back to Satara

Sightings:
Lions and Lion kill (did not see the kill but it was about 100 meters from the camp gate)
Elephants
Impala
Zebra
Wildebeest
Hyenas
Bushbuck or Waterbuck ???
Duiker
Hippo's
Crocodiles
Vervet Monkeys
Baboons
Buffalo
Giraffe
Warthog
Blacked Backed Jackal
Ostrich
Fish Eagles
Storks
Herons
Various other Birds

Enjoy

These are the drives we did around Skukuza and the animals we saw.

Drive 1:
Onto the H1-1
Then turn left onto the S114
Then turn right onto the S22
Then turn right onto the S112 (Leopard and Rhino)
Then turn right onto the H1-1 and back to Skukuza

Drive 2:
Onto the H11
Turn left onto the S1
Turn right onto the S3
Turn right onto the H11
Back to Skukuza

Drive 3:
Onto the H1-1
Turn left at the S112 and keep right at the T junction
The turn left onto the S114
Then right onto the H1-1
Back to Skukuza

Sightings:
Lions and Lion kill
Elephants
Impala
Zebra
Wildebeest
Hyenas
Bushbuck or Waterbuck ???
Kudu
Owls
Eagles
Steenbok
Klipspringer
Duiker
Hippo's
Leopard
Crocodiles
Baboons
Buffalo
Giraffe
Warthog
Storks
Herons
Various other Birds

Enjoy

This is all but will update sightings (sure I forgot some sightings)

Has anyone seen ostriches in the KNP ?

Well, we have seen a pair.

Will attach the photo. Not sure if they escaped from somewhere or if they are wild ones

Am not sure of the number in the KNP, but they are not that uncommon, nearly always see them.......

One afternoon when it was very very very hot, we looked at the cars temperature guage and below are the proof:

These pictures are scaled down and optimised a lot. The originals will appear on our website once I have done it.



Satara webcam seen from the perimeter fence in front off the restaurant


These annoy the hell out of me. Always speeding and dont care a damn if you spotted something special. They will just come and cut in front off you



Enjoy

Different Hyenas:

Windows Media Player Hyenas

RealVideo Hyenas